UK stock markets
The best-known UK stock markets are the blue-chip FTSE 100, the mid-cap FTSE 250, and the more lightly regulated Alternative Investment Market (Aim), which is largely for smaller, more speculative stocks.
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(20 November 09)
Stocks slid on most markets yesterday, with the FTSE 100 seeing its biggest daily fall for three weeks.
(20 November 09)
British Airways and Iberia finally agreed to merge after 16 months of talks. But it's unclear whether the complicated deal will do much to improve the prospects of either floundering firm.
(19 November 09)
A high number of stocks trading ex-dividend balanced out rising commodity stocks yesterday to leave the FTSE 100 0.1% lower at 5,342. Wall Street was similarly flat, while in Asia, Japan suffered further falls.
