FTSE

Shares in easyJet were up slightly on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the budget airline said last night that it was taking extra measures to allow its customers to get to their destinations in time for Christmas.

Shares in British banks were broadly down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading following on from Friday's downgrade of Ireland's credit rating.

Shares in National Express were up on the FTSE 250 in afternoon trading after the transport group said it expected full year pre-tax profit for 2010 to be "a little above current market expectations".

Shares in Goals Soccer Centres were up on the FTSE AIM All Share after the company yesterday said its trading had been good until the recent outbreak of snow across the country.

Shares in British banks were down on FTSE 100 in morning trading following the downgrade of Ireland's credit rating by Moody's ratings agency.

Shares in Laura Ashley were flat on the FTSE All Share in morning trading after the retailer said yesterday that it was confident of its full year trading, despite poor weather and continued economic uncertainty.

Shares in BP were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the U.S. government filed a lawsuit against the energy giant for breaches of the Clean Water Act following the oil spill earlier this year.

Shares in Young & Co were flat on the FTSE AIM 100 after the brewery said it had acquired Geronimo Inns for £60 million.

Shares in BHP Billiton were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading following the news yesterday that it had appointed former Labour minister Baroness Shriti Vadera as a non-executive Director.

Shares in Carpetright were down on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the retailer reported a fall in revenue and profits in the half year ended 30 October.

Shares in British banks were broadly down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading ahead of a statement due out from the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Shares in Whitbread were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading despite the company reporting "impressive growth" in the third quarter ended 2 December.

Shares in De La Rue were down on the FTSE 250 in afternoon trading following the bank note printer's appointment of Tim Cobbold as Chief Executive.

Shares in British banks were broadly up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading, although Lloyds Banking Group saw its shares decline after a former Financial Services minister called on the bank to be broken up.

Shares in Weir Group were up on the FTSE 100 despite the engineering company saying it had pleaded guilty to two charges of breaching UN sanctions in relation to the Oil for Food programme.

Shares in Rentokil Initial were up on the FTSE 250 in afternoon trading after the company said that the Managing Director of its City Link business had resigned by "mutual agreement".

Shares in British banks were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after Standard Chartered received a downgrade from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Shares in Balfour Beatty were down on the FTSE 250 in morning trading, despite the construction company saying it had secured a five year contract worth £220 million with London Underground.

Shares in Mulberry were up on the FTSE AIM 100 after the luxury fashion retailer more than tripled its profits in the half year ended 30 September.

Shares in BAE Systems were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after it emerged that the defence firm will be cutting nearly 1,400 jobs following the Coalition government's Comprehensive Spending Review, announced in October.

Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after Standard Chartered said it expected to see double digit profit growth this year in both consumer and wholesale banking.

Shares in HMV dived over 20 per cent on the FTSE All Share in morning trading after the retailer said it had nearly doubled its losses and net debt in the half year ended 23 October.

Shares in Game Group were down on the FTSE All Share in morning trading after the computer games retailer reported a fall in sales in the 44 weeks to 4 December, despite new releases like "Call of Duty: Black Ops" and "FIFA 11".

Shares in Kesa Electricals were down on the FTSE 250 in morning trading despite the Comet owner reporting a rise in revenue and profit in the half year ended 31 October.

Shares in British banks were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading following yesterday's decision by the Irish parliament to support the country's austerity budget.

Shares in Stagecoach were up on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the transport group reported a rise in revenue and pre-tax profit in the half year ended 31 October.

Shares in Stagecoach were up on the FTSE 250 in afternoon trading ahead of the transport groups half year results expected tomorrow.

Shares in Kesa Electricals were up on the FTSE 250 in afternoon trading ahead of the retailer's half year results, due out tomorrow.

Shares in Standard Life were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the financial services company said it was buying Focus Solutions Group for £42 million.

Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading following an earlier dip brought about by continuing fears about the eurozone.