Summary
Chancellor Alistair Darling's pre-election Budget did little for the London market yesterday despite slightly better news on the public finances.
The FTSE-100 Index finished 4.3 points ahead at 5677.9 as Darling said borrowing would be pound(s)11 billion below forecast this year, but there were few policy giveaways in a fiscally neutral Budget.See the full content of this document
Extract
Housebuilders Buoyed After Stamp Duty Threshold Increased
Tim Hughes, head of sales trading at IG Index, said: "This year's Budget isn't likely to start any fina...
See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
