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Fears about the introduction of price controls on drugs in the US have pushed the FTSE 100 index down this morning, as such a move is likely to have an impact of the profitability of GlaxoSmithKline.

The FTSE 100 index is struggling to stay afloat this morning on anticipation of a Bank of England base rate rise at noon today and results figures from BT.

Standard Life sales and the outcome of the US mid-term elections are dragging the FTSE 100 index down this morning.

Retail therapy was the order of the day on the FTSE 100 index by the end of Tuesday, superseding the strong gains felt earlier for commodity and oil stocks along with losses at Yell.

The FTSE 100 index is struggling to make any headway this morning, even though oil and metal prices are up again and Marks & Spencer has seen improved profits.

UK stocks are not faring too well this morning as BA has reported lower than expected profits and a falling copper price is affecting mining firms.

The FTSE 100 index has made a good start this morning, led by mining stocks Rio Tinto and Vedanta buoyed by a rise in metal prices.

The FTSE 100 index has rallied slightly by 20.9 points or 0.36% to 5,843.2 in early trading, after the oil price dipped again and boosted many stocks such as cruising firm Carnival.

Stocks on the FTSE 100 index are heading south again this morning, led by brewer SABMiller and pharmaceutical firm Shire.

The FTSE 100 index is making strong gains this morning, up 33 points or 0.57% to 5,890, on the back of rising commodity prices and good news for online gambling giant PartyGaming.