London's leading shares look set to claw back a small proportion of yesterday's heavy losses, encouraged by the late rally by Wall Street yesterday. City traders expect the Footsie will open around 17 points up from last night's close.
[21 Jan '11]Close Brothers remains on course for a 'satisfactory' outcome this year despite a pick-up in bad debts, though it had flagged this previously.
[21 Jan '11]Merchant bank Close Brothers is set to announce a pre-close trading statement on an otherwise quiet day for company results.
[20 Jan '11]Derwent London, the office landlord, joined the chorus of commercial property companies singing the praises of London's buoyant market yesterday.
[19 Nov '10]Merchant bank Close Brothers hailed a solid overall performance in the three months to end-October, with the group enjoying continued strong capital and funding positions.
[18 Nov '10]A round-up of the biggest director deals today so far.
[7 Oct '10]Unilever shares have underperformed of late, although they have started to bounce from recent lows. However, they are still more than £2 below their recent high of £20.15 seen in December. They hit a low of £16.88 at the end of August.
[29 Sep '10]An upturn in the US buoyed sentiment on this side of the Atlantic too, helping Footsie to finish in the blue after a choppy day.
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