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In stock markets abroad, London’s FTSE 100 fell 1.1% after the Bank of England paused its cuts to rates and kept its main interest rate unchanged on Thursday. The move comes as inflation there ...
LONDON -- Following the weakness in Asian markets, the FTSE 100 has turned down again today, falling 95 points, or 1.44%, to 6,464 by 9:05 a.m. EDT. It seems there's still a lot of uncertainty ...
LONDON -- The FTSE 100 (INDEX: ^FTSE) is going nowhere today, falling just a few points despite a slight improvement in sentiment toward Asian markets. By late morning it stands at 5,647, down 15 ...
LONDON -- After a period of strong rises, the FTSE 100 has retrenched somewhat today, dropping 1.8% to 6,718 points by 7:55 a.m. EDT. But to put that into perspective, it's only four days since ...
In October 1987, all major world markets crashed or declined substantially. The FTSE 100 Index lost 10.8% on that Monday and a further 12.2% the following day. The least affected was Austria (a fall of 11.4%) while the most affected was Hong Kong with a drop of 45.8%. Out of 23 major industrial countries, 19 had a decline greater than 20%. [11]
The FTSE 100 Index with its 100 constituents [9] was launched on 3 January 1984. [9] [8] The market capitalisation weighted FTSE 100 index replaced the price-weighted FT30 Index as the performance benchmark for most investors. [10] The FTSE 100 broadly consists of the largest 100 qualifying UK companies by full market value. [11]
This follows benchmark indices falling sharply in continental Europe after steep declines across Asia. [73] [74] The DAX, CAC 40 and IBEX 35 each fell by about 4% and the FTSE MIB fell over 5%. [75] [76] There was a large fall in the price of oil and a large increase in the price of gold, to a 7-year high.
LONDON -- The FTSE 100 (INDEX: ^FTSE) has flattened off a bit today, falling nine points to 5,901 at the time of writing after a strong run briefly took the index beyond 5,925 earlier in the week.