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AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2006
... best weekly gains in nearly a month, while the S&P and Nasdaq had their best weekly performances since January. LONDON - Britain's top share index closed flat, having earlier breached 6,000 points for the first time in five years, as miners fell and ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2006
... That helped the Nasdaq Composite Index snap a six-day losing streak as it finished up 12.32 points at 2262.04. LONDON - Britain's top shares reversed losses to close sharply higher, tracking Wall Street as fears abated over the impact of rising US interest ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2006
... Poor's 500 Index was down 2.10 points at 1,289.14.The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 3.53 points at 2,311.11. LONDON - Britain's leading shares closed lower, turning tail from a higher start after the European Central Bank hiked rates, although strong ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2006
... Nasdaq Composite Index was up 20.14 points at 2307.18. LONDON - A continuing run of well-received company results boosted Britain's FTSE 100 share index to its highest level in nearly five years, but a big fall in Vodafone capped gains. The index closed ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2006
... Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 1.64 points at 1289.43. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 7.72 points at 2287.04. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index closed higher after strong results from advertiser WPP and bank group Lloyds TSB. The FTSE 100 index ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2006
... Poor's 500 Index was down 4.88 points at 1287.79. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 3.85 points at 2278.83. LONDON - Britain's biggest stocks fell, led lower by global news and information provider Reuters. The FTSE 100 index finished down 36.4 points ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2006
... 500 Index dipped 2.14 points to 1,287.24. The Dow Jones industrial average declined 5.36 points to 11,115.32. LONDON - Britain's leading shares touched their best level in almost five years after platinum miner Lonmin said it was in possible takeover ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2006
... Poor's 500 Index was down 1.87 points at 1,263.78. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 11.11 points at 2,255.87. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index jumped back above the 5,800 level to its highest close in 4.5 years as bid talk livened up the banks and ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2006
... 500 Index fell 11.62 to 1,270.84 and the tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index declined 28.99 points to 2,281.57. LONDON - Britain's leading shares ended just above session lows, pulled down by oil major Royal Dutch Shell after its results failed to inspire ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2006
... index was 5.12 points weaker at 1,280.08 and the tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index fell 0.96 points to 2,305.82. LONDON - Britain's biggest blue-chip shares ended lower as insurer Friends Provident's cheery update was outweighed by a profit warning from ...