Shares in Marks & Spencer were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the retailer reported a rise in sales in the fourth quarter ended 2 April 2011.
Shares in Marks & Spencer were down on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading ahead of the retailer's fourth quarter update, expected tomorrow.
Sport Media Group, the owner of the Daily Sport tabloid, has gone into administration.
Shares in British banks were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading as positive signs about the global economic recovery started to be outweighed by more immediate concerns.
Shares in HMV were down on the FTSE All Share after the retailer issued a profit warning in which it said pre-tax profit for the full year would be around £30 million.
Shares in BP were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the energy giant said it would be selling off its wholly-owned subsidiary ARCO Aluminum Inc. to a Japanese consortium.
Shares in British banks were mixed on the FTSE 100 in morning trading as some encouraging signs about the state of the global economy vied in the minds of investors with Japanese and European worries.
Shares in Vodafone were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the telecommunications company said it was selling its 44 per cent stake in SFR to Vivendi for £6.8 billion.
Now that we are in the year's second quarter, the end of the United States Federal Reserve's asset purchase program - dubbed quantitative easing two (QE2) - suddenly seems to be rushing toward us. The debate among market participants that remains unsettled is whether June 30th will in fact be the retirement of this form of monetary policy, or will it instead spawn an offspring for another period of time - QE3?
Shares in Marks & Spencer were up on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading after the retailer said it would be returning to France before Christmas this year.
Shares in Taylor Wimpey were down on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the housebuilder said yesterday it would be selling its North American business for $955 million.
Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading ahead of key U.S. employment data, due later today.
Shares in 3i Group were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the private equity company issued a trading update on its financial year ended 31 March 2011.
Shares in Compass Group were up on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading after the company said it had a "good first half" year ended 31March.
Shares in TUI Travel were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the company issued a trading update ahead of its interim statement for the six months ended 31 March.
Shares in British banks were broadly up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading ahead of the results of "stress tests" on Irish banks.
Shares in Mothercare were down on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the group said it was cautious about the coming year, despite seeing a rise in sales in the full year ended 26 March.
Shares in Compass Group were down on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading ahead of the catering company's first half pre close trading update.
Insurance company Lloyds of London said today that in 2010 it made a profit of £2.2 billion, despite the impact of "significant claims" resulting from natural disasters.
Shares in Dixons Retail dived on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the electrical retailing company issued a profit warning as a result of falling consumer confidence.
Shares in British banks were broadly down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after an Irish bank suspended trading ahead of the results of a "stress test".
Shares in Bellway were up on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the housebuilder reported a rise in turnover and pre-tax profit in the half year ended 31 January.
Shares in easyJet were down on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the budget airline said it was entering a partnership with national tourism agency VisitBritain.
Shares in British banks were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after some discouraging news from the banking sector in Italy.
Shares in Wolseley were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the plumbing goods supplier returned to profit in the first half of the year ended 31 January 2011.
Shares in Wolseley were up on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading ahead of the group's half year results, expected tomorrow.
Shares in Stanley Gibbons were up on the FTSE AIM All Share in morning trading after the stamp and collectibles company reported a rise in sales and pre-tax profit in the full year ended 31 December 2010.
Shares in British banks were broadly up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after Moody's hinted that Britain could lose its AAA credit rating.
Shares in Invensys were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading, following sharp falls yesterday.
Following Chancellor George Osborne's "Budget for growth", unveiled yesterday, eyes will turn to the Office for National Statistics tomorrow when it publishes its third and final estimate for GDP in the fourth quarter of 2010.
