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A mixed year for equity markets nonetheless ended on a high, with the FTSE 100 up over 12% year to date and the FTSE All Share 15% ahead, but which stocks thrived and which dived in 2013?

As 2013 draws to a close, we look back over the major news stories in an eventful year.

The taxpayer lost £230m on the government's disposal of part of its stake in Lloyds Banking Group, according to the National Audit Office (NAO), despite claims the sale was made at a profit.

Lloyds Banking Group has been hit with a record fine by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for retail conduct failings - related to serious flaws in the controls over sales incentive schemes - of over £28m. But what went so wrong?

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Lloyds Banking Group a record £28m "for serious failings" relating to its sales incentives.

Lloyds Banking Group is to sell its remaining 21% stake in St James's Place, netting it a profit of more than £100m.

The government's stake in part-nationalised lender Lloyds Banking Group is to be offered to the public, the government said today.

Supermarkets are weighing on the FTSE 100 index today as worries escalate over price wars between the UK's leading food stores.

Chancellor George Osborne is to highlight a forthcoming sale of Lloyds Banking Group shares to retail investors in the Autumn Statement, according to reports.

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