Amec, Centrica and SSE biggest Footsie risers
London's leading shares index lost more than 1% today as a series of protests against austerity measures across Europe rattled investor confidence.
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Shell and BP shares among Footsie fallers
Hopes of a plan to tackle the eurozone debt crisis buoyed stock markets today as banks and miners made strong gains.
Centrica and Weir shares among risers, Premier fall
A recent rally on London's leading shares index all but ground to a halt today.
Premier Oil shares up more than 2%
The FTSE 100 Index closed 56.2 points lower at 5,608.3 today despite US unemployment claims falling to their lowest level in four years in a rare hopeful sign for the world's biggest economy.
Hunting among the fallers in city shares slide
The FTSE 100 Index closed 30 points lower at 5,662.6 today amid further evidence that the eurozone debt crisis is sapping confidence across the globe and China cut its interest rate for the second time in a month.
Weir and Cairn shares among risers, Parkmead and BP fall
A banking rally today helped London's leading shares index recover some of the heavy losses it suffered in yesterday's rout.
Footsie shares tumble 1% on economic woes
Fresh fears of a slowdown in the world's biggest economy triggered a sell-off that wiped 1% off London's leading shares index today.
Faroe Petroleum and Xcite shares both fall
London's leading shares index struggled to make significant progress today as fears over growth in China and the rumbling eurozone debt crisis troubled investors.
Banks boost fails to stop Footsie decline
An upbeat note from Goldman Sachs boosted the banking sector today and helped limit losses for London's leading shares index.
Positive eurozone news lifts world markets
Encouraging signs that a scheme to pump nearly £500billion into the banking sector is helping to ease the eurozone debt crisis drove a rally in world markets today.
Smaller firms facing buyouts
Junior oil and gas firms could become acquisition targets for their larger rivals this year as tightening credit markets take their toll, according to Ernst & Young (EY).
EnQuest among risers despite tough day for markets
World markets struggled to make progress today after another meeting on the eurozone debt crisis failed to ease traders' nerves.
FTSE 100 gains 25 points in final session of the week
The FTSE 100 Index closed 25.4 points higher at 5,649.7 today despite the eurozone debt crisis continuing to trouble investors.
Shares up at EnQuest, Parkmead and Wood Group, but Xcite slides
Investors shrugged off a gloomy autumn statement from Chancellor George Osborne today as optimism over a solution to the eurozone debt crisis pushed the London market higher.
Ithaca and EnQuest shares up, Premier Oil and Wood Group fall
INVESTOR fears that this weekend's meeting of financial leaders will not deliver a solution to the eurozone debt crisis hit Britain's blue-chip benchmark yesterday.