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The benchmark FTSE 100 ended up 13.60 points today at 4,416.60 after UK stocks rose for the first day in three, led by gains made by Yell Group and Enterprise Inns.

The benchmark FTSE 100 ended down 38.8 points today at 4,403 after UK stocks declined led by losses made by British Airways.

A turnaround in profit potential for Royal & SunAlliance and Reckitt Benckiser has lifted the FTSE 100 trading this morning.

A continuing rise in oil prices has hit trading in FTSE 100 stocks again this morning, led in the main by airline companies which will probably have to increase the passengers' surcharge on fuel.

FTSE 100 has regained some of yesterday's losses after UK stocks rose this morning boosted by mining companies BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto.

The FTSE 100 ended Monday down 103.2 points or 2.3% at 4,395.2 today as part of a global downturn in stockmarkets affected by the prospect of a Federal Reserve interest rate rise.

The FTSE 100 ended this week down 17.8 points by close of business on Friday at 4,498.4 after UK stocks fell paced by Enterprise Inns.

UK stocks are struggling to make any headway this morning, as Reuters and Sainsburys lead the losses.

Early trading on the London Stock Exchange indicates investment firms are now waiting for that all-important Bank of England base rate announcement, as performance is so far mixed around the prospect of an interest rate rise.

Stock market trading recovered well after the bank holiday downturn as news from the mining sector suggests Chinese interest in iron ore is not abating after all.