FTSE 100 ends higher but doesn t crack 7,100; US markets mixed after Nasdaq reverses course lower
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FTSE 100 ends higher but doesn t crack 7,100; US markets mixed after Nasdaq reverses course lower
Helped by the weakness of sterling, the FTSE 100 posted decent gains Manufacturers are going full-pelt but rising input prices are a concern
FTSE 100 rises 58 points
US indices mixed as Nasdaq slides
Asia-focused banks suffer
5.15pm: FTSE can t quite reach 7,100
London s leading index closed Tuesday up 58 points, 0.8%, at 7,080, while the FTSE 250 gained 191 points, 0.8%, to end at 22,875. US and UK investors have returned from their holiday in bullish form, picking up where they left off on Friday, IG Chief Market Analyst Chris Beauchamp wrote. Growth sectors such as health care and tech stocks continue to struggle compared to the cyclical areas such as mining and banking, while in the UK commodity prices have driven the gains for the FT
FTSE 100 ends higher but doesn t crack 7,100; US markets mixed after Nasdaq reverses course lower
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FTSE 100 ends higher but doesn t crack 7,100; US markets mixed after Nasdaq reverses course lower
Helped by the weakness of sterling, the FTSE 100 posted decent gains Manufacturers are going full-pelt but rising input prices are a concern
FTSE 100 rises 58 points
US indices mixed as Nasdaq slides
Asia-focused banks suffer
5.15pm: FTSE can t quite reach 7,100
London s leading index closed Tuesday up 58 points, 0.8%, at 7,080, while the FTSE 250 gained 191 points, 0.8%, to end at 22,875. US and UK investors have returned from their holiday in bullish form, picking up where they left off on Friday, IG Chief Market Analyst Chris Beauchamp wrote. Growth sectors such as health care and tech stocks continue to struggle compared to the cyclical areas such as mining and banking, while in the UK commodity prices have driven the gains for the FT
FTSE 100 in positive territory; Wall Street starts in the green
In early trading in New York, the Dow was up 0.15% while the S&P 500 climbed 0.42% and the Nasdaq rose 0.66%
FTSE 100 up 23 points
US opens higher
2.42pm: Wall Street starts on the front foot
The main indices on Wall Street defied previous expectations to start higher on Thursday after a better than expected US jobless claims data.
In the early minutes of trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.15% to 33,947 while the S&P 500 climbed 0.42% to 4,132 and the Nasdaq rose 0.66% to 13,387.
Back in London, the FTSE 100 had lost a few gains in late afternoon but was still up 23 points at 6,973 at around 2.40pm.
Firefinch marks another milestone in Morila ramp-up with Pit 5 ore hitting gold comminution circuit
Firefinch has an 80% interest in the Morila Gold Mine, which has produced 7.5 million ounces of gold since 2000. A truck direct loading to the oxide circuit dump pocket during commissioning at the Morila Gold Project
Firefinch Ltd (ASX:FFX) (OTCMKTS:EEYMF) (FRA:N9F) has achieved another milestone in the second stage of its ramp-up strategy with commissioning of the Morila Gold Mine comminution circuit in Mali, West Africa, using stockpiles as well as feed from Morila Pit 5.
The company’s open pit mining of Morila’s satellite pits is forecast to increase production from around 50,000 ounces of gold in 2021 to about 120,000 ounces in 2022.