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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2005
... & Poor's 500 Index was up 5.31 points at 1272.74. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 2.41 points at 2262.59. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 closed higher, with aerospace firm Smiths Group rising on hopes of higher earnings, but miner Anglo American fell ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2005
... per cent, while the broad S&P 500 declined 0.45 per cent, and the Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 0.73 per cent. LONDON - Britain's top shares closed lower as Kuwait sold BP shares worth about $2 billion, slashing demand for other heavyweight oil stocks ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2005
... Composite Index was up 3.12 points at 2260.76. LONDON - Robust banking stocks drove UK stocks higher, led by HBOS after Britain's fourth-biggest bank said full-year earnings would beat forecasts and also helped by a strong showing from the retail sector. ...

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... The weekly declines for the Dow and the S&P 500 put an end to five straight weeks of gains for the two gauges. LONDON - Britain's top shares charged ahead, led by medical devices firm Smith & Nephew as hopes mounted that prices for hip and knee replacements ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2005
... & Poor's 500 Index was up 15.19 points at 1264.67. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 34.35 points at 2267.17. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index closed 1.2 per cent higher as oil shares ran ahead after an unexpectedly steep drop in US crude stockpiles ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2005
... was down 10.78 points at 1257.47. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 23.64 points at 2239.37. LONDON - Share prices for Britain's biggest companies ended lower, as investors said the market looked overextended after its latest leap to fresh four-year ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2005
... so far, the Dow is up 4.7 per cent, while the S&P 500 is up 5.1 per cent, and the Nasdaq is up 6.7 per cent. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 share index closed with a modest rise for the session and the week with sugar firm Tate & Lyle the notable gainer ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2005
... 2196.68. The turnaround in the Dow average came after shares of General Motors had dropped to a 23-year low. LONDON - Britain's top shares ended lower as falls by key stocks such as oil giant BP and mobile phone titan Vodafone took away from gains among ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2005
... Index was up 8.81 points at 2178.24. LONDON - Anticipation of a fresh round of mergers and acquisitions activity pushed Britain's FTSE 100 index back within striking distance of recent four-year highs, with Scottish Power leading the charge. The FTSE ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2005
... Poor's 500 Index was down 11.96 points to 1178.14. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 14.30 points to 2056.00. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index closed lower as inflation concerns grew in the United States, oil prices fell and shares in AstraZeneca ...