As the oil price nudged above $70 (£35.30) a barrel at one point on concern about the outlook for US domestic petrol supplies, the opaque workings of the Russian resources sector once again had the markets guessing.
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Gordon Brown pleased followers of the energy sector with what was generally considered a good Budget.
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Recent times have been bad for most technology stocks, with all of the major contributing sectors falling by 10 per cent or more, with the exception of the newly beefed-up pharmaceuticals and biotech sector, which has held its own, rising 2 per cent. The techMARK 100 index of the most highly rated technology companies was recently down 10 per cent at 1264.34 for the period from 24 January.
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