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Date: Tuesday 01 Jul 2008
LONDON (ShareCast) - Barely a handful of blue chips were in the blue in the afternoon as a combination of oil worries, economics concerns and dreadful manufacturers' data for June sent investors ducking for cover.
Wolseley suffers again as Goldman Sachs cut its price target on the building supplies group to 346p from 465p and reiterated its 'sell' recommendation.
International Power is one of only three risers after Credit Suisse added the power station operator to its Europe focus list citing its defensive qualities.
FTSE 100 - Risers
Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB.) 2,574.00p +1.14%
RSA Insurance Group (RSA) 126.70p +0.88%
International Power (IPR) 433.25p +0.29%
Cable & Wireless (CW.) 151.10p +0.20%
BT Group (BT.A) 200.25p +0.18%
Hammerson (HMSO) 894.00p +0.17%
British Energy Group (BGY) 713.00p +0.07%
FTSE 100 - Fallers
Eurasian Natural Resources (ENRC) 1,183.00p -11.25%
Ferrexpo (FXPO) 358.50p -9.24%
Carphone Warehouse Group (CPW) 181.40p -8.34%
Wolseley (WOS) 351.00p -6.77%
Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) 200.50p -6.74%
Kazakhmys (KAZ) 1,489.00p -6.47%
Next (NXT) 909.50p -6.19%
London Stock Exchange Group (LSE) 733.00p -6.03%