FTSE 100 Index

BOOMING financial stocks amid takeover speculation and hopes the worst of the credit crunch may be over helped the FTSE 100 Index power ahead yesterday.

icWales (Free subscription) | yesterday

With the wider market also enjoying an improvement in upbeat trading, the FTSE 100 Index closed up 85.8 points at 5449.9.

FTSE100 CEOs

Financial Time (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008

Forty per cent of the largest 100 companies listed in the UK have non-British chief executives, according to Credit Suisse, reflecting a huge cultural shift

Footsie retreats again, but traders talk of 'support'

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

LONDON FTSE 100 CLOSE 5,362.3 -87.6

FTSE closes at 5362.3

Channel 4 (Free subscription) | yesterday

The FTSE 100 Index has closed down 87.6 points at 5362.3.

Market update - 24 July

The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday

The FTSE 100 was down 46.8 points at 5403.1 at 12:04 pm. Weaker commodity prices continued to weigh on the resource stocks, which proved a drag on the benchmark index. Tullow Oil was among the worst off, down over 6 per cent or 46p at 719.5p.

HBOS shares lead the FTSE risers' board on bid talk

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

LONDON FTSE 100 CLOSE 5,449.9 +85.8

• Moneysupermarket leads FTSE revival - icWales

FTSE closes at 5449.9

Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008

Rising financial stocks and hopes the worst of the credit crunch may be over helped the FTSE 100 Index power ahead.

Market update - 23 July

The Independent (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008

The FTSE 100 was up 68 points at 5432.1 at 11:57 am this morning. The banking sector was strongest and HBOS was the subject of a round of bid rumours – Britain’s largest mortgage lender advanced by more than 10 per cent or 26.75p to 287.75p as traders citied talk that BBVA, the Spanish banking group, was mulling an offer. The talk comes only days after Santander, another Spanish bank, approached Alliance...

Vodafone numbers put bears back in control of market

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008

LONDON FTSE 100 CLOSE 5,364.1 -40.2

• Vodafone pulls FTSE into the red - icWales

Miner success for Footsie as shares continue to rise

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008

LONDON FTSE 100 CLOSE 5,404.3 +27.9

• FTSE closes in positive terrain - icWales

FTSE closes at 5404.3

Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008

The FTSE 100 index stayed in positive territory for the third day running, closing 27.9 points up at 5404.3.

Europe stocks swing higher after early losses

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Europe stocks swung modestly higher in mid-morning trade on Monday, with gains in the resource sector countering a decline from media firms after Wolters Kluwer cut revenue guidance. The U.K. FTSE 100 rose 0.1% to 5,383.50 and the German DAX 30 rose 0.3% to 6,400.12. U.S. stock futures were mixed, with the S&P 500 contract up slightly but futures on the Dow Jones Industrial...

City warms to Citi as US giant sparks fresh FTSE rally

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 19/07/2008

LONDON FTSE 100 CLOSE 5376.4 +90.1

• FTSE continues its revival - icWales

Market report: Friday 18 July

icWales (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008

The FTSE 100 Index powered 1.7% ahead for a second day of strong gains after a dramatic U-turn on relief over Citigroup’s first quarter figures.

FTSE ends at 5376.4

Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008

The FTSE 100 has ended a turbulent week 1.7 per cent higher at 5376.4, up 90.1 points.