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FTSE 100 rose 0.5% or 29.7 points to 5,803.1

by Greg Secker on Jun.16, 2011, under Greg's Blogs


UK Report 15th June 2011

UK markets closed higher yesterday, as positive broker reviews helped to increase risk appetite among investors. Shares of ITV rallied 4.4%, as Liberum Capital restated its “Buy” advice, citing the recent selloff as “overdone”, while Schroders jumped 3.9%, after HBSC Holdings upgraded the stock to “Overweight” from “Neutral”. Banks, Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland, added between 1.6% and 2.4%, as BofA Merrill Lynch deemed the valuation of the European banks to be at the cheapest level in 18 months. Miners, Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Kazakhmys, gained between 0.9% and 3.8%, as base metal prices edged up. Oil producers, Petrofac, Cairn Energy and BG Group, rose between 1.5% and 2.7%, as oil prices gained values. FTSE 100 rose 0.5% or 29.7 points to 5,803.1. FTSE 250 gained 0.7% or 82.0 points to 11,861.4.

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