FTSE 100 shares were upbeat at the end of trade on Friday boosted by state-rescued bank Lloyds' forecast of a return to profit in 2010 after two years of losses. London's benchmark index gained 0.13 percent to 5,650.13 points. Lloyds Banking Group ...
FTSE 100 shares ended in the red at the close of trade on Thursday as investors took profits and digested economic data including a larger-than-expected eurozone trade deficit. London's benchmark index slipped 0.04 percent to close at 5,642.62 points. Lloyds Banking Group ...
FTSE 100 shares posted solid gains on Wednesday as investors welcomed the US Federal Reserve's upbeat economic outlook, analysts said. London's benchmark index gained 0.43 percent to finish at 5,644.63 points. "The FTSE's early gains today were fuelled by yesterday's positive forecast ...
Partly-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland is planning a major debt restructuring, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The daily business newspaper, which cited people close to the bank, said that RBS wanted to buy back at least 10 billion pounds of its ...
FTSE 100 shares slipped back Monday as a wobble in the recovery of the US industrial sector tempered investor confidence. US industrial production inched up 0.1 percent in February, grinding to a near-halt amid severe snow storms that crippled large parts of ...
FTSE 100 shares ended slightly higher on Friday on news that retail sales in the United States rose unexpectedly in February for the second straight month. The benchmark index rose 0.15 percent to close at 5,625.65 points. Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) was ...
Leading shares closed higher on Wednesday in cautious trading as market players digested the latest batch of company results and awaited key US economic data later this week. The benchmark FTSE 100 index added 0.68 percent to close at 5,640.57 points. Markets ...
The FTSE 100 stock exchange slipped fractionally on Tuesday after a bout of cautious trading due to uncertainty over Europe's economic outlook and poor earnings reports, analysts said. The benchmark index ended down 0.08 percent at 5,602.30 points. Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) ...
The debt-ridden Dubai World conglomerate is outlining proposals to restructure 22 billion dollars of its debt to leading creditors, The National daily reported Tuesday. Dubai World's chief restructuring officer Aidan Birkett met with the Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) in London Monday ...
The FTSE 100 stock exchange inched higher on Monday as a rally brought on by better-than-expected US jobs data petered out due to uncertainty about Europe's economic outlook. The benchmark index was 0.12 percent up at 5,606.72 points. Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) ...
