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LONDON -- The FTSE 100 (INDEX: ^FTSE) has given back some of the gains it made late yesterday, dropping 33 points to 5,753 as of 9 a.m. EST. So far, in a skittish week, the index of top U.K ...
LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -European shares ticked up on Thursday after falling the previous day, while Asian stocks slipped, as trading volumes thinned ahead of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.
The FTSE 100 closed at 6,984.59, a fall of 36 points, and the pound was a little higher than where it started. FTSE closes below 7,000 for first time in six months after late drop Skip to main content
The FTSE 100 dropped 13%, while the DJIA and S&P 500 Index dropped 11–12% in the biggest downward weekly drop since the 2007–2008 financial crisis. On Monday, March 9, 2020, after the launch of the 2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war , the FTSE and other major European stock market indices fell by nearly 8%.
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]
After they re-opened, the speed of the crash accelerated. By midday, the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index (FTSE 100) had fallen 296 points, a 14 percent drop. [52] It was down 23 percent in two days, roughly the same percentage that the NYSE dropped on the day of the crash. Stocks then continued to fall, albeit at a less precipitous ...
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 ...
LONDON -- The FTSE 100 is falling back today, after soaring above 6,500 to set a new five-year intraday high of 6,534 points yesterday. Today the top U.K. index is down 59 points, or 0.9%, as of ...