http://www.ukequities.org.uk Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In London on Monday, the FTSE 100 was up 0.4 percent to 5,429.7. Meanwhile, the FTSE 250 reached another all-time high close, ending 0.4 percent higher at 7,930.2. Volume was at 2.5 billion shares traded. Mobile phone operator Vodafone fell 1.8 percent to 151½p when an expected announcement ... http://www.ukequities.org.uk/2005/09/19/ftse_250_continues_on_all_time_high/ In London on Wednesday equities markets were a bit higher on a volume of 2.9 billion shares traded. The FTSE 100 was up 0.2 percent to 5,347.4 as Deutsche Bank raised its target for the 100 to 5,550 by the end of the year and forecast that it would ... http://www.ukequities.org.uk/2005/09/14/london_sees_stronger_equity_trading_but_/ The Confederation of British Industry issued a revised economic forecast for the UK on Wednesday, now forecasting that the British economy will grow by 1.9 percent this year and by 2.2 percent next year. These predictions are well below the UK government’s forecasts, issued in April, which stand at ... http://www.ukequities.org.uk/2005/08/25/cbi_revises_economic_growth/ The release of the minutes of the Bank of England monetary policy committee meeting minutes from their most recent meeting show that the committee approved this month’s UK interest rate cut by a close 5 to 4 vote. The majority who voted for the rate cut argued that confidence ... http://www.ukequities.org.uk/2005/08/17/bank_of_england_minutes_show_close_decis/ Businesses in Central London are apparently suffering from July’s terrorist attacks, as retail sales in shops there fell by 9 percent in July, according to a report by the British Retail Consortium. The decline in London retail sales contributed to a decline of 1.9 percent in retails sales in ... http://www.ukequities.org.uk/2005/08/15/london_sales_decline_due_to_bombings/ British Airways resumed flights out of Heathrow Airport in London on Friday after the cancellation of over 620 flights in a two day period due to a dispute with a catering company that supplies the airline there. The airline hopes to get 31 flights, both short-distance and long-haul, out ... http://www.ukequities.org.uk/2005/08/12/ba_flights_up_but_profits_will_be_impact/ The London equities markets closed in positive territory on Wednesday as the FTSE 100 gained 0.3 percent to 5,377.5 and the FTSE 250 was up 0.4 percent to 7,734.6 on a volume of 2.8 billion shares traded. Life assurers saw advances in share value. South Africa-based life assurers Old ... http://www.ukequities.org.uk/2005/08/10/ftse_markets_close_with_positive_gains/ The biggest airport operator in the UK said on Wednesday that July passenger volumes were up despite an impact from the London bombings kept some passengers at home. BAA Plc, which operates seven airports including Gatwick and Heathrow, said that passenger traffic grew by 2.6 percent in July compared ... http://www.ukequities.org.uk/2005/08/10/baa_plc_says_passenger_figures_up_despit/ Figure show that exports from the UK to non-European countries were up sharply in June. The Office for National Statistics, however, has said that the official figures might have to be revised if it is found that they are inflated to VAT fraud. As reported, official data shows ... http://www.ukequities.org.uk/2005/08/09/sharp_rise_in_uk_exports_prompts_vat_fra/ Shares in UK biotechnology company Acambis rose by over three percent on Thursday on the news that the company is in the process of developing a new flu vaccine that could give lifetime protection from all strains of the flu. If the new vaccine is successful it would be ... http://www.ukequities.org.uk/2005/08/04/acambis_shares_jump_on_flu_vaccine_offer/
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