Leading shares are heading ever higher, with the FTSE 100 currently on course for its best level since 2000. If the trend in early trading continues, the index is set to beat its 2007 peak of 6732, with the next test the 6752 achieved in September 2000.

By Vanessa Houlder. The potential costs of global tax disputes reported by FTSE 100 companies fell by more than a third to �2.3bn from �3.6bn last year, according to research that suggested multinationals' appetite for conflict with tax authorities has ...

The FTSE 100, which closed at 6723 points on Friday, was a whisker higher than the level it hit in 2007. It is now just 207 points short of its 6930 all-time high, reached just before New Year's Eve in 1999 shortly before the dotcom party ended.

StockMarketWire.com - MIDDAY REPORT: The FTSE100 fell back after earlier making gains following a strong performance in New York on Friday and in the Asian markets earlier today.

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One of the most popular funds tracking the FTSE 100, the iShares FTSE 100 (LSE: ISF) exchange-traded fund (ETF), today confirmed dividends from the blue-chip index had reached an all-time high.

FTSE 100 tipped to open firmly higher this morning. 20 May 2013 | 06:43am. StockMarketWire.com - PRE-OPEN REPORT: The headline index is tipped to open firmly higher this morning, according to financial websites, taking a lead from strong gains in the ...

The drive to get more women on FTSE 100 boards has suffered a further setback, new figures have revealed. Only 12 per cent of directors appointed in the two months to May 1 are women, down from the 50 per cent rate seen a year ago, according to data to ...

So the FTSE 100 finished at 6624.98, up 0.5% on the day but off its best levels following a weak start on Wall Street. At the beginning of the shortened bank holiday week, the index stood at 6521.

Overall the FTSE 100 finished 7.49 points higher at 6693.55 after an earlier dip, marking its tenth rise in a row. Miners were under pressure after poor eurozone growth figures, while there was also a mixed bag of US data including worse than expected ...