FTSE 100 drops below 6,000 mark
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Business & money: Index of leading UK shares falls to lowest level since credit crunch began last August
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London's main FTSE 100 index closes above the key 6,000 level, boosted by takeover talk in the steel sector.
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London equities tracked heavy overnight falls in the US and Asia with the FTSE 100 trading sharply lower on Wednesday.
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The FTSE 100 index of leading shares jumped 0.69 percent to 6,313.70 points in late morning trade on Thursday.
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UK shares have their worst drop in six months as Chinese stocks slump, spooking investors across Europe.
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The FTSE 100 has fallen for the fifth session in a row, with insurers crowding the list of fallers after sentiment in the sector was damaged by news that New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer was suing a US firm.
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UK blue chips closed higher, with the FTSE 100 going through the 6,000 barrier briefly, helped by a bullish conference call at Barclays prompting a turnaround in the banking sector, and a strong start on Wall Street.
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Subprime worries returned to haunt the banking sector Friday even as the FTSE 100 recorded its sixth consecutive session of gains.
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UK leading shares closed weaker, albeit off day lows after a negative trading session.
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The FTSE 100 fell into negative territory Friday after mortgage lender Northern Rock shed a quarter of its market value after relying on the Bank of England to solve its lack of liquidity.
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The FTSE 100 index closed lower again, weighed down by weakness across telecoms and media stocks, while early losses on Wall Street added to the market's woes in afternoon trade, dealers said.
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Europe's main stock markets have been generally weak, but losses were slight at the end of a week in which leading indices have reached the highest points for six years.
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The FTSE 100 closed at a five-month low on Friday despite talk of consolidation among the mega-cap miners.
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Cuts in listing fees forced by an Office of Fair Trading inquiry have left London Stock Exchange swallowing a 6 per cent fall in interim operating profits.
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UK blue chips have closed lower, with a cautious morning by Wall Street and sliding commodity stocks outweighing another scattering of M&amp;A stories and pulling the FTSE 100 back from Friday's six-year highs.
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European stocks have soared with London's FTSE 100 shares index hitting 6,000 points as investors seized on strong gains by US and Japanese shares, falling oil prices and a buoyant mining sector.
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London's FTSE 100 fell on Friday, after stronger banks failed to offset weakness in the food and beverages sector.