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FTSE 100 closes 2% lower as coronavirus concerns hit sentiment Britain's blue-chip index finished down 140 points, or 2%, at 6,859 InterContinental Hotels among the day's fallers FTSE 100 closes down 2% Tobacco firms under pressure 5.05pm: FTSE in the red FTSE 100 closed firmly in the red on Tuesday as coronavirus (COVID-19) fears continued to dampen investor sentiment, while the strong pound didn't help the internationalised share index. Britain's blue-chip index finished down 140 points, or 2%, at 6,859. FTSE 250 also fell, shedding over 382 points, or 1.7%, at 22,108. "European...

Follow Oliver on: A glance at some of the day's highlights from the Proactive Investors newswire Franchise Brands PLC (LON:FRAN) made a strong start to the year, it said, with underlying earnings (EBITDA) growing 24% to £2mln in the first three months of 2021 as turnover returned to pre-Covid levels towards the end of the period. 88 Energy Ltd’s (LON:88E) quarterly activities update said the Merlin well is able to be re-entered to drill a side-track that could be flow-tested. It comes after the well provided some evidence of oil but due to equipment failure and poor hole conditions, could ...

FTSE 100 slides to week's low on virus concerns as Wall Street stuck in negative territory Companies FTSE 100 slides to week's low on virus concerns as Wall Street stuck in negative territory The UK blue chip index comes under pressure while US markets also firmly in the red InterContinental Hotels among the day's fallers FTSE 100 down 107 points Tobacco firms under pressure Leading shares have hit a week's low as the fall away from 7000 continues. The FTSE 100 has dropped 107.4 points or 1.53% to 6892.68. Tobacco shares are still proving a drag, while a near 200 point fall on the...

DX Group drives ahead after adding 300 new vehicles to its delivery fleet A look at the major movers on the London market on Tuesday DX Group PLC (LON:DX.) has moved higher after delivering expansion news. The parcels and courier group is up 4.13% or 1.25p to 31.55p after announcing the addition of 300 new vehicles to take its fleet to more than 900 strong. Chief executive Lloyd Dunn said: "[This is] a significant expansion of our fleet, and part of our wider investment programme in the business. The new vehicles support our ambitious growth plans, increasing our capacity and operational ef...

Chakana Copper Corp.: Chakana Copper Extends Huancarama Mineralization 290M Below Surface - Soledad Project, Peru Chakana Copper Corp. (TSXV: PERU) (OTCQB: CHKKF) (FSE: 1ZX) (the " " Chakana"), is pleased to release results for two additional drill holes from the Huancarama Breccia Complex, within the Soledad Project in Ancash, Peru (Fig. 1). One hole (SDH20-165) was designed to test beneath the exposed H4 breccia, and a second hole (SDH20-166) was designed to explore a deeper extent of the Huancarama East breccia discovery (see figure 2, and news releases dated January 12, 25, and February 9...