FTSE

The FTSE 100 climbed this morning after the US saw some strong company reports, up 40.03 points (1%) to 4,058.26.

Retailers helped steady the FTSE on Thursday as negative results from Schroders threatened to pull it deeper into the red.

The FTSE 100 is hovering around the 4,000 mark in early trading, with Reed Elsevier , among the morning's biggest losers, down 4.81% to 475p after it warned earlier this week it expected its business-to-business publishing division to see profits fall...

The FTSE 100 has been dragged down by financials stocks in early trading, slipping 7.35 points (0.18%) to 3,983.51 before bouncing back up above 4,000 by 8.55am.

The FTSE 100 plummeted below 4,000 this afternoon as US stocks open sharply lower in early trading.

The FTSE 100 has opened flat this morning despite another strong start for the banks, with London's blue-chip index remaining at its Friday close of 4,092.80.

US markets experienced a volatile morning as tech firms fell back and Citigroup announced it had made a profit for the first time in almost two years. The Dow Jones was up 21.03 points (0.26%) to 8,146.46.

In London, markets climbed again in early trade, with the FTSE100 up 27.17 points (0.67%) to 4,080.15.

The FTSE 100 climbs 10.68 points (0.27%) this morning to 3979.08, led by the Government's bailed-out banks.

The FTSE 100 has dropped more than 13 points (0.35%) this morning to 3,975.18 after financials and property companies dragged the index.