Economics / Markets

The FTSE 100 has ended the day up 19.8 points, or 0.3%, to 6,579.3, as merger and acquisition speculation boosted the index.

The FTSE 100 is up 16.2 points, or 0.25%, to 6,575.7 in early trading, as financial stocks help to boost the index.

The FTSE 100 has ended the session down 9.1 points, or 0.14%, to 6,559.5, as property companies continued to slump.

The FTSE 100 is down 9.6 points, or 0.15%, to 6,559 in early trading, despite strong gains from the mining sector.

Schroder has laid down a challenge to the UK Equity Income sector after launching its long awaited Global Equity Income fund.

The FTSE 100 ended the session slightly higher with a gain of 2.9 points, or 0.04%, to 6,558.4, as earlier losses were offset by a strong start to Wall Street.

The FTSE 100 is slightly up in early trading with a rise of 2.2 points, or 0.03%, to 6,557.7, as two big takeover deals have failed to boost the index.

The FTSE 100 has ended the session down 10.2 points, or 0.16%, to 6,555.5, as the mining sector fell on broker downgrades and declining copper and aluminium prices.

The FTSE 100 is slightly down in early trading with a fall of 6.1 points, or 0.09%, to 6,559.6, despite continued takeover speculation, as investors prepare for inflation data following last week's rise in interest rates.

The FTSE 100 has ended the day up 41.60 points, or 0.64%, to 6,565.7, as miners reversed earlier losses.