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MARKET COMMENT: Stocks Hit As EU Slashes Growth Forecasts

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London close: Markets spring leak as oil prices tumble

The falling price of crude oil and precious metals left markets struggling to get a grip on Tuesday. The price of a barrel of US light crude fell nearly 3% to about $76.5 a barrel and Brent crude dipped below the $83 mark, dragging the FTSE 100 Index down 34 points at 6453.97. World gold prices are

Sector movers: Oil stocks tank as crude prices drop to three-year low

Sinking crude prices were pressuring oil producers and oil services stocks lower on Tuesday, with West Texas Intermediate (WTI) dropping to a three-year low. Oil dropped sharply after the world's largest exporter, Saudi Arabia, lowered prices for crude exports to US customers in an attempt to suppor

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Oil Stocks Down As Oil Price Hits 4-Year Low

London midday: Stocks erase gains after UK construction data, Eurozone growth forecasts

A slowdown in UK construction expansion and downgrades to Eurozone growth forecasts hit UK stocks on Tuesday morning, with the FTSE 100 having erased early gains by lunchtime. Well-received results from Imperial Tobacco, Associated British Foods and Legal & General weren't enough to prop up the benc

UPDATE: MARKET COMMENT: Oil Stocks Weigh On Indices As Brent Hits 4-Year Low

MARKET COMMENT: Oil Stocks Weigh On Indices As Brent Hits 4-Year Low

London open: FTSE rises as earnings impress, but oil stocks fall

The UK stock market opened tentatively on Tuesday, with declines in the energy sector offsetting some well-received results from blue chips Legal & General, Associated British Foods and Imperial Tobacco. The FTSE 100 was up 0.2% at 6,503 in early deals. However, upside was being limited by falls fr

UK Dividends Calendar - Week Ahead

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Ex-divs to take up to 10.1 points off FTSE 100 on Nov. 6

LONDON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100 companies will go ex-dividend on Thursday, after which investors will no longer qualify for the latest dividend payout. According to Reuters calculations at current market prices, the effect of the resulting adjustment to prices by market-maker

BP's Skarv oil output down due to repairs

OSLO, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Energy firm BP has shut oil production at its Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea and expects production to resume sometime this month. "The oil production is down due to ongoing repair of a riser valve for gas injection," a BP spokesman said. "Start-up of oil productio

RPT-European oil firms suffer decade of disruptions to succession plans

(Repeats, no change to text) By Dmitry Zhdannikov and Michel Rose LONDON/PARIS, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The change of command just seen at Total, Statoil and BG has shown another upset in the continuity of management at Europe's oil majors, a fault line that has now been running for the las

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