LONDON (Reuters) – The FTSE 100 gained in morning trade, with financials and basic materials stocks benefiting from positive company reports, raising hopes that economic activity may be rebounding.

By 0920, the FTSE 100 index was up 31.68 points, or 0.5 percent, at 6,314.44, adding to gains made yesterday on the back of good results and an improving economic outlook in Europe.

LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) – British blue chips gained in
morning trade, with financials and basic materials stocks
benefiting from positive company reports, raising hopes that
economic activity may be rebounding.

By 0920, the FTSE 100 index was up 31.68 points, or
0.5 percent, at 6,314.44, adding to gains made yesterday on the
back of good results and an improving economic outlook in
Europe.

LONDON (Reuters) – The FTSE 100 rebounded on Tuesday from a steep fall in the previous session, as investors switched their focus from euro zone worries to a generally solid set of company updates.

At 11.37 a.m. British Time, the FTSE 100 was up 0.7 percent at 6,287.69, a day after suffering its biggest one-day fall in three months as political uncertainties in Europe and a string of analyst downgrades sparked profit taking from 4-1/2-year highs.

LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index
rebounded on Tuesday from a steep fall in the previous session,
as investors switched their focus from euro zone worries to a
generally solid set of company updates.

At 1137 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.7 percent at 6,287.69, a
day after suffering its biggest one-day fall in three months as
political uncertainties in Europe and a string of analyst
downgrades sparked profit taking from 4-1/2-year highs.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s blue-chip index rebounded on Friday from sharp falls in the previous session, with good earnings and an optimistic global economic outlook pushing the market back towards four-and-a-half year highs.

The FTSE 100 .FTSE rebounded after two days of falls which nevertheless failed to significantly dent the index’s best January since the 1980s.

LONDON (Reuters) – The FTSE 100 rebounded on Friday from sharp falls in the previous session, with good earnings and an optimistic global economic outlook pushing the market back near four and a half year highs.

At 1153 GMT, the blue-chip FTSE 100 index was up 0.4 percent, or 25.60 points, at 6,302.48 points — pushing it back to near its best level since around mid-2008.

LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Britain’s blue-chip index
rebounded on Friday from sharp falls in the previous session,
with good earnings and an optimistic global economic outlook
pushing the market back near four and a half year highs.

At 1153 GMT, the blue-chip FTSE 100 index was up 0.4
percent, or 25.60 points, at 6,302.48 points — pushing it back
to near its best level since around mid-2008.

LONDON (Reuters) – The FTSE 100 stalled around 4-1/2 year highs in early trade on Wednesday, with negative earnings guidance issued by several companies weighing on an already technically ‘overbought’ index.

An almost 5 percent dive for Imperial Tobacco alone knocked 4 points off the FTSE 100 and taking it briefly into negative territory, after the firm said that it expects first-half operating profit to fall due to increased competition from the black market.

LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Britain’s blue-chip index stalled
around 4-1/2 year highs in early trade on Wednesday, with
negative earnings guidance issued by several companies weighing
on an already technically ‘overbought’ index.

An almost 5 percent dive for Imperial Tobacco alone
knocked 4 points off the FTSE 100 and taking it briefly
into negative territory, after the firm said that it expects
first-half operating profit to fall due to increased competition
from the black market.

LONDON (Reuters) – FTSE 100 blue-chips gained in early trade on Friday, as individual company newsflow outweighed investor caution ahead of UK GDP figures and helped the market push on to new multi-year highs.

IAG topped the FTSE 100 leaderboard, up 3 percent and hitting its highest level in 18 months in strong volume, benefiting from a continued readacross from easyJet’s results on Thursday and after JP Morgan upgraded the stock to “overweight”, traders said.