Banks lead Footsie higher
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A strong performance from the heavyweight banking sector helped the FTSE 100 rise 150 points.
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The Bank of England raises UK interest rates to 5.75%, warning that pricing pressures remain elevated.
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The pound rose against the dollar and was steady despite further evidence of slowing consumer credit and mortgage lending emerging in Britain, adding to the argument that interest rates have hit a peak.
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Bank of England raises interest rates by a quarter point to 5.75%, their highest level for six-and-a-half years.
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London equities made strong gains on Monday, with banking stocks at the forefront of the rally at the start of a busy week for newsflow in the sector.
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LONDON/BEIJING  - British bank Barclays  raised its bid for Dutch group ABN AMRO  to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion) on Monday, helped by some of the biggest ever overseas investments by China and Singapore.
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Barclays&#39; share price rose on Friday after Britain&#39;s third biggest bank denied it was facing liquidity problems amid a collapse of the US subprime mortgage market.
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Barclays raises its offer for the Dutch bank ABN Amro, after getting Chinese and Singaporean loans.
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LONDON/BEIJING  - British bank Barclays  has raised its bid for Dutch group ABN AMRO  to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion), helped by some of the biggest ever overseas investments by China and Singapore.
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Business & money: 9.30am: Shares in the bank jumped almost 3% after recommendation.
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The Bank of England raised its key rate by a quarter point to 5.75 percent, while the European Central Bank left its benchmark interest rate at 4 percent.
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The pound continued to climb, boosted by data out suggesting that the Bank of England&#39;s (BoE) 125 basis point rise in interest rates in the space of a year is still yet to bite.
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The pound surged to another 26-year high against the US dollar on Wednesday, the eve of a widely expected interest rate hike from the Bank of England, dealers said.
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Two of the UK's largest banks will this week boost the financial sector by increasing dividend payments, a report says.
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Sterling was slightly firmer against the dollar after strong housing mortgage and money supply data fuelled speculation that the Bank of England (BoE) will be forced to hike its key borrowing rate.
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Expectations of strong dividends from the big banks lifted the market to a record close yesterday. All four big banks moved higher, with ANZ closing at its highest price.
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The pound was higher against the dollar after the minutes of the Bank of England's (BoE) last rate setting deliberations revealed a dovish stance.