FTSE 100

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.

CONTRARIAN

Shares in the Royal Bank of Scotland sold-off heavily on Friday morning following its latest results, with Investec Bank's respected analyst Ian Gordon downgrading the bank to sell after labeling revenues at its investment banking arm "awful".

Positive results from BG Group and Shell, alongside the completion of Glencore's long-running takeover of Xstrata, helped counter losses at UK engineers and propped up UK shares today.

BNP Paribas has launched the first ever range of trackers offering access to FTSE 100 dividend futures within its range of Exchange Traded Certificates, known as EasyTrackers.

Aberdeen Asset Management saw its shares jump 9% in trading this morning after the group reported a huge hike in its dividend.