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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 drop on Thursday comes as bond yields edged up after the latest producer price index report. The 10-year Treasury bond jumped six basis points to 4.332%.
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 ...
If Threshold Level 2 (a 13% drop) is breached before 1 pm, the market closes for two hours. If such a decline occurs between 1 pm and 2 pm, there is a one-hour pause. The market would close for the day if stocks sank to that level after 2 pm; If Threshold Level 3 (a 20% drop) is breached, the market would close for the day, regardless of the ...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered its worst intra-day point loss, dropping nearly 1,000 points before partially recovering. [24] August 2011 stock markets fall: 1 Aug 2011 USA: S&P 500 entered a short-lived bear market between 2 May 2011 (intraday high: 1,370.58) and 4 October 2011 (intraday low: 1,074.77), a decline of 21.58%. The ...
The FTSE 100 Index with its 100 constituents [10] was launched on 3 January 1984. [10] [9] The market capitalisation weighted FTSE 100 index replaced the price-weighted FT30 Index as the performance benchmark for most investors. [11] The FTSE 100 broadly consists of the largest 100 qualifying UK companies by full market value. [12]
The Dow managed to narrowly snap a 10-day losing streak, giving up most of its earlier gains to end slightly higher after Wednesday's 1,100-point drop.
LONDON -- With the mining sector falling after fresh Chinese statistics put pressure on commodities prices, the FTSE 100 has fallen back from last week's five-and-a-half-year highs today.