The FTSE 100 index closed at its lowest level in more than six years, and US markets are heading in ...
The FTSE 100 index closed at its lowest level in more than six years, and US markets are heading in that direction too, as Vodafone Group and Barclays took huge knocks in its earnings potential and Iraq rejected the UN's latest resolutions on weapons inspections. The UK's benchmark FTSE 100 index plummeted 120.7 points or 3.1% to 3739.4, its lowest close since August 1996, even though the index had earlier in the day climbed 1.7%. And the FTSE All-Share index also fell 53.46 points or 2.9%to 1817.05. Vodafone lost 4.75p or 5.3% to 84.25p after an analyst at Morgan Stanley cut its ...
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