Footsie Jitters Come Back As Mining Stocks Stumble

Daily Mail (May 20, 2006)

Author: Tessa Thorniley

Linked as:



Summary


INVESTORS were kept on the hop by the dancing Footsie, which showed no signs of settling down after one of the most turbulent weeks in the market's recent history.

After being spooked by Wednesday's dramatic 170-point fall, traders then had to negotiate the added hurdle of 'double witching' expiry of Liffe and Footsie futures and options contracts.

See the full content of this document

Extract


Footsie Jitters Come Back As Mining Stocks Stumble

It passed with out much fuss with dealers saying that hedge funds had been forced to close perilous short positions earlier in the week.

The 100 index even surged more than 40...

See the full content of this document