First week back and like many people I’ve been catching up with paperwork and numerous spam emails that had dropped into my email box between Christmas and New Year.

I read and article yesterday and whilst watching the news late last night, I wondered why there is so most emphasis put on the FTSE 100. The FTSE 100 is the top 100 shares listed on the London Stock Exchange in term of capitalisation i.e. size
Here are a few facts about the FTSE 100.

The index is dominated by a number of big

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FTSE 100 up on mornings trading

Investor in the United Kingdom were given a boost by the better than expected United States jobs data. Good news lifted the FTSE 100 this morning on opening by 0.2% to 6057 which gave an extra boost to companies offering very good news this morning.

Corporate news and analyst recommendations was first the main price drivers but were supported by the boost to economic sentiment from better than expected private sector job growth. The US jobless figures out

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