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The FTSE 100 share index dropped marginally by 0.3 points to 6,215.2, on Tuesday.

The FTSE 100 share index finished unchanged on Thursday, ending as it began the day at 6,087.3 points.

The FTSE 100 share index fell 32.9 points to 6,050.7 on Thursday (down 0.5 per cent).

The FTSE 100 share index inched up 24.3 points to 6,004.7 on Friday morning (up 0.4 per cent).Banks saw their fortunes decline with Barclays, HBOS, Lloyds TSB and Royal Bank of Scotland all down 1....

The FTSE 100 share index fell 65.8 points to 5,980.4 on Thursday (down 1.1 per cent).Banks had mixed fortunes with HSBC down 1.1 per cent, Standard Chartered down 1.2 per cent. Alliance & Leice...

The FTSE 100 share index rose 75.3 points to 5,906.9 (up 1.3 per cent) on Tuesday on what was a good day for retailer Tesco.

The FTSE 100 share index fell 63.9 points down to 5,831.6 (down 1.1 per cent) on Monday.

The FTSE 100 share index fell 69.6 points to 5,895.5 on Friday (down 1.2 per cent) after earlier gains nearly took the index above the 6000 point mark.

The FTSE 100 share index fell marginally on Thursday, dropping 18.8 points to 5,965.1 (down 0.3 per cent) after the Bank of England cut interest rates from 5.25 to 5 per cent.

The FTSE 100 share index edged down on Wednesday falling 6.3 points to 5,983.9 (down 0.1 per cent).

The FTSE 100 share index rose 55.8 points on Friday to 5,947.1 (up 1 per cent).

The FTSE 100 share index fell 24.6 points to 5,891.3 (down 0.4 per cent) on Thursday.

The FTSE 100 share index did well on Tuesday, rising 150.5 points to 5,852.6 (up 2.6 per cent).

The FTSE 100 share index edged up on Monday by 9.2 points to 5,702.1 (up 0.16 per cent).

The FTSE 100 dropped a staggering 217.3 points down to 5,414.4 points (minus 3.9 per cent) on Monday following the shock sale of US bank Bear Stearns to rival JPMorgan Chase. The index finished at its lowest point since late 2005.

The FTSE 100 share index dropped 1.2 per cent on Monday following poor performances by banks, miners and housebuilders.

The FTSE 100 share index rose on Wednesday by 85.8 points to 5,853.5 after dropping for five consecutive days.

The FTSE 100 share index dropped 1.1 per cent on Monday after poor performances by banks and oil companies and worries of a possible U.S. recession. Overall the FTSE 100 dropped 65.7 points down to 5,818.6.

The FTSE 100 index finished 87.9 points up on Tuesday at 6,087.4. The rise is almost a two per cent increase on the previous session and took the index above 6,000.

European stock markets plunged on Monday, recording some of its biggest losses in over 6 years, as investors sold off on concerns the U.S. economy will fall into recession.

European stocks on Monday recorded a sharp decline and closed at their lowest in three weeks amid concerns of inflation effects on global markets and expectations of further rate cuts in the United States.