A brighter than expected opening on Wall Street helped the FTSE 100 to shrug off its early heavy los...
A brighter than expected opening on Wall Street helped the FTSE 100 to shrug off its early heavy losses but the UK index still closed lower with new economy stocks in the doldrums. The FTSE 100 finished the day down 17 points to 5749.6. Despite yesterday's stern earnings warning from US technology titan, Cisco, the US's mood regarding technology stocks improved as it adopted a 'things can only get better' attitude. But with Intel due to release first quarter figures after trade there is still potential for further disappointment, despite today's pragmatic dose of optimis...
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