World markets
| Shanghai | 2,288.53 | +12.87 (0.57%) |
| S&P 500 | 1,650.51 | -4.84 (-0.29%) |
| Nikkei 225 | 14,612.45 | +128.47 (0.89%) |
| Hang Seng Index | 22,618.67 | -51.01 (-0.23%) |
| TSEC | 8,209.78 | -28.05 (-0.34%) |
| EURO STOXX 50 | 2,788.26 | +11.48 (0.41%) |
| CAC 40 | 3,987.70 | +20.55 (0.52%) |
| S&P TSX | 12,658.09 | -94.41 (-0.74%) |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 4,983.50 | -78.90 (-1.56%) |
| BSE Sensex | 19,708.35 | +34.02 (0.17%) |
| KOSPI | 1,973.45 | +4.26 (0.22%) |
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Top stories
By Toni Vorobyova. LONDON | Fri May 24, 2013 9:03am BST. LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 steadied on Friday after their steepest fall in a year in the previous session, with central bankers offering some reassurance that stimulus will stay for a while yet.
London open: Stocks in search of direction after sell-off LONDON (SHARECAST) - Markets opened tentatively on Friday morning with sentiment still fragile following a plunge the day before as traders reacted to concerns about stimulus measures in the US ...
Restarting the Bank of England's bond-buying program should help drive faster economic growth in the U.K. without setting off inflation, a senior BOE official said Friday.
Manchester United predicted its interest payments would fall by about �10m a year after refinancing its bond notes. Bank of America is providing a new facility that allows the club to redeem all its 8.75 per cent sterling bonds, worth �178m, and $22.1m of its ...
Weeks of cold weather had left national gas supplies at critically low levels in March, and prices spiked to a seven-year high after a faulty pump at one of Britain's main pipelines forced it to close.
Trends
| Gainers | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| BTG | BTG plc | 5.23% | 1,172.89M |
| AVV | AVEVA Group plc | 4.78% | 1,642.62M |
| TCG | Thomas Cook Group plc | 3.09% | 1,386.64M |
| ERM | Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC | 3.04% | 1,196.60M |
| GKP | Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited | 2.23% | 1,327.99M |
| Losers | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| CBG | Close Brothers Group plc | -4.99% | 1,529.70M |
| OCDO | Ocado Group PLC | -3.98% | 1,536.11M |
| MAB | Mitchells & Butlers plc | -3.72% | 1,562.79M |
| PER | Perform Group Ltd | -2.90% | 1,275.75M |
| BPTY | Bwin.party Digital Entertainment Plc | -1.94% | 1,060.05M |
Excludes shares with mkt cap of less than �1,000M. Learn more
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| Energy | +0.24% |
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| Financial | -0.38% |
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| Technology | -0.09% |
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| Transportation | -0.05% |
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| Utilities | -0.31% |
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