Not a great deal of movement among FTSE 100 companies by the close of trade, with the index bumped m...
Not a great deal of movement among FTSE 100 companies by the close of trade, with the index bumped moderately higher by a reasonable showing among selected technology and telecom stocks. But gains and losses among the index's elite businesses were capped at 7% and 5% respectively. The FTSE 100 finished the day relatively unchanged, down 1 point to 5467.9. Big news of the day was the Government's decision to block Lloyds' £19bn hostile bid for Abbey National. Lloyds TSB chief executive Peter Ellwood responded saying the bank would now focus its attention abroad. The news had alre...
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