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FTSE 100 movers: HBOS bid talk gets banks bubbling

23 Jul 2008
has surged to the top of the FTSE 100 movers on talk of a bid interest from Spanish rival BBVA. , and are up in sympathy.

Talk of a bail-out for US mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has also given a boost to other financials, including and .

Oil prices have slipped even further with the price of crude now hovering around the $127 per barrel mark. Cruise operator Carnival is a big fuel user and is showing healthy gains. Oil companies are lower with the crude price while lower metal prices have knocked and .



HBOS (HBOS) 302.00p +15.71%
Friends Provident (FP.) 89.80p +12.11%
Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) 221.75p +11.43%
Barclays (BARC) 347.00p +10.25%
Lloyds TSB Group (LLOY) 346.75p +8.36%
Wolseley (WOS) 350.75p +6.69%
Carnival (CCL) 1,919.00p +6.14%
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) 732.50p +6.01%


Lonmin (LMI) 2,570.00p -3.46%
Ferrexpo (FXPO) 266.00p -3.45%
International Power (IPR) 414.50p -2.93%
Anglo American (AAL) 2,747.00p -2.80%
Petrofac Ltd (PFC) 630.50p -2.40%
Cairn Energy (CNE) 2,702.00p -1.53%
British Energy Group (BGY) 687.50p -1.50%
Eurasian Natural Resources (ENRC) 1,035.00p -1.24%



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