FTSE100 ends week above 6,000

By the end of the day, the FTSE100 was up 76.10 at 6056.50, buoyed by positive news from the US. Financials has a turnaround after a rocky start with Schroders the top performer up 57.00 at 1066.00. RBOS also rose 18.00 to 384.00. However, the miners ended the day down after a strong start on low copper prices. Kazakhmys was bottom of the heap, down 110.00 at 1610.00. Strong quarterly figures from Citigroup and Google helped the Dow Jones off to a powerful start with the index up 187 points at 12,808. Citigroup rose 1.59 at 25.62 on the announcement it had posted a quarterly loss of $...