Banks help FTSE 100 open steadily
Banks help FTSE 100 open steadily
Also In The News
|
By Darren Estwick. |  |
Monday, 25, Jan 2010 09:42
The FTSE 100 opened slightly up at the start of the week with the banking sector registering significant gains.
At 09:38 GMT the London index stood at 5,310.64, up 7.65 points, or 0.14 per cent.
Leading the gains was Standard Chartered, rising 3.43 per cent to 1,477p.
Also performing strongly were Barclays, up 1.75 per cent, and the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, up 1.7 per cent.
The biggest loser in early trading was Aggreko, which fell 1.91 per cent to 873.4p.
British Airways also fell 1.49 per cent to 204.8p.