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July 03, 2026 - 07:55 PM DennisereRophy - vuydkndihdkndyjdbfjhdkhdihfj3@gmail.com Eira June was a muted month for retail sales according to the British Retail Consortium and KPMG Monday 14 April 2014 7:50 pmLondon Report: Ukraine fears prompt return to defensivesBy: Express KCSShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleA 8200;RISE 8200;in food and retail stocks, seen as defensive plays with investors worried by tensions in Ukraine, enabled Britainrsquo top equity index to inc <a href=https://www.polenefr.fr>polene</a> h higher yesterday.The blue-chip FTSE 100 index closed up by 0.3 pe <a href=https://www.bru-mate.ca>brumate cooler</a> r cent, or 22.06 points, at 6,583.76 points. Trading volumes came in at around 1.1 times above the indexrsquo 3-month daily average.The FTSE erased its earlier los <a href=https://www.bru-mate.ca>brumate</a> ses after the US stock market rose following better-than-expected quarterly net profits at Wall Street bank Citigroup.However, investorsrsquo; lingering nerves over the situation in Ukraine were reflected in the fact that retail and food stocks ndash; often used as defensive stock market plays in an uncertain environment ndash; were the best performers. Supermarket retailer Sainsbury rose 5.5 per cent to top the FTSErsquo leaderboard of best-performing stocks, while Sainsburyrsquo rival Tesco also progressed by around three per cent.Itrsquo understandable that people are going for defensive stocks today, given the worries that the market could fall further in the near term, said Cavendish Asset Management fund manager Paul Mumford.Ukrainersquo President has threatened military action a Mbjp Strand founder strikes back at legal claim over Sibir fees Sunday 20 October 2013 11:39 pmUK confidence grows despite pay pressuresBy: Express KCSShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleCONFIDENCE in ... IP : 193.9.48.18 |