UK investors are trading reluctantly

UK stock indices are moving forward with a slight growth in Friday's session at the moment, rebounding over losses recorded yesterday. In the last trading session, investors pimped out of trades with cynic view of the markets even as another poll reported against independence of Scotland.

Stock market of UK, i.e. UK stock exchange (UKX) is playing low with rising political concerns. In the first half of early trade, the FTSE 100 rose 0.1 percent coming to 6,805.53, the FTSE 250 jumped 0.4 percent to 15,677.95, and the AIM All-Share hiked 0.1 percent trading at 776.91.

Top Gainer	% Change	Top Loser	% Change
Barratt Developments PLC	+2.32%	Whitbread PLC	-1.32%
Barclays PLC	+1.95%	Anglo American PLC	-1.20%
J Sainsbury PLC	+1.82%	Sage Group PLC/The	-1.18%
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC	+1.41%	Associated British Foods PLC	-1.12%
Tullow Oil PLC	+1.00%	Glencore PLC	-0.54%
Travis Perkins PLC	+0.96%	Aviva PLC	-0.47%
ARM Holdings PLC	+0.84%	Sports Direct International	-0.42%
Persimmon PLC	+0.82%	Bunzl PLC	-0.37%
Carnival PLC	+0.76%	Antofagasta PLC	-0.33%
WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC	+0.56%	London Stock Exchange Group PLC	-0.32%

Scotland's Independence dragged FTSE 100 0.34% down

FTSE 100 is trading at 6,823.21 after losing 31.89 points, i.e. falling over 0.47 percent at 9:45 am in BST on Monday. Market breath is low in UK as supporters of Scotland's independence spoke louder in a poll conducted by YouGov. On the back of this news, Great British pound over United State dollar, i.e. GBP/USD traded at 1.6169 falling from 1.6327 closing rate on Friday.

• Biggest Faller in the market Associated British Foods at 4.6 percent
• Biggest gainer of the day Randgold Resources hiked 46p trading at £47.83

Top Gainer	% Change	Top Loser	% Change
Burberry Group PLC	+0.40%	Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC	-2.48%
Smith & Nephew PLC	+0.09%	Barclays PLC	-0.93%
Carnival PLC	-0.34%	Royal Mail PLC	-0.56%
National Grid PLC	-0.49%	Coca-Cola HBC AG	-0.42%
BP PLC	-0.61%	Anglo American PLC	-0.42%
RSA Insurance Group PLC	-0.64%	Capita PLC	-0.25%
Ashtead Group PLC	-0.68%	London Stock Exchange Group PLC	+0.05%
Tullow Oil PLC	-0.69%	Fresnillo PLC	+0.92%
Severn Trent PLC	-1.15%	Randgold Resources Limited	+0.99%
Hargreaves Lansdown PLC	-1.89%	ARM Holdings PLC	1.10%

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FTSE 100 at 6,845.56 shed 32.41 points, falling over 0.47%

UK's benchmark index, FTSE 100 shed 10.84 points, recording a fall of 0.2 percent bringing the level to 6,867.13 at 9:05 a.m. in LST. Barometer of the index is running to win the fourth streak of winning in weekly trades, as it overall weekly growth is standing still expecting 0.7 percent hike over the opening recorded on Monday. The index revived its growth up in the market in monthly statistics after hitting its lowest bell in August.

Wider representative index, FTSE All-Share Index (ASX) dropped 0.1 percent down in the trading today, while Ireland’s ISEQ Index moved a little up recording growth under 0.1 percent which is its highest winning point in script since February 2014.

The FTSE 100 is trading over 14.2 times its predicted earnings of its members, after it crossed a multiple of 14.4 on July 4, pinpointing the highest level breaking record of December 2009.

Top Gainer	Percent Change	Top Loser	Percent Change
Hargreaves Lansdown PLC	+1.33 percent	Coca-Cola HBC AG	-3.13 percent
Pearson PLC	+0.90 percent	Randgold Resources Limited	-2.73 percent
SSE PLC	+0.53 percent	London Stock Exchange Group PLC	-2.45 percent
BAE Systems PLC	+0.15 percent	Petrofac Ltd	-1.79 percent
HSBC Holdings PLC	+0.12 percent	Meggitt PLC	-1.34 percent

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ECB's declaration holding most stocks but Standard broke records

UK shares are trading almost flat since the opening on Thursday morning as investors are taking cautious moves ahead of the most awaited results from European Central Bank's meeting which will declare at 1200 hours in London.

Standard Life recorded highest gains on FTSE 100, as it edged over 10 percent higher in the trade, after the company sold out its Canadian business for GBP 2.2 billion which is going back to its shareholders.

Fellow insurer Admiral Group took a stand at second place, as it hiked over 2.5 percent, after HSBC upgraded the stock's value from Neutral to Overweight.

MAJOR MARKET News

FTSE 100: up 0.1 percent at 6,882.99

FTSE 250: down 0.1 percent at 15,983.61

AIM ALLshed SHARE: marginally down at 778.65

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FTSE 100 is trading at 6,881.88 gaining 8.30 growing at 0.12 percent

Top Gainers on FTSE 100

Standard Life PLC climbed 9.01 percent

Admiral Group PLC climbed 2.22 percent

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC climbed 1.22 percent

easyJet PLC climbed 0.73 percent

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC climbed 0.71 percent

Laggards on Record of FTSE 100

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC shed 1.77 percent

3i Group PLC shed 1.22 percent

WM Morrison Supermarket PLC shed 1.08 percent

AstraZeneca PLC shed 0.88 percent

Experian PLC shed 0.84 percent

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UK market analysis of August and levels in September

Covering up the monthly performance of FTSE 100 companies, the index closed at 6,819.75 points on Friday growing over 0.20 percent on the day. Overall, the index climbed up from the weakest record on 8 August 2014 at 6,567.36 points.

Breaking News in UK stock market

FTSE 100 representing blue chip companies performance are under-performing compared to the performance of small-scale companies whose penny stocks posted double the growth of blue chip stocks. In the previous year, blue chip companies' stock consolidated growth rate at 1 percent while the index surged 6 percent. Smart investors moved to small-cap companies where the board of management is smaller but profits are higher, analysis recorded increase in shareholdings of small-caps stock by over 20 percent.

Top Gainer	% Change
Fresnillo PLC	+2.29%
AstraZeneca PLC	+1.95%
RSA Insurance Group PLC	+1.91%
St James's Place PLC	+1.85%
Randgold Resources Limited	+1.60%

Top Loser	% Change
Tesco PLC	-6.64%
WM Morrison Supermarket PLC	-5.03%
J Sainsbury PLC	-4.35%
CRH PLC	-2.03%
Marks & Spencer Group PLC	-1.87%

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UK stock market gained on Resource stock : Latest updates 27 August 2014

FTSE 100, representing major 100 industries of United Kingdom (UK) opened flat at 6,822.76 points. In the early morning trade, it expanded 0.01 percent as resources stocks steadied up in the market rally where US stocks surged last night and Asian equities traded mixed.

At 10:00 AM in London clock, FTSE 100 traded at 6,825.48 after it gained 2.72 points, i.e. rose at 0.04 percent rate backed up with high trading in supermarket shares, airlines stocks and construction shares. Resource stocks are star performers of the market rally as they surged on FTSE 100, FTSE 250, FTSE 350 and AIM.

Gainers and Losers in the market at 10:00 AM in London on different indices are as follows:

FTSE 100

Gainers on FTSE 100

Petrofac 1151.50 added 2.54 percent

Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 186.20 added 2.42 percent

International Consolidated Airlines 364.40 added 1.76 percent

easyJet 1376.00 added 1.62 percent

Mondi 1042.00 added 1.36 percent

Laggards on FTSE 100

Friends Life Group Limited Ord Npv 304.10 lost 1.81 percent

United Utilities Group 892.75 lost 1.68 percent

CRH 1398.50 lost 1.51 percent

Kingfisher 305.05 lost 1.21 percent

St James's Place 732.00 lost 1.08 percent

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UK market opens on 26 August after the weekend

United Kingdom's top benchmark index FTSE 100, which represents share earnings of top 100 companies listed on London stock exchange.

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  FTSE opened flat on Friday, 22 August 2014 at 6,777.66. The index traded between 6,746.37 and 6,784.63 points.
• In all, 101 shares participated in the trading on 22 Aug 2014, whereas 5 shares stood unchanged at their positions.
• In the summary of the market, 54 shares lost exceeding the 42 gainers which pulled down the market index.
• FTSE closed at 6,775.25 losing 2.41 points, equal to 0.04 percent compared to its opening.

GAINERS: stocks to look up on Tuesday, 26 August 2014.

• Royal Mail PLC added 2.16 percent
• Hargreaves Lansdown PLC added 1.85 percent
• Vodafone Group PLC added 1.60 percent
• Lloyds Banking Group PLC added 1.34 percent
• London Stock Exchange Group PLC added 1.20 percent

LOSERS: stocks to watch out for on Tuesday, 26 August 2014.

• Fresnillo PLC lost 1.76 percent
• CRH PLC lost 1.57 percent
• SSE PLC lost 1.51 percent
• Rollslost Royce Holdings PLC lost 1.45 percent
• BHP Billiton PLC lost 1.37 percent
  
  
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