Strong consumer confidence figures in the US sparked an impressive rally from the top share index this afternoon following earlier gloom over the Libyan turmoil and the higher oil price, but worries re-emerged and the FTSE 100 finished below 6,000.
[22 Feb '11]Engineering services provider Lamprell is a big mover today after announcing a new contract award from Singapore company Greatship Global Energy Services.
[22 Feb '11]Shares continued to pare the morning's losses over the lunch time trading session, and from a position at the mid-morning stage where only five FTSE 100 constituents were in positive territory, by 2pm that number had grown to around 20.
[22 Feb '11]While the UK market was taking a dive Tuesday morning on fears related to civil unrest in oil-rich Libya, Lamprell, the provider of engineering services to the international oil and gas industry, defied the trend after announcing a contract win.
[22 Feb '11]Lamprell is the hardest faller after two of its contract customers have allowed options on wind turbine installation vessels to lapse.
[17 Feb '11]The leading share index closed just off its highest levels since the first half of 2008, before the global economic crash, after banks and miners led another day of gains.
[21 Dec '10]Footsie is still going strong after a decent start on Wall Street. The 6,000 point mark - not seen since the first half of 2008 - is in sight.
[21 Dec '10]Lamprell, a provider of engineering services to oil & gas companies, is looking for a new finance chief after Scott Doak decided to call it a day.
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