GKN, the UK-listed global engineering giant which features heavily in leading fund managers' portfolios, topped the list of losers on the FTSE 100 this morning after issuing a profit warning.
Hargreaves Lansdown is topping the FTSE 100 leaderboard for a second consecutive day of trading as the index starts the week in the black.
Record revenues for the last quarter have helped make Hargreaves Lansdown the biggest riser in the FTSE 100 in early trading, but the wider market has slipped back.
The largest company listed on the Athens stock exchange is seeking to re-list in the UK, potentially placing it in the FTSE 100, as the company attempts to flee the Greek economic crisis.
The FTSE 100 will rise over 70% and hit the 10,000 mark in the next decade, Invesco Perpetual's Martin Walker has predicted.
Barry Norris, founding partner and chief investment officer at Argonaut Capital Partners, has said the collapse of the BAE/EADS merger today is a "triumph for common sense."