London flat as mining gains offset bank losses
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London&#39;s FTSE 100 opened flat on Monday, with miners helping prop up the senior index after BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) announced it would update on its reserves later this week.
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London shares made tentative gains on Tuesday following strong final results from United Utilities and Carphone Warehouse, while investors traded cautiously ahead of two important central bank meetings this week.
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London equities were flat at midday, as investors wait for US employment data due to be released at 1.30 London time.
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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 sense of panic over embattled bank Northern Rock eased Tuesday as fewer savers queued to withdraw cash and the share price rebounded slightly following government pledges.
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London equity markets fell on Tuesday as mining and oil groups retreated.
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London's equity market started to recover in volatile morning trade on Tuesday, as  banking stocks looked oversold and led a nascent rebound from the sharp losses of the previous session.
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UK blue chips closed at lower levels Monday, albeit off lows following a bounce on Wall Street, weighed down by miners on the back of falling copper prices, and housebuilders as investors remained uncertain about interest rates.
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London equities fell in midday on Monday, with miners dominating the list of losing shares after Cazenove forecast weaker copper, gold and platinum prices.
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Despite strong news in the commodity sector, the FTSE 100 slipped back into negative territory right before noon, dropping 0.1 per cent to 6,307.3. Meanwhile, the FTSE 250 was up 0.4 per cent at 11,404.5.
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Blue chips have closed up, albeit off session highs, with strength in mining issues the main prop for gains in London, and with volume thin on the ground as Wall Street was closed for Presidents' Day holiday.
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Stocks ended flat on Monday as gains   in tech shares offset a sell-off in shares of energy and metals   companies following a pullback in commodity prices.
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UK blue chips closed modestly higher Monday in very thin trade reflecting the lack of any lead from Wall Street, shut for the US Labor Day holiday, with receding credit market concerns supporting a rally by financials.
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Bid speculation kept London shares afloat on Monday, on hopes of further consolidation in the mining sector as Anglo American came under the spotlight.
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London Metal Exchange (LME) copper recouped earlier losses to finish Wednesday&#39;s open outcry trade unchanged, getting little direction from a mixed set of US economic data.
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European equities were flat in early trade on Friday as losses for telecoms stocks offset gains for banks in cautious trade ahead of US jobs data later in the session.
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London equities failed to sustain a brief afternoon rebound on Wednesday, and after spending a short period back over the 6,000 mark, the FTSE 100 fell back beneath it.