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Share Price: 488.15
Bid: 487.80
Ask: 488.10
Change: 2.90 (0.60%)
Spread: 0.30 (0.062%)
Open: 485.25
High: 488.80
Low: 485.20
Prev. Close: 485.25
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London close: Strong start to final quarter

Fri, 01st Oct 2010 16:41

The last quarter of 2010 started well for London's leading share index, with buoyancy in the oil sector helping to offset continuing economic worries at home and abroad.Manufacturing data was subdued. Footsie gave up some of its early gains after figures from the US showed Manufacturing grew at the slowest pace in 12 months in September, with the Institute for Supply Management's factory index falling to 54.4 from 56.3. The US figures are still ahead of our manufacturing PMI index, which fell to 53.4 in September from 53.7, but the read was lower than expected. More worrying was Ireland, where the purchasing managers' index falling to 48.4 from 51.1 in August. For all these figures, a reading above 50 indicates expansion.Oil companies attracted buying interest. BP climbed amid speculation that dividends will soon be resumed. Bob Dudley, who becomes chief executive of the oil company today, said that the board would meet soon to discuss restoring payouts next year, according to newspaper reports. BP's rival BG did better still. BG's Spanish peer Repsol has announced a deal with the Chinese refiner Sinopec, which will result in Sinopec holding a 40% stake in Repsol's Brazilian unit. BG Group and Repsol have been exploring for oil in waters of Brazil in partnership and the deal is also seen as supportive to BG.Mexican miner Fresnillo got a boost from JPMorgan Cazenove, which has lifted its price target for the stock from 990p to 1400p, but fellow gold and silver miner Hochschild slipped back after Cazenove switched its rating from "overweight" to "neutral".In the FTSE 250, drugs group Hikma Pharmaceuticals moved to calm fears about the impact of a plan by US regulators to ban unapproved oral colchicine products to treat gout. The company said it will comply with any FDA regulatory requirements related to the sale of colchicine "if such a notice is served", but still predicts 20% revenue growth for its US generics business for the full year 2010 "irrespective of the timing of such notification".Having thought about it all week Cooper Controls has launched a rival bid for Mount Engineering at 82p a share, topping Redhall's 70p a share offer. Spectris, the mid-cap instrumentation and controls company, has bought American maker of rugged industrial networking components N-TRON for $51m (£32m).Shares in Iomart, a provider of data management, email and IT security services, rose sharply after it said interim results should beat expectations as clients seek to embrace new IT solutions.Leni Gas & Oil has entered into heads of agreement for a nitrogen enhanced oil recovery pilot project in Spain, which could increase recoverable reserves by one-third.Oil explorer Bowleven has agreed a revised option agreement with Vitol E&P Limited (Vitol) in respect of the Etinde Permit, offshore Cameroon.Hardide, the surface engineering technology provider, expects revenue for the year ended 30 September to exceed management budget. Other financial indicators are also expected to be better than internal forecasts, especially cash reserves, which at present are ahead of budget.FTSE 100 - RisersBG Group (BG.) 1,168.50p +4.47%BP (BP.) 440.50p +2.97%ARM Holdings (ARM) 403.80p +2.96%Lonmin (LMI) 1,712.00p +2.58%Capital Shopping Centres Group (CSCG) 376.90p +2.50%Amec (AMEC) 1,010.00p +2.43%Fresnillo (FRES) 1,270.00p +2.25%Randgold Resources (RRS) 6,510.00p +2.20%Tullow Oil (TLW) 1,302.00p +2.20%Vedanta Resources (VED) 2,209.00p +2.03%FTSE 100 - FallersExperian Group (EXPN) 673.00p -2.89%Aggreko (AGK) 1,534.00p -2.29%Man Group (EMG) 214.70p -2.01%Compass Group (CPG) 521.00p -1.79%Associated British Foods (ABF) 1,031.00p -1.72%Cobham (COB) 227.20p -1.65%SABMiller (SAB) 2,006.50p -1.42%Aviva (AV.) 393.50p -1.35%Rolls-Royce Group (RR.) 595.50p -1.33%Serco Group (SRP) 607.50p -1.22%FTSE 250 - RisersVictrex (VCT) 1,338.00p +4.86%Helical Bar (HLCL) 312.00p +4.84%Pace (PIC) 182.00p +4.60%Afren (AFR) 115.30p +4.25%Enterprise Inns (ETI) 111.40p +3.92%Kenmare Resources (KMR) 20.90p +3.83%DS Smith (SMDS) 154.80p +3.61%Derwent London (DLN) 1,557.00p +3.52%Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.) 453.90p +3.16%Hunting (HTG) 640.50p +3.06%FTSE 250 - FallersCSR (CSR) 344.30p -4.09%Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group (JLT) 562.00p -2.68%Centamin Egypt (CEY) 173.10p -2.20%Homeserve (HSV) 430.00p -2.16%Yell Group (YELL) 14.47p -2.03%ITE Group (ITE) 175.00p -1.91%Phoenix Group Holdings (PHNX) 672.00p -1.90%United Business Media (UBM) 618.50p -1.75%Moneysupermarket.com (MONY) 80.55p -1.71%National Express Group (NEX) 238.40p -1.61%
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