– The FTSE 100 closed the day at 6,579.81, a fall of 75.20 points. – The FTSE 250 fell by 119.99 points and finished at 17,499.11. – The FTSE All Share sank 8.47 points to 3,631.05. – The FTSE AIM All Share finished 1.36 points lower at 754.92. Lonmin (LMI) shares tumbled 17.88% to 62p…
– The FTSE 100 closed the day at 6,650.40, a decrease of 16.94 points. – The FTSE 250 fell by 31.45 points to 17,614.20. – The FTSE All Share dropped 8.47 points to 3,631.05. – The FTSE AIM All Share finished 2.90 points higher at 756.30. Unilever (ULVR) beat forecasts for the quarter ended 30th…
– The FTSE 100 closed the day at 6,669.10, down 99.97 points. – The FTSE 250 fell by 114.01 points to 17,641.88. – The FTSE All Share sank 47.87 points to 3,640.07. – The FTSE AIM All Share finished 4.61 points higher at 753.60. Johnson Matthey (JMAT) recorded a 1% drop in pre-tax profits for…
You may not know that profit warnings have hit a 6-year high in the UK. Of course, some companies blame exchange rates, others low oil prices, but I think it’s something else. The list of companies is diverse and tends to imply a more structural problem. Balfour Beatty I mentioned the other week in a…
– The FTSE 100 closed the day at 6,775.08, a decrease of 21.37 points. – The FTSE 250 fell by 9.46 points to 17,755.91. – The FTSE All Share declined 9.43 points to 3,690.58. – The FTSE AIM All Share finished 0.08 points higher at 756.84. The German Bundestag has voted in favour of the…
“It is excellent to have a giants strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant…” Somewhere in Yoorp… Interviewer: Mr Draghi… you’re a central banker. After promising to extend yet more emergency money to Greek banks, a Euro 7bln bridge loan to repay yourself next week, and a new Euro 86bln 3rd…
– The FTSE 100 closed the day at 6,796.45, an increase of 42.7 points. – The FTSE 250 rose by 128.29 points and finished at 17,765.37. – The FTSE All Share climbed 23.55 points to 3,700.01. – The FTSE AIM All Share finished 0.54 points higher at 756.76. The pound hit its highest level against…
– The FTSE 100 closed the day flat at 6,753.75. – The FTSE 250 fell by 5.32 points to 17,637.08. – The FTSE All Share decreased by 0.05 points to 3,676.46. – The FTSE AIM All Share finished 1.08 points higher at 756.22. UK unemployment rose for the first time in two years over the…
We live in strange times in terms of economic reasoning and thinking. One Nobel laureate economist believes that saving is public enemy number one, as it prevents economies from growing, hence he preaches the virtues of macro policies aimed at leading people to spend whatever they produce, and eventually a little extra if they can…
– The FTSE 100 rose 59.06 points to 6,732.44. – The FTSE 250 gained 214.48 points and closed at 17,700.75. – The FTSE All Share increased by 33.82 points to 3,669.37. – The FTSE AIM All Share finished 2.48 points higher at 752.30. UK inflation has returned to 0% after rising last month, with the…
