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Blue Sky Asset Management has launched two structured products designed to achieve returns even if equity markets fail to rise.

Direxion has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a range of four leveraged ETFs tracking the US market and semiconductor sector.

Barclays Wealth is reissuing the US and UK versions of its Super Tracker investment strategy for investors predicting an elongated U-shaped recovery.

The UK's blue chip stocks index has closed the day up and saw the performance of mining firms and financial services group turn around but the key driver of the day was a major purchase of Sainsbury shares.

Stocks on the FTSE 100 index are rebounding again after yesterday's setback, led this morning by supermarket giant Sainsbury.

The FTSE 100 index continued its losses again today, dropping another 50 points or 0.77% to 6430 by close of business, after Yell's business announcement received a poor reception from investors.

UK investors still appear nervous about the prospect of further rate rises this morning and the activity of sterling - yesterday hitting $2 to the pound - as the FTSE 100 is continuing its losses.

Having made strong headway yesterday, stocks on the FTSE 100 index are this morning falling again, but are this time led by Experian Group, Hammerson and the mining giants.

A slide in the value of stocks across the globe yesterday and today has again hit the performance of the FTSE 100 index, but it is this time being led by banking stocks.

The slow rebound on the FTSE 100 index has begun this morning and is led by the mining stocks which last week contributed to the drop in the index.