Equities markets were mixed in London on Tuesday. The FTSE 100 added 0.6 percent to 6,227.6, while the FTSE 250 fell 0.6 percent to 11,102.2. Oil companies were higher on takeover rumors, as it was said that either Royal Dutch Shell or BP could be interested in bidding on BG Group. Shell added 0.6 percent [...]

The New York equities markets were mixed at midday on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was 0.1 percent lower to 12,383.19, while the S&P 500 was fractionally lower to 1,409.38. The Nasdaq Composite, however, had overcome early declines and was 0.1 percent higher to 2,437.47. Analysts said that investors were being careful before companies [...]

The London equities markets were mixed on the last full trading day before Christmas, with the FTSE 100 0.2 percent lower to 6,183.7 but the FTSE 250 adding 0.2 percent to 11,066.4. Volume was light, with around 2 billion shares trading hands. Miners were hurt by dropping copper prices. Vedanta Resources dropped 16p to £11.77. [...]

The London equities markets were mixed on Monday on slow trade in the run-up to Christmas. The FTSE 100 dropped 0.2 percent to 6,257.4, while the FTSE 250 was up a bare 1.7 points to 11,087.7, with less than 2.5 billion shares trading hands. In the leisure sector, cruise ship operator Carnival added 2.2 percent [...]

In London on Friday the FTSE 100 added 0.8 percent to 6,132.7, a five-year high. The 100 was up 1.7 percent in the holiday-shortened week. The FTSE 250 was up 0.6 percent for the day and 1.8 percent on the week to close at 9,950.8. Miners and oil were both instrumental in the day’s gains. [...]