Bank of England Base Rate sticks at 0.5% for 14th month

Good news for mortgage payers as the bank of England has decided to hold the base interest rate at 0.5% for april 2010. The news is hardly surprisingly considering house sales are still down and the fact that we are still moving out of recession. The decision on the bank of england base interest rate next month is to be held until after the election, which takes place on May 6th. However regardless of the outcome of the election it is still thought that the base interest rate will stay low until economy fully recovers.

In summary bank of england base interest rate still to be kept low at 0.5%

Top Movers on London stock exchange (LSE) April 6th 2010

Easter Tuesday sees the London stock exchange trading and as of 13:30 there are several stocks/shares showing some bullish movement.

Stocks is top share risers list are ERU, ZOO, BMR, PMK,OPE,GCM. If you hold any of these stocks you will be happy as they are gaining in share price today. ERU opened at 0.63 and now the share price is 0.78.

Additionally the FTSE 100 is making good gains and the FTSE 100 Live Share Price is currently at 5772.

FTSE 100 Closing Price March 26th 2010

FTSE 100 Share Prices- FTSE 100 Closing Price March 26th 2010

The FTSE 100 has been particularly bullish these last few weeks but today the FTSE 100 fell. The FTSE 100 opened at 5728 and dropped below 5700 during the day. However the FTSE 100 managed to close at 5703.

The top FTSE 100 risers were Next, Marks and Spencers, and Cairn Energy to name a few, while the top FTSE 100 fallers were GlaxoSmithKline and Unilever.

Will FTSE 100 share prices continue to fall or will they rise again next week?

FTSE 100 closes below 5500 again- FTSE 100 Close January 13th

The FTSE 100 seems to be on a downward spiral after doing so well at the end of 2009. Today, January 13th 2010 the FTSE 100 closed at 5473, after falling from its open of 5499. Before 10am the FTSE 100 did see a high of 5510, but by lunchtime the index price had moved to 5480. The FTSE 100 did see a rally moving to 5490 but after 3pm it dipped dramatically to 5455 before finishing up at 5473.

FTSE 100 constituents Royal Bank of Scotland and Schroders were amongst the top risers in the FTSE 100, whilst Randgold Resources and London Stock Exchange were top fallers. One does wonder whether the FTSE 100 will recover and test recent highs of 5550, although 22 points off ex dividend price does not help.

I have started online spread betting and yesterday I did gain 15 points on the FTSE 100, however today I waited for a signal and decided not to spread bet. Hoping that tomorrow or friday presents more opportunities for ftse 100 spread betting. I guess I am waiting for another bullish or bearish sign.

FTSE 100 Share prices- FTSE Close 6th October 2009

FTSE 100 share prices- FTSE 100 close 6th October 2009

The FTSE 100 dropped below 5000 at the end of last week, perhaps signaling a bearish movement, however I am pleased to report the FTSE 100 has held up well and the FTSE 100 closed at 5138 on the 6th October. The FTSE 100 continues to climb and one may ask will it see its previous 52 year high of 6752 in early 2010. What does the future hold for the FTSE 100 in 2010?

Here are some of the FTSE 100 biggest risers on the 6th October 2009

Fresnillo (FRES)
Vedanta (VED)
Kazakhmys (KAZ)
Tullow Oil (TLW)

Here are some of the FTSE 100 biggest fallers on the 6th October 2009

Shire (SHP)
Legal&gen. (LGEN)
Morrison (Wm) (MRW)
Rsa Ins. (RSA)

Keep up to date with FTSE 100 share prices, and FTSE 100 close prices

FTSE hits 5000 for first time in 11 months

FTSE 100 closes at 5004 on September 9th 2009. This is the first time the FTSE 100 has surpassed 5000 in 11 months. The FTSE 100 futures are looking very good and the FTSE 100 will be looking for another small increase in share price tomorrow.

The FTSE 100 gained 56.96 points today and increase of 1.14% and closed at 5004.30

The top risers in the FTSE 100 were:-

BR.Airways
Thomas Cook
Cairn Energy

The top FTSE 100 fallers were:-

Lonmin
Pearson
Experian

Keep watching the FTSE 100 prices to see if this upward trend continues.

7th September FTSE 100 Close prices

FTSE is back trading on Monday 7th September. The FTSE 100 opened at 4,852.00 and closed at 4,932.00, an increase of 80 points.

The biggest FTSE 100 risers on the 7th September were:-

Cadburys, up almost 38%
Lonmin up 5.77%

The biggest FTSE fallers were:-

Thomson Reuters down 1.89%

The FTSE 100 continues its upward movement with some of the FTSE 100 companies seeing daily gains. FTSE futures are predicting a FTSE 100 of over 5000 by the end of 2009. What do you think, can the FTSE 100 reach 5000 within the next four months?