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FTSE moves closer to breaking record high

Friday, May 24, 2013

The top share index in the UK moved upwards yet again on Wednesday as comments from the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, helped to send sentiment soaring. By the end of the midweek session the FTSE 100 was higher by 0.54 per cent reaching 6840.

News from the US was primarily responsible for the afternoon surge in the market, with a speech from Ben Bernanke helping to reassure investors about the fiscal plans. The Fed chairman was quick to confirm that the asset purchase programme would remain in place as long as possible and no actions would be taken to jeopardise the recovery, especially whilst there was poor employment figures and a weak labour market.

Closer to home, the minutes from the latest Monetary Policy Committee were...

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Share Prices

CompanyPriceChange
BTG353.70p14.20 % rise4.18 %
Dairy Crest Group489.60p19.60 % rise4.17 %
Aveva Group2,390.00p87.00 % rise3.78 %
Cable & Wireless C..44.00p1.29 % rise3.02 %
Telecom Plus1,287.00p37.00 % rise2.96 %
CompanyPriceChange
Halfords Group300.00p33.30 % fall9.99 %
Close Brothers Group1,006.00p84.00 % fall7.71 %
FirstGroup127.40p7.20 % fall5.35 %
Ocado Group263.50p13.10 % fall4.74 %
Hochschild Mining247.30p11.60 % fall4.48 %

IndexValueChange
FTSE 1006,654.3442.45 % fall0.63 %
FTSE 25014,393.01114.71 % fall0.79 %
FTSE 3503,577.1423.61 % fall0.66 %
FTSE Small Cap3,944.362.68 % fall0.07 %
FTSE All Share3,506.5622.67 % fall0.64 %
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TIDMCompanyPriceChangeChange %Day's Volume
VODVodafone Group194.55p1.00 % rise0.52 %76,573,436
AVPArmstrong Ventures0.04p0.01 % rise23.08 %68,630,390
FRRFrontera Resources Corporation (DI)0.96p0.09 % rise10.34 %47,208,099
LDPLeed Resources0.20p0.02 % rise14.71 %37,459,538
CYANCyan Holdings0.60p0.04 % rise6.19 %27,461,841
QPPQuindell Portfolio8.76p0.01 % rise0.11 %24,145,774
LONRLonrho9.91p0.04 % rise0.41 %23,705,244
AFEAfrican Eagle Resources0.95p0.15 % rise18.75 %18,138,184
COMSComs2.42p0.26 % rise12.27 %17,268,449
CAZACaza Oil & Gas Inc. (CDI)14.12p5.12 % rise56.94 %15,957,144
TWLWeather Lottery (The)0.14p0.01 % rise7.41 %13,804,432
RRRRed Rock Resources0.54p0.06 % rise13.54 %13,115,500
ASTAscent Resources0.72p0.08 % rise11.54 %11,084,856
CWCCable & Wireless Communications44.00p1.29 % rise3.02 %10,067,933
LEGLegendary Investments0.09p0.02 % rise20.00 %9,661,777
WASWasabi Energy0.50p0.02 % rise5.26 %9,226,529
EDLEdenville Energy 0.17p0.01 % rise6.25 %8,788,558
SPA1Spatial8.12p1.38 % rise20.37 %8,195,227
MKSMarks & Spencer Group475.00p2.90 % rise0.61 %7,917,653
SLESan Leon Energy7.03p0.03 % rise0.43 %7,902,243

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