Despite a resurgent day's trade on Wall Street yesterday the FTSE 100 struggled to get going today a...
Despite a resurgent day's trade on Wall Street yesterday the FTSE 100 struggled to get going today and was flat at midday. Technology stocks were in good spirits but a decision from the European Central Bank to leave rates unchanged maintained the city's uninspired mood. At midday the FTSE 100 1.9 points to 5801.1. Investors were tentative today in light of the decent gains the index has made so far this week. The ECB's decision to leave Eurozone interest rates unchanged stirred anxiety that the central bank is not responding fast enough to the economic slowdown that has infiltr...
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