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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
... to close at 1,495.42. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 23.35 points, or 0.92 per cent, to finish at 2,547.89. LONDON - Britain's top share index ended up 0.5 per cent as banks gained after a consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland made a counterbid ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
... at 1,480.93. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 2.72 points, or 0.11 per cent, at 2,523.67. LONDON - The FTSE 100 of Britain's leading shares ended down, weighed by both AstraZeneca and Barclays but boosted by heavyweight oil stocks and brewer Scottish ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
... or 0.93 per cent, at 1,484.35. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 21.04 points, or 0.84 per cent, at 2,526.39. LONDON - Britain's top share index closed up 0.72 per cent, with a $US22 billion bid battle for pharmacy group Alliance Boots, further possible ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
... finish at 1,472.50. But the Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 6.45 points to close at 2,510.50. LONDON - The FTSE 100 of Britain's leading shares slid back, with mining stocks taking the greatest knock, as the market felt the heat over interest rate rises ...

Market Wrap - morning

... finish at 1,472.50. But the Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 6.45 points to close at 2,510.50. LONDON - The FTSE 100 of Britain's leading shares slid back, with mining stocks taking the greatest knock, as the market felt the heat over interest rate rises ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2007
... 3.01 points to finish at 1,471.48. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 1.38 points to 2,516.95. LONDON - The FTSE 100 of Britain's top shares declined amid anxiety about the probability of interest rate rises with UK inflation reaching a 10-year high. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2007
... advanced 5.05 points to 1,452.85, while the Nasdaq Composite Index gained 11.62 points to close at 2,491.94. LONDON - Britain's top share index closed at a six year high, with the 0.72 percent increase driven by pharmaceuticals and oil shares, and merger ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
... Poor's 500 Index rose 8.93 points to 1,447.80 and the Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 21.01 points to 2,480.32. LONDON - Britain's top share index closed little changed, as shares regained some ground in tandem with their US counterparts, but real estate ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
... gained 3.78 points to 1,448.39, and the Nasdaq Composite Index firmed 8.43 points to 2,477.61. LONDON - The FTSE 100 of Britain's leading shares closed at its highest level in almost six weeks as metal prices boosted mining stocks. The FTSE 100 ended ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
... companies may exit the country without contributing taxation dollars like typical domestic companies are required to. Britain is presently studying the impact of higher corporate gearing on the tax take, Denmark is drafting legislation to make tax treatment ...