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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007
... 8.88 points to 1,410.94. The Nasdaq Composite Index ended up 13.80 points to 2,408.21. LONDON - The FTSE 100 index of Britain's leading shares rose slightly at close on the back of a continuation of merger and acquisition activity. The FTSE 100 closed ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
... 500 Index closed up 15.11 points at 1,402.06. The Nasdaq Composite Index finished up 21.75 points at 2,394.41. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index closed up slightly also with the help of banks and merger and acquisition activity, including that by Barclays ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
... Poor's 500 Index dropped 5.33 points to 1,386.95. The Nasdaq Composite Index slipped 6.04 points to 2,372.66. LONDON - Britain's top shares turned in a flat performance after merger and acquisition activity was offset by losses in oil shares and banks. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2007
... 500 Index rose 10.37 points at 1,402.34, and the Nasdaq Composite Index was 13.24 points higher at 2,387.88. LONDON - Britain's leading share index climbed 1.16 per cent, further recovering from last week's global sell-off, as commodity stocks were boosted ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2007
... at 1,391.97. The Nasdaq Composite Index unofficially ended down 10.50 points, or 0.44 per cent, at 2,374.64. LONDON - Britain's leading share index ended slightly higher, as gains in real estate firms and bid talk surrounding several food retailers struggled ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2007
... 1.65 per cent, at 1,396.86 and the Nasdaq Composite Index was up 46.27 points, or 1.98 per cent, at 2,386.95. LONDON - Britain's top share index bounced back from the global equity sell-off to end up 1.3 per cent, helped by banks and commodity stocks ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007
... at 1,374.09. The Nasdaq Composite Index lost 27.32 points, or 1.15 per cent, unofficially ending at 2,340.68. LONDON - Britain's top share index ended 0.9 per cent lower, led by declines in British Airways shares as UK stocks followed the general global ...

PE investment in UK boosts job: BVCA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2007
... Companies with PE/VC backing were also found to have grown their sales at a faster rate than other companies. Meanwhile, Britain's General Union (GMB) has launched an attack on private equity managers following job restructures and losses at a car park ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2007
... points, or 1.14 per cent, to 1,387.17. The Nasdaq Composite Index slid 36.21 points, or 1.51 per cent, to 2,368.00. LONDON - Britain's top share index ticked up in a choppy market, halting a three-day slide, as food retailers and miners lent support ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007
... that the US economy was sound. In addition, he said there did not seem to be any single trigger for the drop. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index slid 1.82 per cent in a choppy market as a rebound in US shares failed to comfort investors bruised by a sell-off ...