London shares close higher
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London shares showed some resilience to close firmer, with investors temporarily shrugging off subprime concerns to refocus on fundamentals and valuations, with Whitbread closing strongly following a solid H1 update.
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Leading shares have managed to close up at session highs, with strong gains  across oil and mining stocks countering weakness across the banking sector and a cautious morning by Wall Street.
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Leading shares closed near session highs, and significantly back above the 6,200 level, with the Bank of England's decision to keep rates on hold and a resurgent mining sector helping to add stability following the recent turmoil in global markets.
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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 higher, but off peaks, as early strength on Wall Street evaporated on rising oil prices, while solid full year numbers from BAE and Centrica held the index in positive territory.
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UK blue chips closed stronger today, just off the late afternoon peak lifted by a rally from hard-pressed banking issues, with Wall Street pushing higher in morning deals following better than expected numbers from Lehman Brothers, and ahead of a likely Fed interest rate cut later today.
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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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The FTSE 100 index closed comfortably higher thanks to robust earnings from Reuters and Reckitt Benckiser, although British blue-chips ended below their best levels after a mixed morning on Wall Street.
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London stock markets moved higher on Friday, shrugging off Wall Street losses thanks to strength in mining groups and pharmaceuticals.
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UK blue chips recovered from morning losses to close higher, with oil heavyweights gaining on record crude prices, and Wall Street edging higher, but still seeking direction ahead of the Federal Reserve&#39;s meeting on Tuesday.
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Shares rose in early trading in London Thursday, in line with other European markets, after a recovery for Japanese share prices and an overnight rebound on Wall Street.
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Share prices closed higher across the board in Tokyo this morning, as investors were cheered by last night&#39;s gains on Wall Street.
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday, as investors shrugged off record crude oil prices and bought beaten-down shares, pushing blue chips to close above 10,000 for the first time in 2 weeks.
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UK blue-chips closed up Friday but off highs as Wall Street remained firmer, with Kingfisher gaining among UK blue chips.
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THE share market finished sharply higher today, as resource giant BHP Billiton helped lead the market to a recovery from yesterday&#39;s falls.
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Blue chips extended gains in late afternoon trade to close sharply higher, with Exel and miners leading the gainers, while investors also took heart from a rebound on Wall Street, dealers said.
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Leading shares closed stronger, just off late session highs with Wall Street posting good gains as above-forecast headline US PPI data proved mainly to be due to fuel price rises, with a benign inflation picture seen overall.