World markets
| Shanghai | 2,302.40 | -2.71 (-0.12%) |
| S&P 500 | 1,669.16 | +2.87 (0.17%) |
| Nikkei 225 | 15,627.26 | +246.24 (1.60%) |
| Hang Seng Index | 23,261.08 | -105.29 (-0.45%) |
| TSEC | 8,398.84 | +15.79 (0.19%) |
| EURO STOXX 50 | 2,812.37 | -9.28 (-0.33%) |
| CAC 40 | 4,019.64 | -16.54 (-0.41%) |
| S&P TSX | 12,742.43 | +129.38 (1.03%) |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 5,165.40 | -14.70 (-0.28%) |
| BSE Sensex | 20,062.24 | -49.37 (-0.25%) |
| KOSPI | 1,993.83 | +12.74 (0.64%) |
SSE warns consumers of further energy price increases
SSE has warned that consumers should brace themselves for further increases in energy bills, as the London-listed energy group reported a jump in full-year pre-tax profit and bolstered its dividend.
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Top stories
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) said this morning that it had completed its review of Lloyds and RBS and that the bank could both generate enough capital through retained profits and restructuring their operations to meet the regulator's minimum ...
As unsettled weather and rising food prices put off shoppers, retail sales volumes including fuel sank 1.3pc month-on-month, confounding economists' forecasts for flat sales.
Economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa will moderate to 3.1 percent this year before recovering to 3.7 percent in 2014, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its economic outlook for the region on Tuesday.
Lost tax revenue from money salted away offshore is costing governments more than $150bn (�99bn) a year, Oxfam has found - enough to eliminate extreme poverty across the globe twice over.
Nationwide, Britain's largest building society, today said it had increased lending on mortgages by 17pc to �21.5bn as it announced its full-year results.
Trends
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| OCDO | Ocado Group PLC | 0.50% | 1,650.70M |
| MRW | Wm. Morrison Supermarkets plc | -2.63% | 6,545.34M |
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| Capital Goods | -0.41% |
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| Conglomerates | +0.12% |
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| Cons. Cyclical | -0.77% |
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| Cons. Non-Cyclical | -0.22% |
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| Energy | -0.02% |
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| Financial | +0.21% |
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| Healthcare | -0.02% |
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| Services | -0.52% |
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| Technology | -1.44% |
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| Transportation | +0.73% |
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| Utilities | -0.05% |
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