Marks &amp; Spencer leads FTSE gainers
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Shares in London began trading to the upside on Tuesday with Marks &amp; Spencer leading gainers after cheering investors with an upbeat trading statement.
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Long-running takeover target the London  Stock Exchange Group on Thursday reported a strong rise in  full-year turnover and operating profit, topping analysts&#039;  expectations.
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The FTSE 100 bounced back on Thursday after better news from the retail sector and a continued rebound among the property companies.
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London Stock Exchange Group Plc forecast  a big rise in third-quarter earnings and pledged to raise its  full-year dividend at least 50 percent as it reiterated its  opposition to a 2.7 billion pound ($5.3 billion) hostile bid  from U.S. rival Nasdaq .
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Marks &amp; Spencer has announced a shake-out of top management after revealing that trading conditions have worsened, but it has not issued a profit warning as investors had feared.
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A strong rally on US and Asian markets overnight boosted the FTSE on Thursday.
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Britain's FTSE 100 index  rose 0.3 percent in early trading on Wednesday as European and Asian bourses swept to multi-year highs and as ICI  leapt more than 9 percent on a sale of one of its units.
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London equities made strong gains in opening trade on Tuesday, lifted by improving sentiment in the banking sector and a strong showing for resource stocks.
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London equities made strong gains on Friday, as fresh bid activity energerised the mining sector and Wall Street took off after Microsoft made an offer for Yahoo.
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European shares edged higher on Monday bolstered by reassuring comments from UK bank Lloyds TSB on its earnings expectations for this year.
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Marks and Spencer, the British clothing-to-food retailer, confirmed its recovery under chief executive Stuart Rose with a 47.6-percent rise in annual pre-tax profits.
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London equities opened in positive territory on Thursday as a raft of bid news helped lift sentiment on the market. The FTSE 100 started trade up 0.3 per cent at 4,740.1 and the mid-cap FTSE 250 stayed flat at 6,755.7.
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London equities extended their gains by midday, as fears of an economic recession in the US eased and investors&#39; confidence returned to financial and resource stocks.
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London equities made gains in opening trade on Monday following a rise in US stocks on Friday but housebuilders fell heavily after a veiled profits warning from Bovis.
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London shares made strong gains in early trade on Tuesday, boosted by a rally on Wall Street overnight and led by mining stocks as metal prices continued to rise.
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London equities made strong gains on Wednesday, with every FTSE 100 constituent  rallying, after strong overnight gains on Wall Street followed news of the Federal Reserve&#39;s 50 basis point cut in US rates.
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London equities  were flat on Thursday ahead of the Bank of England's rate call, but retail stocks were cheered by news of a strong Christmas at J Sainsbury.