The benchmark FTSE 100 is currently down 12 points to 4,116.80. Bradford & Bingley leads tod...
The benchmark FTSE 100 is currently down 12 points to 4,116.80. Bradford & Bingley leads today's losers with a 12p drop to 335p. Compass Group shed 11.5p to 340p after an analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Co downgraded the company to "in-line" from "outperform". Northern Rock, this year's best performing bank stock, fell 21p to 718p. Mitchell & Butler, the former pubs division of Six Continents and owner of the All Bar One pub chain, advanced 8p to 223p. Smith & Nephew gained 5.75p to 370.25p. Amersham, a maker of imaging agents to help diagnose disease,...
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