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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Tesco may bid for Northern Rock

Date: Wednesday 01 Jul 2009

Tesco has emerged as a potential bidder for Northern Rock as the Government races to sell the state-owned lender before a general election, The Times has learnt.

The supermarket chain has shown provisional interest in buying the bank nationalised as the credit crisis brought the financial system within...

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Tesco Chart
Name Value Chg
BAE Systems 314.10p -3.70p
BP 489.75p 3.25p
British Sky Broadcasting Group 692.00p -7.50p
FirstGroup 306.50p -1.80p
Lloyds Banking Group 35.79p 0.52p
Marks & Spencer Group 345.60p -0.70p
National Express Group 222.90p -1.20p
Tesco 329.40p -0.15p
Name Value Chg
Aerospace and Defence 3,570.04 -15.73
Banks 3,979.77 12.33
Food & Drug Retailers 4,050.76 -1.98
General Retailers 1,649.24 -7.58
Media 4,205.33 -39.19
Oil & Gas Producers 8,739.84 15.80
Travel & Leisure 4,501.26 -31.72
Name Value Chg
FTSE 100 5,875.93 -14.33
FTSE 250 11,161.88 -31.82
FTSE 350 3,103.90 -7.73
FTSE All-Share 3,034.15 -7.42
FTSEurofirst 300 1,070.84 -1.95
techMARK 1,984.35 -11.59
techMARK 100 2,224.23 -13.03

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