There was little to smile about on Friday as the FTSE 100 slipped 40.1 points to 5193. There we...
There was little to smile about on Friday as the FTSE 100 slipped 40.1 points to 5193. There were few gainers and no obvious sector trends to investor sentiment, other than a widespread reluctance to buy. Cable & Wireless spearheaded the decline after its peer Energis tumbled for the second day in a row. The stock dropped 16p to 293p. Energis added to yesterday's 57% plunge as it lost a further 5p to 18p following yesterday's announcement that its 2002 sales and earnings are unlikely to meet analysts' forecasts. Logica was another prominent faller. The provider of software f...
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