Daily Spread Betting and Financial Market Round-upFinancial markets round-upTuesday December 4, 2007Stocks continued their decline in New York as the ongoing negative sentiment prevailed on Wall Street. The Standard andPoor's S&P500 index carried the wooden spoon for the session, losing 0.65% to close down 9.63 points at 1462.79. The Nasdaq Composite index was not far behind, shedding 0.66% or 17.3 points to finish the day at 2619.83. As it has done for the past couple of trading sessions, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was the relative outperformer, with a decline of 0.49% to end the session at 13248.73, a loss of 65.84 spreadbetting points. The news was worse in London as the three main equity indices lost over 1% each, trailing their US counterparts. The FTSE250 was the major faller, losing 2.76% and the techMARK index shed 1.29%. The FTSE100 index of blue chip stocks was also down, falling by over 1.12% to notch up a decline of 71.4 spread-betting points. Northern Rock was once again on the list of five top losers for the session, down another 5.5%. This time though, it had some other banking stocks for company as The Royal Bank of Scotland Group also fell by 5.28%. Mining stocks regained some of the ground lost in thre previous trading session, with the likes of Rio Tinto firming by over 1.3%. FTSE 100 - winnersRio Tinto [+1.32%]Imperial Tobacco Group [+1.16%] Unilever [+0.97%] Royal Dutch Shell 'A' [+0.93%] Lonmin [+0.91%] FTSE 100 - losersTaylor Wimpey [-7.06%]British Airways [-6.18%] Barratt Developments [-5.92%] Northern Rock [-5.50%] Royal Bank of Scotland Group [-5.28%] FTSE 250 - winnersParagon Group Of Companies [+7.17%]Benfield Group [+5.24%] Hikma Pharmaceuticals [+4.11%] Micro Focus International Plc [+3.55%] Shanks Group [+2.53%] FTSE 250 - losersBrit Insurance Holding [-10.07%]Michael Page International [-8.88%] Collins Stewart [-8.50%] Alfred McAlpine [-8.48%] Greene King [-8.46%]
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