London close: In the blue as investors say adieu to 2011

30th Dec 2011 12:46

London's top shares clawed back into positive territory as investors bid farewell to a turbulent 2011.Financials recovered from earlier weakness. Barclays was up 0.89%, Royal Bank of Scotland added 0.35% and Lloyds Banking Group recovered 1.61% in subdued pre New Year trading. Oil giants BP and Royal Dutch Shell remained lower as crude oil prices eased. However BG Group rose 0.44% after it said one of its assets in Brazil, Petrobras, is nearing production. Hopes that the euro zone crisis will settle down in 2012 were given a boost after German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said he expects the euro zone to stabilise within 12 months and dismissed fears of a break-up of the single currency. Well, that's about it in this shortened final day of trading in 2011. We would like to wish all our readers a happy and prosperous New Year! FTSE 100 - RisersSainsbury (J) (SBRY) 302.90p +2.33%CRH (CRH) 1,280.00p +2.32%ITV (ITV) 68.15p +1.87%Experian (EXPN) 875.50p +1.86%Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) 25.91p +1.67%GKN (GKN) 183.00p +1.67%Essar Energy (ESSR) 171.40p +1.66%Fresnillo (FRES) 1,527.00p +1.66%Tullow Oil (TLW) 1,402.00p +1.59%Capital Shopping Centres Group (CSCG) 312.30p +1.53%FTSE 100 - FallersMan Group (EMG) 125.70p -1.87%Old Mutual (OML) 135.50p -1.74%Glencore International (GLEN) 392.00p -1.63%Capita Group (CPI) 628.50p -1.41%Aggreko (AGK) 2,017.00p -1.08%Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.) 430.50p -1.03%Pearson (PSON) 1,210.00p -0.98%Royal Dutch Shell 'B' (RDSB) 2,454.00p -0.73%Carnival (CCL) 2,126.00p -0.70%Cairn Energy (CNE) 265.30p -0.67%FTSE 250 - RisersAllied Gold Mining (ALD) 145.00p +5.69%Hochschild Mining (HOC) 385.80p +5.44%Heritage Oil (HOIL) 192.50p +4.90%Barratt Developments (BDEV) 92.90p +4.79%Laird (LRD) 154.20p +4.68%African Barrick Gold (ABG) 458.80p +4.25%Cable & Wireless Worldwide (CW.) 16.25p +4.10%Rathbone Brothers (RAT) 1,060.00p +3.72%COLT Group SA (COLT) 91.15p +3.64%WH Smith (SMWH) 531.50p +3.51%FTSE 250 - FallersAveva Group (AVV) 1,430.00p -4.35%Bumi (BUMI) 880.00p -4.19%Homeserve (HSV) 286.60p -3.83%Electrocomponents (ECM) 188.20p -2.99%IG Group Holdings (IGG) 476.90p -2.83%Home Retail Group (HOME) 83.40p -2.68%JD Wetherspoon (JDW) 415.20p -2.51%Phoenix Group Holdings (DI) (PHNX) 525.00p -2.33%Go-Ahead Group (GOG) 1,381.00p -2.20%Domino Printing Sciences (DNO) 512.00p -2.01%