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FTSE 100 up as RBS and HBOS-Lloyds-TSB Bailout begins
October 13. saw a positive start on the FTSE 100 opening 1 percent higher and within 10 minutes of trading shot up 5 percent or 211 points at 4143.
News that the UK government have started nationalizing the Royal Bank of Scotland and HBOS by pumping £37 billion of taxpayers’ money into the troubled banks. Taxpayers [...]
October 9. Latest Stock figures
Here is a quick rundown of the latest stock figures from around the world on October 9. In London the FTSE 100 dipped sharply by 5.2 percent or 238.5 points to close at 4,366.7. FTSE 250 closed lower by 3.1 percent or 230.3 points at 7,200.9
In the US, Wall Street saw the Dow Jones [...]
UK stock market melts as shares nosedive
The FTSE 100 crashed down early trading and by mid-morning had fell 6 percent. By midday it was 271 points lower at 4708.5, off 5.5 percent, this nosedive could end up putting the index in a position to be one of its worse days trading ever. It was the same picture for European markets and [...]
FTSE 100 falls hard as US bailout plan rejected
The US bailout rejection caused havoc with the FTSE 100 on Tuesday morning, within minutes of opening the index was down almost 100 points. The hardest hit on the London Stock Exchange were insurer Old Mutual and mortgage lender
House Vote rejected: Dow Jones immediately fell 6 percent
The Dow Jones industrials fell more than 700 on Monday early trading as concerns grew that the bailout vote would fail, but as news broke that President Bush $700 billion bailout was
Lloyds TSB takover of HBOS boosts FTSE 100
The FTSE was up 1.9 percent by midday Thursday, this comes as billions of dollars are pumped in by the major central banks to improve the liquidity, and Lloyds TSB finally struck the deal to