The FTSE 100 closed higher buoyed by gains on the US Nasdaq and Dow Jones indices. The Dow pierce...
The FTSE 100 closed higher buoyed by gains on the US Nasdaq and Dow Jones indices. The Dow pierced the 10,000 mark adding 253.62 points to 10,098.77 while the Nasdaq rose 107.98 to 1853.69 and the Standard & Poor's 500 31.84 to 1169.43. US markets were led higher by Intel after an online news story saying the latest version of its Pentium 4 processor would ship sooner than expected, and at a reduced cost. Intel added $1.38 to 24.58 while Motorola climbed $1.11 to 12.61 on expectation its first quarter earnings will cheer investors. Back home the FTSE 100 closed 139.70 points highe...
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