World markets
| Shanghai | 2,299.99 | +17.12 (0.75%) |
| S&P 500 | 1,666.29 | -1.18 (-0.07%) |
| Nikkei 225 | 15,360.81 | +222.69 (1.47%) |
| Hang Seng Index | 23,493.03 | +410.35 (1.78%) |
| TSEC | 8,377.05 | +8.86 (0.11%) |
| EURO STOXX 50 | 2,824.50 | +6.51 (0.23%) |
| CAC 40 | 4,022.85 | +21.58 (0.54%) |
| S&P TSX | 12,613.05 | +105.45 (0.84%) |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 5,209.00 | +28.20 (0.54%) |
| BSE Sensex | 20,223.98 | -62.14 (-0.31%) |
| KOSPI | 1,982.43 | -4.38 (-0.22%) |
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Top stories
The benchmark index of leading shares advanced 32.57 points to close at 6,755.63 on Monday, its highest since September 2000, as global markets continued to power upwards.
WASHINGTON� Even as Apple became the nation's most profitable technology company, it avoided billions in taxes in the United States and around the world through a web of subsidiaries so complex it spanned continents and surprised experts, ...
David Cameron failed to raise Google's tax affairs when he met the company's chairman Eric Schmidt in Downing Street yesterday, it has emerged.
Shares in FirstGroup plunged 30 per cent on Monday as investors balked at a �615m rights issue and the scrapping of its dividend.
High inflation has cost the economy �10billion over the last three years, according to Ernst & Young. The accountants warn households face spiralling energy and food bills and rail fares.
Trends
| Popular searches on Google | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| OCDO | Ocado Group PLC | 4.71% | 1,659.88M |
| MRW | Wm. Morrison Supermarkets plc | 0.98% | 6,721.93M |
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| Cons. Non-Cyclical | +0.45% |
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| Energy | -0.04% |
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| Financial | +0.75% |
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| Healthcare | +0.23% |
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| Services | +0.37% |
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| Technology | +0.50% |
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| Transportation | -1.54% |
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| Utilities | +0.93% |
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