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Pedestrians walk past a computerized display showing the FTSE 100 index in west London, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008.
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Market Report: Barclays rises as bulls reclaim FTSE 100
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Tesco tugs FTSE to two-year high
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Pedestrians pass an electronic display sign showing the British FTSE 100 in London, Friday, Dec. 12, 2008.
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A man looks at a financial board displaying the FTSE index in London, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007. Share prices on the London Stock Exchange were lower at midday Wednesday and at noon, the FTSE 100-share index was down 94.1 points at 6,266.0. Asian and European markets tumbled Wednesday as investors watched a skittish Wall Street recoil from more bad news in the U.S. mortgage mar
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Two cyclists ride pass a financial board displaying the FTSE index in London, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007. Share prices on the London Stock Exchange were lower at midday Wednesday and at noon, the FTSE 100-share index was down 94.1 points at 6,266.0. Asian and European markets tumbled Wednesday as investors watched a skittish Wall Street recoil from more bad news in the U.S. mortgage marke
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WPP Group has led the FTSE 100 higher after reporting robust revenue growth, although a dip by BP has held gains in check. sa1
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Pedestrians walk past a display showing the FTSE 100 in London, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007. The Bank of
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A woman walks past a financial display board showing the FTSE 100-share index in central London, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. Share prices on the London Stock Exchange closed sharply down Monday with the FTSE 100-share index closing down 391.06 points at 4,589.19. Asian and European stock markets plunged as government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe failed to alleviate fears that the global financial crisis would depress world economic
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Office workers are seen in London's Canary Wharf financial district, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. London's FTSE 100 closed 7.9 per cent lower
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Trader reacts to early market moves on the London Stock Exchange and the FTSE100 index at CMC Markets in London, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008 . Britain's benchmark stock index, the FTSE 100, fell 4.62 percent in the first 15 minutes of trading on Monday morning, following a slide in Asian markets as the financial crisis worsened over the weekend. The FTSE fell 230.2 to 4,750.05. The worst declines were in the banking industry _ HBOS PLC's share price dropped 12.7 percent to 175 pence (US$3.08), while th
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A trader reacts to early market moves on the London Stock Exchange and the FTSE100 index at CMC Markets in London, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008 . Britain's benchmark stock index, the FTSE 100, fell 4.62 percent in the first 15 minutes of trading on Monday morning, following a slide in Asian markets as the financial crisis worsened over the weekend. The FTSE fell 230.2 to 4,750.05. The worst declines were in the banking industry _ HBOS PLC's share price dropped 12.7 percent to 175 pence (US$3.08), while
photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth
Pedestrians walk past a display showing the FTSE in London, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007. The Bank of England cut its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 5.5 percent on Thursday after growing signs that the economy is slowin
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A large screen graph shows the performance of Britain's FTSE 100 share index in London, Monday Sept. 29, 2008. European governments had to step in with a flurry of major bank bailouts from Iceland to Germany as fear and turmoil from the U.S. credit crisis spread through the financial syst
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Traders react to early market moves on the London Stock Exchange and the FTSE100 index at CMC Markets in London, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008 .
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People walk by the London Stock Exchange in the City of London, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares plunged 7.1 percent in the first half hour of trading on the London Stock Exchange Friday morning, tracking steep declines in Europe, Asia and the U.
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A trading screen shows the reaction to early market moves on the London Stock Exchange and the FTSE100 index at CMC Markets in London, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008 .
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A trading screen shows the reaction to early market moves on the London Stock Exchange and the FTSE100 index at CMC Markets in London, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008 .
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A pedestrian walks in front of a display showing the performance of Britain's FTSE 100 share index in London, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008. European stock markets are lower following hefty losses in Asia earlier and an expected further retreat on Wall Street as spreading pessimism over corporate earnings reinforces concerns about the world e
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FTSE dips after turkey . lasts at hsbc bank consula. ula1
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A man walks by a video screen showing share prices at the London Stock Exchange in the City of London, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares plunged 7.1 percent in the first half hour of trading on the London Stock Exchange Friday morning, tracking steep declines in Europe, Asia and the
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A newspaper distributor with copies of a free newspaper, with a headline on the FTSE 100 index reaching over 6000 points for the first time in five years, outside Bank tube station in London, Friday, March 17, 2006. The Financial Times-Stock Exchange index rose to 6008.4 in the first minutes of trading, a level it hasn't reached since March
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A man talks on his phone as he stands in front of a financial display board in central London, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. Share prices on the London Stock Exchange closed sharply down Monday with the FTSE 100-share index closing down 391.06 points at 4,589.19. Asian and European stock markets plunged as government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe failed to alleviate fears that the global financial crisis would depress world economic g
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File - City workers pass the London Stock Exchange in London, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008
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Men walk past a financial display board in central London, Monday Oct. 6, 2008. Asian and European stock markets plunged Monday as government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe failed to alleviate fears that the global financial crisis would depress world economic growth. By midafternoon Europe time, Britain's benchmark stock index, the FTSE 100, lost 245.70 to 4,734.55 _ a 4.93 percent fall. The declines were led by the banking industry, with the mining and oil industries also suffering
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A Dairy Crest ex-Unigate Wales & Edwards Rangemaster milk float.
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Two workers walk past a financial board in West London displaying the FTSE 100 index reaching over 6000 points for the first time in five years, Friday, March 17, 2006. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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Arriva bus
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Computer screens as seen as an employee of Montsegur Finance, a portfolio management company authorised by the Financial Markets Authority, works at her desk in Paris, Monday, Jan. 21, 2008. France's stock markets plunged on Monday following declines on Wall Street last week amid investor pessimism over the US government's stimulus plan to prevent a recession. France's CAC 40 slid 6.1 percent, but it was not the only European country to see a significant drop. Germany's DAX was down 6 per cent i
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An Arriva bus in service in the Netherlands