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.

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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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US MARKET UPDATE ON 25 August 2014

Dow and Jones Industrial Average lost 0.22 percent closing at 17,001.22 on Friday after US Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen concluded the meeting with central bankers coming out with a conclusion, "Interest rates are likely to surge and probably sooner if wage inflation grows higher than expected or economy underlost performs the estimates."

Top Gainers at Dow and Jones:

• Merck & Co Inc added 0.54 percent
• NIKE Inc added 0.44 percent
• Pfizer Inc added 0.35 percent
• Wallost Mart Stores Inc added 0.24 percent
• Goldman Sachs Group Inc added 0.18 percent

Laggards on Dow and Jones:

• General Electric Co lost 1.06 percent
• Johnson & Johnson lost 1.05 percent
• Cisco Systems Inc lost 0.96 percent
• Exxon Mobil Corp lost 0.79 percent
• Cocalost Cola Co/The lost 0.70 percent

Top 500 companies weighted capitalization index, Standards and Poor's index 500 lost 0.20 percent coming down by 3.97 points to 1,988.40 level.

NASDAQ Composite Index, a comprehensive representative index gained 0.14 percent, i.e. climbing 6.45 points to 4,538.55 level.

Top Gainers at NASDAQ:

• Peregrine Semiconductors corporation added 62.94 percent
• Heat Biologics Inc added 26.04 percent
• ParkerVision Inc added 18.02 percent
• Vapor Corp added 14.04 percent
• Cadiz Inc added 13.96 percent

Laggards on NASDAQ:

• Real Goods Solar Inc lost 9.78 percent
• Cellular Biomedicine Group Inc lost 9.43 percent
• Biostar Pharmaceutical Inc lost 7.55 percent
• Capitol Acquisition Corporation II lost 7.45 percent
• Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation lost 6.58 percent

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FTSE opened flat; lost 0.43% in the week

US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's 2-day meeting with the central bankers in Jackson Hole is holding up share trading volumes in United Kingdom. Benchmark index FTSE traded flat on Friday awaiting the final verdict from Fed which will affect investors' sentiment towards the market. 

FTSE 100 Index closed at 6,756.71 falling 0.31 percent on Friday after opening flat at 6,777.66 level. On a weekly analysis FTSE lowered 0.43 percent from 18 August 2014 to 22 August 2014.

Top gaining stocks in the UK market highlighted Ashtead Group PLC surging with more than 0.74 percent, Vodafone Group PLC expanding at 0.62 percent, Tesco PLC climbing at 0.59 percent, HSBC Holdings PLC adding 0.51 percent, and Lloyds Banking Group PLC growing at 0.29 percent.

Petrofac Ltd lost 1.87 percent, Kingfisher PLC  fell 1.40 percent, BHP Billiton PLC dropped 1.32 percent, easyJet PLC and Smith & Nephew PLC shed 1.13 percent ending the lowest in the trade today.

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