It's been a good day for the FTSE 100, which finished 122.9 points higher at 5193.3. The bankin...
It's been a good day for the FTSE 100, which finished 122.9 points higher at 5193.3. The banking sector accounted for the lion's share of the index's gains but it was a decent day for the majority of stocks with 78 risers against 22 losers. Abbey National prompted the enthusiasm for banking stocks after it said third-quarter pretax profit is 'comfortably ahead'' of last year's levels thanks to increased lending and cost cuts. The stock improved 23p to 1053p. Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland, HBoS and HSBC all advanced 5%. British Airways spearheaded the gainers amongst the FTSE 1...
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