A stronger momentum in the coalition forces war with Iraq seems to have buoyed trading for the forut...
A stronger momentum in the coalition forces war with Iraq seems to have buoyed trading for the foruth day in the row, to leave the FTSE 100 up over 100 points higher than last week. Abbey National was one of the big-named movers which saw decent gains and pushed the FTSE 100 to close up 43.3p points or 1.2% to 3814.4. Abbey gained 4.1% to 379p thanks to a improved rating from Morgan Stanley. The FTSE All-Share Index also managed to close anther 19.08 points to 1824.46. Reed Executive, the recruitment firm which has seen its share value fall 20% in the last year, has today see...
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