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Hargreaves Lansdown shares closed above the £10 mark for the first time ever yesterday as investors continue to back the platform to excel in a post-RDR environment.

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Concerns raised by ratings agencies, analysts and hedge funds have pushed bank shares lower this morning as the FTSE 100 snaps seven straight days of gains.

London blue-chip index has crossed the threshold level of 6,600 for the first time since 2007 after a seven-day climb.

BT shares have rocketed this morning after the group reported forecasting-beating results which have left it ready to take on rival Sky with its broadcasting plans.

Fund buyers are calling on iShares to review the pricing of its range of UK exchange-traded funds (ETFs), especially the mainstream vehicles that are charging substantially more than their peers.

After a decade of scant gains, some investors are now piling into pharmaceuticals as a combination of high yields and attractive valuations draw managers in, but is this the start of a decade-long move up?

Japan's main equity market surged to a five-year high on the first day of trading after the country's Golden Week public holiday.

The FTSE 100 has hit a new five-year high after better-than-expected US jobs data sparked a 50 point rise in the blue chip index.

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