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Indices
FTSE 100
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Dow Jones(C)
Market Movers
| Friends Provident PLC |
|
13.11% | Factsheet | Buy/Sell |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Bank of Scotland Group (The) PLC |
|
12.56% | Factsheet | Buy/Sell |
| HBOS PLC |
|
12.10% | Factsheet | Buy/Sell |
| Lonmin PLC |
|
-3.08% | Factsheet | Buy/Sell |
| Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC |
|
-3.15% | Factsheet | Buy/Sell |
| Ferrexpo PLC |
|
-3.72% | Factsheet | Buy/Sell |
| Vodafone Group PLC [28] | 462.08M | Buy/Sell |
|---|---|---|
| Barclays PLC [38] | 184.89M | Buy/Sell |
| HBOS PLC [60] | 178.94M | Buy/Sell |
| Royal Bank of Scotland Group (The) PLC [51] | 158.13M | Buy/Sell |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 61.15M | Buy/Sell |
| Lloyds TSB Group PLC [17] | 54.72M | Buy/Sell |
| Ftse 350 Index - Banks |
|
6.39% |
|---|---|---|
| Ftse 350 Index - Life Insurance |
|
6.09% |
| Ftse 350 Index - Personal Goods |
|
5.30% |
| Ftse 350 Index - Industrial Metals |
|
-0.64% |
| Ftse 350 Index - Mining |
|
-0.68% |
| Ftse 350 Index - Electricity |
|
-0.98% |
| BT Group PLC |
|
4.75 | Buy/Sell |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vodafone Group PLC |
|
2.40 | Buy/Sell |
| Lloyds TSB Group PLC |
|
28.06 | Buy/Sell |
| Marks & Spencer Group PLC |
|
10.75 | Buy/Sell |
| Barclays PLC |
|
31.52 | Buy/Sell |
| Tesco PLC |
|
1.90 | Buy/Sell |
Source: Market data from ComStock
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