Indicators continue to fluctuate, and the lack of clear economic direction has caused London markets ...
Indicators continue to fluctuate, and the lack of clear economic direction has caused London markets to sell down stocks this morning. The FTSE 100 index is currently off by about 17 points at 5,148. Last night the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 32.73 to 9,924.15 points and the Nasdaq Composite put on 10.17 points to close at 2,000.91 after perceived good news in the tech sector. The UK saw benign inflation figures out yesterday, but unemployment is seen as creeping up and other figures suggest that the retail shopping spree could be on the wane. The number of shoppe...
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