Market Summary: 13th May 2011

By Huw Jones

Market numbersWell Friday 13th May could have been worse I suppose.

The FTSE All Share index, representing the performance of all the eligible companies listed on the London Stock Exchange has finished the week at 3,090.52, a slight decrease of 7.10 points during Friday’s trading and 19.11 points lower than its 3,097.62 opening value at the start of the week.

So far this year the FTSE All Share index, which accounts for approximately 98% of the UK’s market capitalisation, has gone up 27.67 points from its’ opening price of 3062.85 at the start of trading on 4th January 2011.