Shares rise with help from mining issues and strong Wall Street
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The FTSE 100 closed just below session highs, climbing throughout the afternoon on the back of a positive start by Wall Street.
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London equities opened in positive territory on Friday as miners continued to rally on firmer base metal prices and the FTSE was cheered by a strong session on Wall Street overnight.
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The stock market rose for the week as upbeat economic news offset concerns about inflation and interest rates.
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U.S. stocks traded higher on  Wednesday, with shares of drugmaker Merck & Co. MRK.N helping  to boost the Dow after its 2005 forecast offered relief to some  investors on Wall Street.
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European stock markets have risen as the mining sector here was bolstered by strong metal prices, and despite slight overnight losses on Wall Street.
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Wall Street rose moderately a day after stocks tumbled amid questions about the strength of the economy and upcoming corporate earnings reports.
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Wall Street stocks moved higher in early trade on Thursday as technology shares prospered and the market awaited further direction from the US Federal Reserve.
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London equities made strong gains in opening trade on Tuesday, lifted by improving sentiment in the banking sector and a strong showing for resource stocks.
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Stocks advanced on Monday, helped by deal news, cheaper oil and positive broker comments on the chip sector.
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Wall Street was sharply higher as investors shrugged off concerns about problems in the bond insurance industry.
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Wall Street stocks crept higher on Thursday after news of a modest increase in private sector employment and a larger-than-expected rise in new factory orders cheered cautious investors.
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U.S. stocks rose on Friday, helped by  chip shares after a brokerage upgrade and housing stocks after  a weaker-than-expected jobs report eased investor concerns of  aggressive interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.
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Mining stocks made gains on Thursday amid talk of further M&A activity.
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Wall Street stocks rose Thursday as National Semiconductor Corp.&#39;s strong earnings results soothed investors&#39; worries over higher jobless rate and rising oil prices.
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London equities rose on Thursday, after the sharp sell off during the previous session left mining and financial stocks looking undervalued.
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London equities made strong gains on Friday,as fresh bid activity energerised the mining sector and Wall Street futures took off after Microsoft made an offer for Yahoo.
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Stocks gained on Friday after rising oil prices lifted energy shares and a strong jobs report reassured investors about the economy.