London's stock indices is struggling to maintain momentum again this morning, as all eyes are on the Bank of England confirmation of the base rate and a huge fall for Compass Group.
The FTSE 100 index is currently down 24 points or 0.53% to 4,534.3 largely because Compass Group has lost a quarter of its value this morning. Compass’ share value is currently down 80.25p or 25% to 239.5p, but there is so far no specific news to indicate why the share has fallen so much. BAE Systems has managed to hold its ground and gain 2.25p or 1% to 214p even though its losses have widened. Barclays is down 5.25p or 1% to 522.25p as national press report Barclays and Standard Chartered Bank are looking at buying a South African bank It rival Royal Bank of Scotland is also down...
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