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  • Tuesday preview: Data may hold recovery clues

    Tuesday preview: Data may hold recovery clues

    Mon 08 Feb 2010
    The UK economy may have emerged from recession during the fourth quarter, but Tuesday’s retail sales and housing data are expected to reinforce doubts about the strength of the recovery.

    Bad weather and less aggressive discounting by retailers in January is seen limiting the like for like rise in retail sales last month to just 0.5%.

    That’s much less than the 4.2% growth the British Retail Consortium (BRC) reported for December. The year-on-year figure is seen up 3.3%, down from 6% the month before.

    “The muted outlook for consumer spending underpins our belief that the economy will find it very difficult to grow by more... Read more
  • Ethel Austin in administration, 3,700 jobs at risk

    Ethel Austin in administration, 3,700 jobs at risk

    Mon 08 Feb 2010
    Around 3,700 jobs at risk after discount clothing retailer Ethel Austin and sister homewares chain Au Naturale called in administrators.
  • Toyota set for new recall on brake concerns

    Toyota set for new recall on brake concerns

    Mon 08 Feb 2010
    Japanese car giant Toyota’s woes look set to worsen with the group poised to recall 300,000 Prius hybrid models because of concerns over the brakes.
  • London close: Miners lead Footsie out of trouble

    London close: Miners lead Footsie out of trouble

    Mon 08 Feb 2010
    Wall Street's battle back to 10,000 less than an hour before London closed gave shares enough ammunition to stage a late rally.
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  • Market overview: Late rally saves London

    Mon 08 Feb 2010
    1630: Close The FTSE 100 closed up 31 at 5,092 as the Dow Jones regained the 10,000 level, albeit briefly. It was a good performance from London which had traded down almost 30 points at lunchtime. A weaker dollar pushed...
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  • CML warns of mortgage shortages, report

    Mon 08 Feb 2010
  • UK dividend payments fall by £10bn

    Mon 08 Feb 2010
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  • Land Securities' London boss buys

    Mon 08 Feb 2010
  • Kirkland non-exec purchase

    Fri 05 Feb 2010
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Tuesday 09 Feb
Finals Alphameric, Prodesse Investment Ltd., Sarantel Group 'A', Sarantel Group 'B', Sperati (Ca), Wolfson Microelectronics
AGMs British Portfolio Trust, TUI Travel, Victrex, Commercial Bank of Qatar GDR (Reg S), Enegi Oil, Hardide

Wednesday 10 Feb
Finals CSR, Pacific Assets Trust, Reckitt Benckiser Group, Smurfit Kappa Group, Telecity Group, Travis Perkins
AGMs Impax Asset Management Group, Daily Mail and General Trust, Pressure Technologies, Grainger, Andor Technology, MedicX Fund Ltd.

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Market Day

FTSE100
Indices
Name Value Chg %
FTSE 100 5,092 +31.41 +0.6
FTSE 250 9,010 -25.54 -0.3
techMARK 1,534 -0.49 -0.0
FTSE All-Share 2,609 +12.64 +0.5
FTSE Small Cap 2,761 -13.00 -0.5

FTSE 350 Winners and Losers
Name Price %
rising arrow Biggest Winners
Randgold Resources4,480.00p+6.4
Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities132.00p+6.0
Fresnillo705.00p+5.3
Brewin Dolphin134.90p+3.8
Tullett Prebon272.00p+3.8
Xstrata983.80p+3.6
ICAP303.70p+3.3
Cranswick769.50p+3.3
Dunelm Group370.40p+3.2
Scottish Inv Trust413.00p+3.0
Name Price %
down arrowBiggest Losers
Evolution Group111.10p-3.1
British Airways199.00p-3.4
Ashtead Group80.40p-3.5
Legal & General Group71.05p-3.5
Punch Taverns80.45p-3.5
Moneysupermarket.com69.80p-3.7
Pace173.90p-4.1
Trinity Mirror137.90p-5.4
RPS Group172.50p-5.8
Northgate192.40p-7.2

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