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London's blue-chip stocks ended lower on Thursday after a session spent mostly suspended beneath the previous closing level as investors sought safer haven in UK government bonds, or gilts
The FTSE 100 Index was 6.56 points adrift at 6,743.87 in lunchtime trading
The FTSE 100 Index was 3.2 points adrift at 6,747.24 in early trading
To misquote Prince, it’s just another frantic Thursday with around one-sixth of the FTSE 100 companies set to update the market.
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IAG, Dunelm, QinetiQ, ARM Holdings, Smith & Nephew, Victrex and Oxford Instruments are all in Thursday’s broker spotlight.
After BP's results on Tuesday, which took the market by surprise, traders will undoubtedly be anxious about Shell's figures on Thursday at a time when the oil market is in turmoil.
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Footsie had a firm start and a strong finish but still finished in the red
The oil price is on the slide and taking with it the integrated oil giants
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A firm start quickly ran out of impetus, with investors focused on weak Chinese data and a sliding oil price
Big oil and big pharma will wrestle for the limelight. On the economic front, the big events are the Bank of England's interest rate decision and US non-farm payrolls.
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BAE Systems, Burberry, Next, Smith & Nephew, AstraZeneca and Britvic are all in the broker spotlight on Tuesday.
Santa rally hopes faded but S&N takeover chatter provided interest
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If there is a housing market downturn on the cards, broker heavyweight JP Morgan Cazenove by certainly doesn't see it...
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The FTSE100, eased 42 points, 0.6%, to 6,395, but had dipped as low as 70 points earlier in the afternoon session.
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Below are the main news-driven share price movements at 4pm.
