Footsie Index
Footsie

The Footsie index of 100 leading shares was up 6.3 points or 0.2 percent to close at 3,122.8 points.

Other drug shares have also fallen, so the Footsie Index is giving a misleading impression as to the underlying strength of the market.

The London stock market fell on Friday as the Footsie index shed 18.6 points or 0.6 percent to end at 3,119.2 points.

In London the Footsie index of 100 leading shares fell by 19.3 points or by 0.6 percent to 3,089.2 points despite a firm opening on Wall Street.

The Footsie index of 100 leading shares rose by 7.9 points to 3,123.5 points or by 0.25 percent and gilt-edged stock rose by up to half a point.

The Footsie index of 100 leading shares fell by 68.4 points or by 2.2 percent to 3,020.7 points and the market's capitalisation fell by more than nine billion pounds (13.5 billion dollars).

The Footsie index of 100 leading shares here fell below 3,000 points for the first time since September, while in Paris the CAC-40 index closed at its lowest point this year.

Share prices here fell sharply in late trading on Monday in response to losses on Wall Street, with the Footsie index of 100 leading shares losing 18.9 points (0.6 percent) to close at 3,108.4.

That turned out to be true, but once the initial markdown had occurred the Footsie index traded in a fairly narrow band all day, although the number of transactions and the volume of shares traded held up strongly.

Share prices here rallied from an initial sharp loss to the lowest levels since September, to show a net loss of one point of 0.3 percent at 3,019.7 points in the Footsie index of leading shares on Thursday.

In London share prices shed early gains in response to a weak opening on Wall Street, but the Footsie index of 100 leading shares still ended up on the day with a rise of 4.5 points or 0.1 percent to 3,127.3 points.

And any minute now they would take the Footsie with them.

And some of those people may choose to play footsie with the press.

But what had Footsie been doing at the television network building in the first place?

Footsie was not in the least surprised to see him there.

He saw Footsie walk past him and step into a lift.

And Footsie had never seemed to care about the quiz.

When we're eating in public she likes to play footsie under the table.

Let's suppose you fire her for playing footsie with the opposition.

It was that boy who used to play the part of Footsie."

Any further increase could push Footsie, which started the year at 1,782.8, below 2,000.

Bloodhound and Footsie were both well out of the race.

In less than five minutes Footsie walked past him again, carrying an envelope.

"We believe there is a strong likelihood of footsie hitting 4000 at some point during 2012."

Does anyone out there know we're playing footsie with a bottle of soup?

Perhaps that is why the restaurant has never been taken very seriously by people more interested in food than footsie.

Last week, the Footsie, as it is affectionately called, rose 2 percent.

He thought Footsie had come back to retrieve the stolen cups.

We went to get a bite to eat, where he and I played a marvelous game of footsie.

The Footsie closed just 2.3 points higher at 2,840.0.

As we ate we played a little footsie under the table.

Under the table their naked feet touched, they played a gentle game of footsie.

"I came here tonight for information, not to play footsie with the Master of the City."

But he was sure Footsie would try again.

It is just dishonest playing footsie with people to promote the dirty green game.

By lunchtime the Footsie one hundred had lost sixteen points on its overnight position.