Financial Times FT.com

Resources

FTSE 100Details

 Index Last Change
FTSE 1005,235+1.80%
DOW10,175+1.51%
S&P 5001,089+1.85%
FTSE Eurofirst 3001,012+1.98%
Nikkei9,809+0.20%
Quotes are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Principal content

Overview: Central banks drive demand for risk

Yield-hungry investors lapped up risk assets, pushing global equity markets and commodity prices higher while denting demand for havens such as the greenback

Dow hits new high for year

Dollar drops to 15-month low as gold hits all-time high

Deal activity lifts Wall Street

Northrop Grumman agrees to sell TASC

Gold breaks $1,100 mark

Bullion and oil could rise further

Dollar drops to 15-month low

German output surge supports euro

Insurers help FTSE 100 make gains

Kraft in £9.8bn hostile bid for Cadbury

Malaysia’s Maxis to float 30% of shares

IPO set to be priced at M$4.80-M$5.50

Bourses advance after G20 meeting

Insurers lifted by broker comment

Asian stocks push higher on China hopes

China-linked shares climb in Tokyo

Economic Outlook: France and Germany show signs of recovery

France and Germany got out of recession in the second quarter and data this week will show how the pace of recovery has quickened

Stability concerns over CoCo bonds

Related content and features

On Wall Street

Handle like asbestos

Henny Sender

David Einhorn is calling for the credit default swap’s abolition, writes Henny Sender

Analysis

Sukuk spreads beyond the Gulf

A variety of nations and companies are preparing bond sales to comply with sharia law, writes Robin Wrigglesworth

On London

Inflationary fears linger

Jennifer Hughes

More QE showed belief in recovery but bond markets disagree, says Jennifer Hughes

Video

Future of Finance

Jim o'Neill

Jim O’Neill, the man who coined the term ’Bric’, on strength in China and Brazil

FTfm

Video: David Jane

David Jane, of M&G Investments, says the ’free’ money created by QE demands action

View of the Day

Gold’s new standard

A new floor is being established for gold at $1,000 and positive momentum should continue in 2010 says Stephen Walker at RBC

Fourth column content

Currencies in context

Fourth column content

Full coverage

Interactive graphic: Iron ore

Follow trends in supply and demand and the key players in the ongoing pricing war between big miners and China

Future of Investing

FT writers and some of the world’s top political and business figures examine the implications of the credit crunch on our investment system

Aftershock - the fall of Lehman

Dick Fuld

Recall the fall out from the demise of a Wall Street icon at the height of the financial crisis

Fourth column content

Market specials

Global financial crisis

Floor of the New York Stock Exchange

A multimedia snapshot of one of the most radical reshapings of the global banking sector

Quantitative easing explained

Our interactive graphic illustrates what the policy is and how economic stimulus works as central banks battle to keep the recovery on track

Oil in motion

Oil prices up image

Follow oil around the world with our map tracking producers, refineries and reserves