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Bad morning in the markets

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  • Treadmill
    Treadmill Posts: 1,102 Forumite
    FTSE is rallying, we might see a gain...

    lol
  • Treadmill
    Treadmill Posts: 1,102 Forumite
    Anyone with real time data know what FTSE closed at ?
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    In August 2007, these were listed as the biggest ever 1 day falls in the FTSE 100:

    FTSE 100
    19 October 1987 - 10.84%
    11 Sept 2001 - 5.72%
    4 January 2000 - 3.81%
    10 August 2007 - 3.71%
    24 March 2003 - 3.05%
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  • mr_magoo_5
    mr_magoo_5 Posts: 175 Forumite
    Treadmill wrote: »
    Anyone with real time data know what FTSE closed at ?

    It closes at 5.00pm
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  • Treadmill
    Treadmill Posts: 1,102 Forumite
    Well looks like today is the second biggest drop then, until tomorrow when the wheels really come ff.
  • Treadmill
    Treadmill Posts: 1,102 Forumite
    mr_magoo wrote: »
    It closes at 5.00pm

    Blimey I thought it was 4:30PM
  • ginvzt
    ginvzt Posts: 4,878 Forumite
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    Treadmill wrote: »
    Blimey I thought it was 4:30PM

    That what I thought!!!! Have they extended trading today or something?...
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  • mr_magoo_5
    mr_magoo_5 Posts: 175 Forumite
    Treadmill wrote: »
    Blimey I thought it was 4:30PM

    Me bad its 4.30pm !
    Futures are on until 5.30pm
    Control is an illusion, chaos is the reality. A successful warrior dances with chaos, and success means simply that one is still alive.
  • Treadmill
    Treadmill Posts: 1,102 Forumite
    Okey Cokey.. The beeb site is showing 7% down and its delayed by 15 Minutes so that must be about the close
  • WTF?_2
    WTF?_2 Posts: 4,592 Forumite
    Bloomberg is giving FTSE at 4629, down 7.51% on the day.

    52 week high is 6730. Shocking!
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