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  • Retail sales have worst January in 15 years

    Retail sales have worst January in 15 years

    Tue 09 Feb 2010
    A triple whammy of bad weather, a rise in VAT and less aggressive discounting by retailers made it the worst January for retail sales in 15 years, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).

    Sales rose just 1.2% year-on-year last month, the least since the survey began in 1995, and fell 0.7% on a like-for-like basis. They had increased by 6% and 4.2 respectively in December.

    Economists were hoping for a 3.3% rise versus the year before and 0.5% increase like-for-like.

    The BRC said food sales were helped by the snow early in the month as people stocked up on essentials, but they slowed as the weather improved.

    Non-food, espe... Read more
  • US paper round-up: Toyota, Google, Snow

    US paper round-up: Toyota, Google, Snow

    Tue 09 Feb 2010
    Toyota is recalling its 2010 Prius and Lexus hybrids worldwide because of brake problems, marking another setback for a carmaker already plagued with recalls and suspended sales because of safety issues.
  • FSA chief Sants stands down

    FSA chief Sants stands down

    Tue 09 Feb 2010
    Hector Sants, the chief executive of the Financial Services Authority is to stand down after three years in the job. Sants said he would leave in the summer, as planned.
  • London afternoon: Stocks back on the rise

    London afternoon: Stocks back on the rise

    Tue 09 Feb 2010
    Blue-chips regained impetus over the lunch time session, with spirits buoyed by expectations of a firm start on Wall Street.
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  • Market overview: FTSE 100 up 35

    Tue 09 Feb 2010
    1555: Miners have consolidated their dominant position at the top of the FTSE 100 and the leading share index looks set to finish in the blue. Antofagasta, Xstrata, Rio Tinto, Fresnillo, Kazakhmys and Vedanta Resources occupy the top six spaces....
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  • Snow freezes housing market

    Tue 09 Feb 2010
  • UK trade deficit widens

    Tue 09 Feb 2010
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  • Land Securities' London boss buys

    Mon 08 Feb 2010
  • Kirkland non-exec purchase

    Fri 05 Feb 2010
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Tuesday 09 Feb
Finals Alphameric, Beazley Group, Patsystems, Prodesse Investment Ltd., Sarantel Group 'A', Sarantel Group 'B', Sperati (Ca), Turk Ekonomi GDR (Reg S), Wolfson Microelectronics
AGMs British Portfolio Trust, TUI Travel, Victrex, Commercial Bank of Qatar GDR (Reg S), Enegi Oil, Hardide

Wednesday 10 Feb
Finals CSR, Pacific Assets Trust, Reckitt Benckiser Group, Smurfit Kappa Group, Telecity Group, Travis Perkins
AGMs Impax Asset Management Group, Daily Mail and General Trust, Pressure Technologies, Grainger, Andor Technology, MedicX Fund Ltd.

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Market Day

FTSE100
Indices
Name Value Chg %
FTSE 100 5,096 +3.20 +0.1
FTSE 250 9,000 -9.82 -0.1
techMARK 1,531 -3.04 -0.2
FTSE All-Share 2,609 +0.02 0.0
FTSE Small Cap 2,758 -2.88 -0.1

FTSE 350 Winners and Losers
Name Price %
rising arrow Biggest Winners
Lamprell218.40p+16.8
Rightmove563.00p+7.2
PayPoint394.50p+5.8
Telecity Group378.20p+5.1
Evolution Group116.60p+5.0
Melrose Resources317.80p+4.9
SDL International429.90p+4.9
Heritage Oil504.00p+4.2
Hunting553.50p+3.8
Hargreaves Lansdown290.70p+3.8
Name Price %
down arrowBiggest Losers
St James's Place230.10p-2.3
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels366.40p-2.6
Bellway701.50p-2.8
Micro Focus International Plc468.30p-2.8
Carphone Warehouse Group180.30p-3.2
Aberdeen Asset Management113.30p-3.2
Resolution74.35p-3.4
Aviva343.00p-3.6
PV Crystalox Solar48.60p-3.6
DSG International28.67p-4.4

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