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Equity Market News 06th February 2012

Equity Org Headlines:

Essar Energy adds 3 percent in mostly lower London energy sector

Antofagasta leads miners higher in London

Hunting plc leads energy sector lower

Sports Direct International leads London retailers higher

Pace plc drops 40 percent on profits warning

Royal Bank of Scotland leads London banks lower

Royal Bank of Scotland leads banks, FTSE 100 higher in London

Lloyds Banking Group drops 8 percent on first-quarter loss

Lloyds shares down on PPI claims

Aquarius Platinum adds 7 percent amid mostly lower mining sector

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Dow closes flat after NYSE sees falls across main indexes

Wall Street saw little movement at all on Friday as both the Dow Jones
Industrial Average and the Nasdaq composite stayed all but unchanged on the day, and the S&P 500 saw only a slight gain.

The Dow closed flat at 10,559.23 as did the Nasdaq, ending the day at 2,136.73. The S&P gained 0.1 percent to close at 1,219.71. Over the week, all three indexes ended on the losing side, as the Dow fell by 0.4 percent, the Nasdaq dropped 1.0 percent, and the S&P declined by 0.9 percent.

Several sectors saw declines on the week. While computer maker Hewlett Packard saw a gain of 10.2 percent on the week to $26.49, others in the sector were not so successful. Gateway dropped 16.8 percent to $3.17, Dell lost 0.6 percent to $36.41, and Apple Computer declined by 0.6 percent as well, to $45.83.

Clothing retailers had a rough time of it as well. Gap lost 8.7 percent on the week, while Hot Topic fell 14.1 percent to $14.12. Both were down on disappointing quarterly reports. On the winning side, Six Flags was up by 18.8 percent to $6.45 on the week after its largest investor said that he wanted to triple his investment in the company.

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