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FTSE Hits 14-month Closing High
By David BrettLONDON (Reuters UK) - The FTSE 100 share index hit a 14-month closing high on Friday as gains in HSBC and commodity stocks outpaced weaker defensives, with British Airways also up after agreeing to merger terms with Iberia.The FTSE 100 ended up 19.88 points, or 0.4 percent, at...
Tags: Trader, Stock, FTSE, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Finance, FTSE 100, US
News items 2009-11-13
FTSE to Open Lower on Wall St. Weakness
LONDON (Reuters UK) - The FTSE 100 index is seen opening 10-12 points, or as much as 0.2 percent, lower on Friday, according to financial bookmakers, following overnight weakness on Wall Street and in Asia.The blue chip index closed up 9.75 points, or 0.2 percent, at 5,276.50 on Thursday,...
Tags: Investor, Wall, FTSE, Financial Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance, Investment, Weakness
News items 2009-11-12
FTSE Plunges 3.2 Pct Over Dubai Fears
By Harpreet BhalLONDON (Reuters UK) - The top shares ended at a three-week closing low on Thursday, pressured by hefty falls in the banking sector as concerns over Dubai's ability to pay its debts took a toll on confidence.The FTSE 100 ended down 3.2 percent, or 170.68 points, at 5,194.13,...
Tags: Dubai, FTSE, Banking, Financial Planning, Insurance, Investment, Regulations, Financial Services
News items 2009-11-26

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New offers: we examine what the latest savings and investment plans have to offer investors. Each product has been given a star rating, representing its overall value for money, based on cost, terms and conditions and investment opportunity
* DWS DWS has launched the DWS UK Equity Income Plus fund, which aims to produce a return that is 130 per cent of the yield of the FTSE All-Share. The portfolio represents a concentrated portfolio of around 40 stocks equally weighted at around 2.5 per cent each. The...
Tags: equity, Fidelity Investments, FINANCE, Investment, investor, ISA, stock, U.K., Verdict
Research articles 2003-03-01
New offers: we examine what the latest savings and investment plans have to offer investors. Each product has been given a star rating, representing its overall value for money, based on cost, terms and conditions and investment potential
Sarasin UK Equity Income Fund This is an actively managed fund designed to achieve a dividend yield in excess of the FTSE All Share Index. The portfolio will focus on 25 stocks equally weighted at 4 per cent each. The holdings will be assessed to ensure sustainable dividends and...
Tags: asset, bond, equity, Fidelity Investments, FINANCE, Investment, investor, REIT, stock
Research articles 2007-03-01
Is the end of the credit crunch finally in sight?
This week marks the second anniversary of the beginning of the most traumatic global financial crisis in living memory, a crash that has brought banks to their knees, triggered the deepest recession since the 1930s and stretched the finances of some families to breaking point. August 9, 2007, will go...
Tags: Bank, mortgage
News items 2009-08-14
FTSE to launch European indices.
FTSE will this week launch a range of European indices in conjunction with Euronext, the Franco-Belgian exchange. FTSE, which is jointly owned by the Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange, says it is looking to fill a gap in the market for a fairly wide index...
Tags: Financial Times, indice, London Stock Exchange Plc.
Research articles 2003-04-28
Big names in FTSE 100 exodus
British Airways, Royal & Sun Alliance, Rolls-Royce and Invensys fell out of the FTSE 100 at last month's quarterly review. They were replaced by Kelda Group, the Foreign and Colonial Investment Trust, Provident Financial and Cable and Wireless. Oil and gas exploration firm Paladin Resources, house builder Crest Nicholson, floor...
Tags: Cable and Wireless Plc., FTSE, Invensys, Provident Financial Plc., Rolls-Royce
Research articles 2003-04-01
Need to know: Nokia new phone ... UK Coal loss ... Boeing delivery date ...
View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap Economics House prices: The latest monthly index from Nationwide showed that house prices rose by 1.6 per cent in August, their fourth consecutive monthly increase, and are rising at their fastest rate for two and a half years. The year-on-year decline in...
Tags: loss, sales, property, Telecom Italia
News items 2009-08-27
FTSE hits a ten-month high as UK and US investors pile back in
The FTSE rose to a ten-month high yesterday, closing up 3 per cent on the week, as investors on both sides of the Atlantic piled back into equities with a new-found confidence. The FTSE 100 closed 41.03 points higher at 4,731.56, up by 2.67 per cent on the week, as...
News items 2009-08-09
FTSE holds onto gains.
Talk of consolidation at real estate summit spurs gains in big landlords' shares. Plus a round-up of business press headlines Jonathan Eley London equities held onto their early gains, with miners and oil stocks helping build on early strength in property stocks, Reuters ...
Tags: bond, chairman, consolidation, FINANCE, Investment, stock, Thomson Reuters Corp.
Research articles 2007-06-28
Market Report: Red faces at FTSE as error sparks sell-off of Rentokil
THERE WERE red faces at FTSE International yesterday, after its misunderstanding sparked a big sell-off of Rentokil Initial shares. A number of fund managers were forced to reverse a re-weighting of the stock the previous day, and the selling spread as investors decided to take profits. FTSE...
Tags: Affinity Internet Inc., FTSE, Rentokil Initial Plc.
Research articles 2000-06-01
ISAs for all seasons: with the FTSE 100 nudging 18-month highs and investor confidence slowly returning, sales of ISAs look set to recover
The so-called ISA season, where financial advisers, discount brokers and fund managers shift bucketloads of investment funds in the run-up to the annual 6 April deadline, has been a washout for the last couple of years. Plunging stock markets saw to that. A massive 11.7 billion [pounds sterling] ISAs were...
Tags: US Companies
Research articles 2004-03-01
FactSet Launches Complete Range of FTSE Index Services
GREENWICH, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 22, 1999-- FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE: FDS), a major supplier of online integrated financial and economic information to the investment management and banking industries, today announced the launch of new and expanded FTSE Index services. Working in cooperation with FTSE International and Financial Times...
Tags: Company, FactSet Research Systems Inc., FINANCE, financial, Financial Times, Investment, stock
Research articles 1999-04-22
FTSE Falls 1.4 Pct as Commodities Sag
By Simon FalushLONDON (Reuters UK) - The top share index fell 1.4 percent on Thursday as sagging commodity prices dented miners and energy stocks, while reduced risk appetite hurt banks.The FTSE 100 ended down 74.43 points at 5267.70, its biggest daily fall for three weeks, after closing 0.1 percent...
Tags: Bank, FTSE, Financial Services, Cairn Energy Plc., Colgate-Palmolive Co., FTSE 100, Royal Dutch Shell Plc., Standard Parking Corp.
News items 2009-11-19
Scottish & Southern shines on gloomy FTSE day
With the FTSE 100 suffering its worst single-day decline since early July, Scottish & Southern Energy provided one of few bright spots for investors to cheer yesterday, as the broker Citigroup upped its stance to "buy" and increased its price target to 1,35 0p. According to the US...
Tags: FTSE, Sportingbet Plc.
Research articles 2006-09-08
NEW PRODUCT combi bond B&B links to FTSE.
Investors wishing to protect their capital but benefit from rises in the stock market can look towards Bradford & Bingley's Guaranteed Combi bond. With a minimum capital requirement of AGBP1000, the combi bond splits the customer's investment in half. The capital...
Tags: Bradford & Bingley Plc., FTSE
Research articles 2005-11-03
News: FTSE 100 companies slash pension deficits.
FTSE 100 listed companies have taken substantial measures to reduce pension deficits, according to the latest figures from consultants, Watson Wyatt. The latest data showed 75% of these companies paid more into their funds during 2005 than previous years, with a handful of organisations...
Tags: Watson Wyatt & Co.
Research articles 2006-04-17
Banks Say Britain's FTSE Will See Recovery by Christmas.
Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 27--London's investment banks have slashed their year-end forecasts for the FTSE 100 index again but are still predicting that the market will rally more than 1000 points by Christmas. Signs of the...
Tags: bank, Deutsche Bank AG, equity, FINANCE, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Investment, London, recovery, U.K.
Research articles 2002-09-27
News Just In...: MLIM's Utermann Dresdner bound.(Merrill Lynch Investment Managers)(Brief Article)
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers MLIM has lost its chief investment officer and global head of equities in the latest in a line of high profile defections. Andreas Utermann has left MLIM to join Allianz Dresdner Asset Management as global chief investment officer for its...
Tags: equity, FINANCE, Investment, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
Research articles 2002-09-02
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