FTSE inches upwards as miners support

Friday, February 03, 2012

The leading share index in the UK stumbled on Thursday after hitting key resistance levels but managed to creep into the blue on the back of merger rumours in the mining sector. By the close of Thursday, the FTSE 100 was marginally higher, adding 0.1 per cent, just over 5 points to finish at 5796.

After a wobbly start, the bluechips peaked at an intraday high of 5809, the highest level seen in six months. However, it was unable to hold out at the key resistance level and tumbled back below 5800. Acquisition rumours concerning Xstrata and Glencore, a commodities firm, helped to lift sentiment in the market to end the day on a high. News that a deal has still not been done for Greece...

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Share Prices

CompanyPriceChange
Admiral Group1,038.00p76.00 % rise7.90 %
Man Group136.70p9.90 % rise7.81 %
Hays85.75p5.80 % rise7.25 %
Kesa Electricals75.00p4.50 % rise6.38 %
Home Retail Group117.10p6.80 % rise6.17 %
CompanyPriceChange
Bumi850.00p40.00 % fall4.49 %
Carpetright583.50p26.50 % fall4.34 %
Premier Farnell210.00p8.40 % fall3.85 %
Centamin (DI)98.05p2.55 % fall2.53 %
Shanks Group110.50p2.50 % fall2.21 %

IndexValueChange
FTSE 1005,901.07105.00 % rise1.81 %
FTSE 25011,235.15148.64 % rise1.34 %
FTSE 3503,118.1153.62 % rise1.75 %
FTSE Small Cap3,010.8129.84 % rise1.00 %
FTSE All Share3,047.4251.91 % rise1.73 %
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Most Popular Shares in the FTSE (by volume)

Most Popular Shares
TIDMCompanyPriceChangeChange %Day's Volume
LLOYLloyds Banking Group34.39p1.66 % rise5.07 %284,451,951
BKIRBank of Ireland (Governor & Company of the)€ 0.150.02 % rise14.50 %157,936,312
RBSRoyal Bank of Scotland Group28.69p0.29 % rise1.02 %129,887,378
VODVodafone Group175.10p4.30 % rise2.52 %120,653,815
BARCBarclays237.45p9.55 % rise4.19 %59,016,189
GMGGame Group6.64p1.31 % rise24.58 %56,130,636
OGZDOAO Gazprom Level 1 ADS$ 12.560.19 % rise1.54 %55,462,785
LEDLED International Holdings Ltd (DI)0.42p0.11 % rise34.92 %41,207,322
SARSareum Holdings1.35p0.18 % rise14.89 %39,955,870
CNECairn Energy288.80p1.80 % rise0.63 %35,286,821
SOUSound Oil1.62p0.01 % rise0.62 %34,574,371
BT.ABT Group214.00p8.10 % rise3.93 %33,406,247
VALValiRx0.72p0.04 % rise5.93 %31,621,914
AHGAthol Gold and Value Ltd (DI)0.30p0.02 % rise5.36 %29,903,472
DXNSDixons Retail 14.39p0.69 % rise5.04 %28,260,869
EMGMan Group136.70p9.90 % rise7.81 %27,738,393
NANONanoco Group63.50p2.25 % rise3.67 %25,946,136
SOLOSolo Oil0.70p0.02 % rise3.70 %25,515,483
TSCOTesco326.65p7.65 % rise2.40 %24,236,909
HSBAHSBC Holdings559.50p13.80 % rise2.53 %23,759,704

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