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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
... bubble. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 39.13 points, or 1.52 per cent, to close at 2,537.92. LONDON - The FTSE 100 of Britain's leading shares ended down after insurers weighed and interest worries dragged several sectors lower, while Cable & Wireless ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2007
... to finish at 1,522.28. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 10.97 points, or 0.42 percent, to close at 2,577.05. LONDON - Britain's benchmark share index rose 0.15 per cent, guided upwards by a stellar performance from Vodafone, and as banks helped bolster ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... finish at 1,524.12. But the Nasdaq Composite Index gained 9.23 points, or 0.36 per cent, to close at 2,588.02. LONDON - Britain's leading share index fell nearly 0.5 percent as gloom in heavyweights such as GlaxoSmithKline and Marks & Spencer outweighed ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
... to finish at 1,525.10. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 20.34 points, or 0.80 per cent, to close at 2,578.79. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 ended a choppy session just inside negative territory, as a last-minute slide in heavyweight GlaxoSmithKline overrode ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
... points, or 0.66 per cent, to 1,522.75. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 19.07 points, or 0.75 per cent, to 2,558.45. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index rose nearly one per cent to its highest close since September 2000 as oil shares surged on talk of sector ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... Index dipped 1.39 points to finish at 1,512.75. The Nasdaq Composite Index shed 8.04 points to close at 2,539.38. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index rose 0.3 per cent as heavyweight oil shares Shell and BP were lifted by merger talk, but miners fell on ...

Macquarie seeks banking licence in Britain

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
Macquarie Bank plans to apply for a banking licence in Britain as a way of acquiring a "passport" to do more business in Europe. The bank's chief executive Allan Moss said Macquarie would submit an application to the UK Financial Services Authority ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
... 500 Index was down 1.96 points at 1,501.19. The Nasdaq Composite Index also was down 21.15 points at 2,525.29. LONDON - Britain's leading share index ended up recovering early losses as slightly weaker-than-expected US inflation data lifted sentiment ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... was down 2.70 points at 1,503.15. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 15.78 points at 2,546.44. LONDON - The FTSE 100 of Britain's leading shares ended down 0.2 per cent as miners fell and inflationary concerns pulled stocks further into the red ahead ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
... Poor's 500 Index was up 14.38 points at 1,505.85. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 28.48 points at 2,562.22. LONDON - Britain's top share index recovered from early losses to end higher, snapping a three-day losing streak, driven by acquisition talk ...