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London close: FTSE 100 ends lower after busy day of economic news

(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 100 ended the week in negative territory as investors sifted through a batch of economic data and weighed developments in China and Greece. Early in Friday's session, a report showed UK construction output rose 2.6% year-on-year in June, missing analysts' estimates for a

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Stocks Mixed Awaiting Eurogroup Deal On Greece

Oil companies lead Britain's FTSE lower as crude prices fall

* FTSE 100 down 0.3 pct * TUI adds 4 pct to Thursday's 6.6 pct jump * Glencore touches an all-time low (Updates with closing prices) By Liisa Tuhkanen LONDON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Britain's top equity index edged lower on Friday, with a decline for commodities stocks, such

Oil companies lead Britain's FTSE lower as crude prices fall

* FTSE 100 down 0.2 pct * TUI adds 3 pct to Thursday's 6.6 pct jump * Glencore touches an all-time low (Adds detail, updates prices) By Liisa Tuhkanen LONDON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Britain's top equity index edged lower on Friday, with a decline for commodities stocks, such

London midday: UK stocks up after PBoC raises reference rate, Greece approves bailout

(ShareCast News) - UK stocks edged higher as China's central bank increased the reference rate and Greece approved a draft bailout package. The People's Bank of China raised the value of the yuan against the dollar by 0.05% after three days of devaluations. The move came as the Bank tried to soothe

Oil companies lead Britain's FTSE lower as crude prices fall

* FTSE 100 down 0.2 pct * TUI adds 2.7 pct to Thursday's 6.6 pct jump * ARM helped up by positive Barclays note (Recasts, updates prices) By Liisa Tuhkanen LONDON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Britain's top equity index edged slightly lower on Friday, with a decline for commoditie

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: UK Stocks Mixed As Oil Prices Fall Further

WINNERS AND LOSERS SUMMARY: Safeland Shares Rally On Tennis Club Sale

TOP NEWS SUMMARY: Tsipras Faces Confidence Vote As Greece Okays Terms

MOVES-BP Asia crude book leader to retire in Q4 - traders

SINGAPORE, Aug 14 (Reuters) - BP's book leader for Asia crude trading, Chu Said Thong, will retire from the company in the fourth quarter, two traders with knowledge of the matter said on Friday. Chu, who worked at BP during most of his career, is well-known for playing a key role in the As

LONDON MARKET MID-MORNING: Stocks Firm As Greece Approves Bailout

BUZZ-Oil producers and service providers: pain again

(Updates prices, adds analyst comments) ** Oil producers and oilfield service providers down as U.S. crude oil prices fell below $42 a barrel after new build in U.S. stockpiles put global glut back in focus ** U.S. crude last down 16 cents at $42.07 a barrel. Brent futures were tradin

US judge says BP traders manipulated natural gas market

(ShareCast News) - BP could face a $48m fine after a US regulatory judge ruled that the oil giant's energy traders rigged the natural gas markets in Texas following hurricane Ike in 2008. Carmen A. Cintron, an administrative law judge for the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, found BP had flo

UPDATE 1-Russia's Rosneft plans to increase oil output

(Adds details, background, changes source) MOSCOW, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Russia's Rosneft, the world's top listed oil producer by output, plans to increase production, Chief Executive Igor Sechin told Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday, according to the government's website. Rosnef

Britain's FTSE moves ahead, led by TUI and ARM Holdings

* FTSE 100 up 0.2 pct, TUI gains 3 pct * ARM helped up by positive Barclays note * Glencore shares touch an all-time low By Liisa Tuhkanen LONDON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Britain's top equity index edged up on Friday, with travel group TUI leading the risers and gains mitigated