Banks lead Footsie lower on reports of higher PPI bill
The FTSE 100 Index was 10.8 points adrift at 5889.17p as oil prices continued their downward trend
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Barclays PLC
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Barclays is a major global financial services provider engaged in retail and commercial banking, credit cards, investment banking, wealth management and investment management services, with an extensive international presence in Europe, the USA, Africa and Asia. With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs 147,000 people.
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FTSE 100 roars back after Draghi brings the cavalry again
UK equities were in good shape even before ECB president Draghi started sweet-talking the market
FTSE100 stands firm against the global rout
The benchmark FTSE 100 Index climbed 21 points to 5,696
Barclays fined £9mln for switching client funds
Barclays agreed to the settlement without admitting or denying the allegations, the regulator said.
Barclays banks healthy profit on analytics disposal
Bloomberg is buying the business for just over £520mln
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FTSE 100 buoyed by banks
It was a stress-free day for the bulls as the banks bounced higher after the results of the Bank of England's stress tests
Banks lift Footsie but relegation fears dog Morrisons
The FTSE 100 Index increased 32.8 points to 6388.89 at lunchtime
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Banks boost London's blue-chips
RBS and Standard Chartered rose despite failing to meet all the stress test targets
Bank shares rise as investors welcome stress test results
RBS and Standard Chartered were found to be the weakest of seven major UK banks
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Brokers: Retailers. Betfair, Lloyds Banking, Talk Talk
Betfair gets an upgrade to buy from hold from Deutsche Bank, which raised its price target to 4,200p.
Eurozone stimulus hopes fuel London share rise
UK shares hit highest in a fortnight while German stocks touched three-month highs
Most followed: Lax checks, tax cheques and betting the pharm
Britain's blue-chips keep legal eagles busy; Topshop seeks to fatten the bottom line with Beyoncé; DMGT offloads Wowcher
Barclays hit with £72mln fine for lax checks
The bank was fined £72mln by the FCA on Thursday for failing to minimise the risk of potential financial crime
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London's top flight moves higher on upbeat eurozone data
FTSE 100 Index rises 21.58 points to 6359 on eurozone bank lending cheer
Barclays "set to face another forex rigging fine"
The British bank is reported to be poised to agree to pay at least £65.7mln
Miners drive shares higher after upbeat Chinese economic data
The Footsie rose 39.57 points to 6314 while mainland European shares also gained
Visa consolidates with US$23bn buy of European arm
“We are very excited about unifying Visa into a single global company," said Visa CEO Charles Scharf.
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Deutsche upbeat on Glaxo; lifts price target
Broker heavyweight Deutsche is upbeat on drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline on Friday and has punted up the target price to 1,500p from 1,450p.
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FTSE100 makes a subdued end to busy month
A "surprisingly stellar October" was ended "in the dullest way possible," according to Spreadex.
FTSE100 trails at lunch despite Euro data
Despite some positive data from Europe, FTSE100 was trailing behind at the lunch time point..