London shares close at day highs
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Leading shares have closed higher, reaching day highs, with the mining sector in fine fettle as the rumour mill resuscitated talk BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto could be sizing up Alcoa, which was among the gainers that led Wall Street higher.
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The FTSE 100 index closed at its session highs, helped by firm pharmaceuticals and recovering insurance stocks, although the travel sector remained under pressure in a day dominated by the devastation caused by the Far Eastern tsunamis, dealers said.
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Leading blue chips closed firm at a session high having spent much of the morning in negative territory, shrugging off nervous jitters caused by Friday&#39;s security threats in London, and with a strong start to Wall street following a spate of positive economic news.
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Leading shares closed weaker for the fifth day out of the last six, with the heavyweight mining sector badly hurt, but a relatively mild fall on Wall Street helped ensure that the FTSE 100 finished well off session lows.
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Leading shares closed higher, with further gains across the miners and fresh M&amp;A talk among financials giving the FTSE 100 a leg-up towards the 6,000 level in thin Labor Day volumes, dealers said.
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UK blue chips closed lower Thursday having spent much of the afternoon tracking Wall Street which was unsettled by rising oil prices and mixed economic data, but overall were subdued amid ongoing interest rate concerns at home.
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UK blue chips closed higher, reflecting a strong start on Wall Street and ahead of the Independence Day holiday, with investors shrugging of nerves ahead of Thursday&#39;s UK interest rate decision.
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UK blue chips closed firmer but off highs as Wall Street remained flat ahead of tonight&#39;s FOMC rate decision, with commodity stocks the major gainers in the blue chips.
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London equities rallied at the close to finish higher after spending much of the day in negative territory.
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THE share market reached a record high today, despite a negative lead from the US where markets fell overnight. At 1030 AEST, the benchmark S&amp;P/ASX 200 index was trading at 3595.
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Leading shares closed modestly lower, ending not far from mid-afternoon lows as Wall Street put in a cautious morning performance in reaction to weaker than expected US data and a fresh rise in crude prices, dealers said.
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British blue chips ended firmer, finishing at session highs after a late spurt in moderate trade reflecting the benefits of easier crude prices, albeit with Wall Street shares slightly weaker, dealers said.
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The FTSE 100 closed firmer Friday, but off session peaks which saw the index hit a new 7-year intra day high, with financials putting in a strong performance amid hopes the long-running ABN Amro saga could be closer to a resolution.
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UK blue chips closed firmer Wednesday albeit below the session peak as some underlying market jitters countered morning gains on Wall Street and a bounce back by financials, with Northern Rock rallying after confirming it has received a number of approaches.
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Stocks rose Wednesday afternoon, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average within a whisper of its record closing high, before the world's most widely watched stock market gauge pulled back.
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The FTSE 100 closed lower, weighed down by a weak mining sector and disappointing trading news from Standard Chartered, although a positive morning by Wall Street helped British blue-chips finish above session lows, dealers said.
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Leading shares closed markedly higher, encouraged by gains on Wall Street where investors cheered a flurry of M-and-A deals at home and abroad, and solid economic data, although rising oil prices remained under scrutiny, dealers said.