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...cent and Scottish and Southern Energy fell 8.23 per cent. The fall marked the end of a six-day winning streak, in which the FTSE had made gains of ten per cent, as more gloomy economic news hit the headlines. Chancellor Alistair Darling said earlier...
...previous session. Home Retail Group, the owner of Argos and Homebase due to report next week, lost 0.9 per cent to 228p. J Sainsbury, which updates the market on Thursday, was 1.1 per cent higher at 328.8p and one of the best performers on the FTSE 100....
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...to the recession. About 45pc of the index are industrial, consumer services and retail shares, versus about 13pc of the FTSE 100." The woes of Cattles – the worst-performing FTSE 250 company – sums up the challenges facing consumer businesses. The...
...which remains locked in talks to renegotiate the terms governing its debt pile, has moved down from the FTSE 250 to the FTSE Small Cap index. The stock has shed more than 93 per cent of its value over the past 12 months while Persimmon, which has held on...
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