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 | 2,765.39 | -11.39 (-0.41%) |
| CAC 40 | 3,966.38 | -0.77 (-0.02%) |
| S&P TSX | 12,658.09 | -94.41 (-0.74%) |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 4,983.50 | -78.90 (-1.56%) |
| BSE Sensex | 19,704.33 | +30.00 (0.15%) |
| KOSPI | 1,973.45 | +4.26 (0.22%) |
Co-operative Bank ceases lending to new business customers
The Co-operative Bank has closed its doors to new corporate customers as it tries to repair its balance sheet after its bonds were downgraded to �junk� status.
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Top stories
Fears over the UK's continuing energy security were fuelled today after a report claimed Britain came dangerously close in March to its gas supply running out and its lights being switched off.
Fri May 24, 2013 7:05am EDT. For other related diaries, please see; DIARY - U.S. Federal Reserve DIARY - Polling Unit Diary DIARY - Key World Financial Events DIARY - Political and General news DIARY - Index of all Diaries DIARY - G7 Economic ...
Brenda Kelly, senior market strategist at IG, said: 'Last night's reassurances from James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, that near-term tapering of Fed quantitative easing is anything but a certainty has helped to settle and create a ...
The blue-chip index fell 2.1pc to close at 6696.79 on Thursday. The FTSE 100 ended Wednesday at just 90 points shy of the record close of 6930.2 it reached during the 1999 dotcom boom.
The British Bankers' Association (BBA) said approvals rose 0.9pc on an annual basis in April to 32,153, the highest seen since January.
Trends
| Popular searches on Google | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| CAZA | Caza Oil & Gas, Inc | 36.94% | 20.30M |
| CAZ | Caza Oil & Gas, Inc. | 0.00% | 29.50M |
| FRR | Frontera Resources Corp | 16.09% | 21.72M |
| NTOG | Nostra Terra Oil and Gas Company plc | 0.90% | 11.28M |
| BTG | BTG plc | 4.83% | 1,168.39M |
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| Capital Goods | -0.54% |
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| Conglomerates | +0.97% |
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| Cons. Cyclical | -1.11% |
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| Cons. Non-Cyclical | -0.29% |
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| Energy | -0.52% |
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| Financial | -1.16% |
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| Healthcare | -0.34% |
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| Services | -0.43% |
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| Technology | -0.60% |
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| Transportation | -0.45% |
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| Utilities | -0.41% |
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