Stock market analysis from The Share Centre
Graham Spooner, of The Share Centre, comments on this week's market.
He said: "After initial weakness at the start of the week the market attempted to stage a rally on Thursday.
"However, this came to a halt on the back of slightly disappointing corporate news from America and the continued concerns over the sub-prime market voiced by Ben Bernanke, the FED Chairman.
"This has led to the FTSE 100 index showing a loss on the week of 130.8 points to close at 6585.2."
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The UK Market's Winners and Losers
Winners
| Company | Percentage change | Closing price | Comment |
| BAE Systems | +4.14% | 428p | Broker upgrade. |
| Friends Provident | + 3.32% | 186.5p | Bid rumours. |
| Antofagsta | + 3.72% | 739.5p | Higher copper price. |
| Imperial Tobacco | + 2.06% | 2279p | News of acquisition. |
| National Grid | + 2.06% | 718.5p | Broker upgrade & company share buyback. |
Losers
| Company | Percentage change | Closing price | Comment |
| Lonmin | - 13.91% | 3683p | Lower on trading update which showed a fall in production. |
| BG | -6.32% | 822p | Falls on broker downgrade. |
| Experian | - 6.27% | 590.5p | Concerns over effect of subprime market & weak dollar. |
| Cable & Wireless | -5.96% | 182.9p | Lower on interim management statement |
| Man Group | - 5.52% | 598.5p | Lower on MF Global IPO. |
NOTE: The companies detailed above may or may not be the biggest percentage movers (plus/minus) in the week.
Mondays companies reporting:
- Interim results:
Domino's Pizza UK & IRL, SThree - Final results:
Filtronic, IG Group Holdings, Thomson Intermedia (15 mths)
Tuesdays companies reporting:
- Interim results:
AECI, BP (Q2), Capita Group, Wolfson Microelectronics (Q2), Yell Group (Q1) - Final results:
Misys, Pace Micro Technology, Sports Direct International, Thomson Intermedia (15 mths), Zetar
Wednesdays companies reporting:
- Interim results:
Absolute Capital Management Holdings, Autonomy Corporation (Q2),Croda International, CSR (Q2), GlaxoSmithKline (Q2), Northern Rock, Reckitt Benckiser (Q2). - Final results:
Aquarius Platinum, Renishaw, Vantis - Trading Statements:
PolyFuel.
Thursdays companies reporting:
- Interim results:
Access Intelligence, AstraZeneca (Q2), Arm Holdings (Q2), Bradford & Bingley, British American Tobacco, BT Group (Q1), IBS OPENSystems, Legal & General, Liberty International, National Express, Rathbone Brothers, Reed Elsevier, Rolls-Royce, Royal Dutch Shell (Q2), Shire (Q2) - Trading statements:
Carphone Warehouse (Q1), Kesa Electricals, Kingfisher (Q2).
Fridays companies reporting:
- Interim results:
Alliance & Leicester, BG Group (Q2), Flying Brands, Liberty International, Reuters, United Business Media - Final results:
British Sky Broadcasting
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