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The FTSE closed on Thursday deep in negative territory after German Chancellor Angela Merkel stepped up calls for tougher regulation of banks and financial markets.

Stephen Snowden, manager of the Old Mutual Corporate Bond fund, on a volatile outlook for the months ahead

Miners are among the early fallers on the FTSE as European markets tumble following a ban on naked short-selling in Germany.

The FTSE has made steady gains in afternoon trading as London shares were buoyed by the Dow's positive start to trading and concerns over the EU debt fallout subsided.

The FTSE 100 edged higher in early afternoon trading Monday on optimism BP is beginning to take control of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but the euro continues to languish.

HSBC Asset Management has launched an ETF tracking the S&P 500 index on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

The FTSE suffered a sharp drop in afternoon trading to close more than 3% in the red as concerns over EU debt and another Greece bomb attack rattled markets.

In periods of uncertainty many investors buy into large cap stocks, confident that the world's biggest businesses are best placed to weather whatever storm is brewing. But large caps have many more characteristics.

Courtiers'director and CIO Gary Reynolds explains why investors should not turn their backs on UK equities.

The FTSE edged higher while sterling fell from a 10-month high on the first day of the UK's new Coalition Government.