Footsie finished the morning clinging on to positive territory and not much changed over the lunch time trading session, with a mildly firmer start on Wall Street providing little additional impetus.
[28 Mar '11]Aim-listed oil explorer Bowleven is stepping up its exploration and development programme at its potentially hugely lucrative oil prospects offshore Cameroon.
[28 Mar '11]West Africa-focused oil and gas exploration group BowLeven has started drilling on the Sapele-2 well in its Douala Basin prospect off the coast of Cameroon.
[18 Mar '11]Bowleven may have encountered a significant hydrocarbon column at its Sapele-1 exploration well offshore Cameroon as technical limitations forced it to stop drilling when it hit a high pressure gas reservoir.
[7 Feb '11]A sharp rally following earlier heavy losses nearly lifted Footsie into positive territory in the afternoon but the rally fizzled out and the leading share index closed lower, with European debt concerns still looming large.
[26 Nov '10]After briefly dipping below 5600 this morning Footsie more or less halved its losses over the lunchtime session, though heavy falls are still being sustained by miners and banks.
[26 Nov '10]The leading share index's losses are almost in the triple-digits now as worries over the euro-debt crisis persist.
[26 Nov '10]Losses in Asia, a lack of direction from Wall Street, where traders sat out Thursday's session for Thanksgiving, and little company news have made for a dull start.
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