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techMARK puts spotlight on high-tech companies
News The London Stock Exchange Thursday launched techMARK , a new market for technology companies. FTSE International will list several techMARK indices including a techMARK 100 and a techMARK All-Share. The techMARK 100 will list companies with a...
[November 4, 1999, 12:39]
News Burst: High-tech shares take spotlight in techMARK
News FTSE International will list techMARK indices including a techMARK 100. The market is an attempt to lure high-tech startups from Britain and the rest of Europe to list their shares in the UK rather than in the US, with its Nasdaq, or Germany's...
[November 4, 1999, 10:32]
High-tech fever hits the UK
News techMARK -- the UK high tech exchange set up to rival America's Nasdaq -- is riding high as Internet fever finds a firm foothold in the UK. The reason is not hard to find: Internet fever began in the US and is finally gathering pace in the UK...
[December 14, 1999, 10:07]
Nasdaq drop slams UK markets - again
News The FTSE 100 and FTSE techMARK indices dropped precipitously in morning trading Tuesday, following the Nasdaq's second-biggest one-day decline on Monday. As of 1100 GMT the FTSE 100 was down 72.4 at 6,461, while the techMARK 100, which monitors...
[April 11, 2000, 10:30]
Market mayhem: Tech stocks on a rollercoaster
News UK investors holding their nerve amid slump -- Little panic despite dizzying drop Monday in FTSE and techMARK.Mon, 17th Apr 2000 It's been a hair-raising ride over the last few days for investors on both sides of the Atlantic, with tech shares on...
[April 7, 2000, 14:28]
London markets rise
News The techMARK 100 index enjoyed a positive session to post final gains of 2.6 percent. The techMARK 100 "new-economy" index also posted strong gains, though experts said it is still too early to say the market has halted its slide.
[April 19, 2000, 17:05]
E-business hit the big time in 1999
News In November came the launch of the UK's technology-oriented exchange the techMARK, designed to compete with the US' Nasdaq and Germany's Neuer Markt. But venture capital continued to flow into tech startups, many of which went public.techMARK puts...
[December 29, 1999, 6:10]
EasyScreen set for £20m float
News When EasyScreen begins trading on 21 October it is expected to be the first new company on the Techmark bourse. UK-based EasyScreen said Thursday it will attempt to raise £20m in shares through a floatation on the London Stock Exchange.
[October 15, 1999, 14:08]
UK Net firms running out of cash - report
News The findings, similar to research that rocked the US high-tech sector a few weeks back, are based on an examination of 28 Internet companies listed on London markets, including techMARK and AIM.techMARK and AIM, in particular, harbour many of the...
[May 17, 2000, 16:03]
UK tech stocks take a hammering
News By mid-afternoon the FTSE's techMARK 100 index had dropped by more than 300 points to around 3,773. Tech shares were hit hard in the UK Tuesday after a record points decline by the US' tech-heavy Nasdaq market Monday night.
[April 4, 2000, 14:26]
UK may launch high-tech stock market
News It is believed the new market -- possibly called Techmark -- will start up with around 100 companies currently quoted on the London Stock Exchange. A spin-off UK stock market dedicated to high-tech firms is to be launched in the next few weeks...
[August 24, 1999, 9:50]
Tumbling market to calm IT nerves?
News In the UK, the value of the recently introduced Techmark market for high-tech firms has fallen by over a quarter in the last month, mirroring a wider trend in the US and Europe. Falling values of high-tech stocks are likely to slow down the merry...
[April 17, 2000, 13:13]
Markets stabilise after sharp decline
News At around midday, the FTSE 100 was six points up at 6190.8, with the techMARK 100 16 points higher at 3723. UK markets wobbled their way through Thursday morning, nosing into positive territory after Wednesday's biggest one-day loss in twelve months.
[May 4, 2000, 12:04]
Tech shares end summer doldrums
News Shares in technology around Europe picked themselves off the floor Thursday as investors returned from the summer holidays, with trading volumes hitting their highest levels since spring and the techMARK 100 at its best level in five months, up...
[September 4, 2000, 8:57]
UK markets near year lows
News Amid the carnage, British Telecommunications (quote: BT) and ARM Holdings (quote: ARM) set new year lows and the techMARK 100 index of high-tech stocks was down 109 points, or 4.3 percent, to 2,429p by 3.30pm GMT.
[November 30, 2000, 15:03]
UK e-biz forecast: gloomy
News Freeserve, on the other hand, dropped 20 percent to 351p and techMark 100, heavy on Internet startups, fell 1.3 percent or nearly 45 points to 3,397. It was expected to be a rough day for UK high-tech shares Monday after bad news from the US and...
[June 26, 2000, 11:07]
News Burst: Geldof rules out Deckchair.com flotation
News Geldof made his remarks at a New Statesman conference Thursday, where industry observers blasted the UK markets for being slow to recognise the importance of the tech sector, and warned that Nasdaq could pose a serious threat to emerging high-tech...
[October 29, 1999, 12:00]
AOL deal good news for Euro tech, media stocks
News More than £8bn was added to the value of media shares overall, while techMark, the exchange for high-tech companies, closed up 4.5 percent at 3654p. London-listed Internet and media shares surged Monday as the market came to terms with the news of...
[January 11, 2000, 11:26]
News Burst: Oil price fears hit tech stocks
News In early trading the UK's FTSE 100 was down 31.7 at 6,100, and the Techmark 100, the index of the UK's biggest tech stocks, lost 46 points and fell to 3,355. Share prices took a hammering Thursday, reacting to increased tension in the Middle East...
[October 13, 2000, 8:12]
UPDATE: Oil price fears hit tech stocks
News In early trading the UK's FTSE 100 was down 31.7 at 6,100, and the Techmark 100, the index of the UK's biggest tech stocks, lost 46 points and fell to 3,355. Share prices took a hammering Thursday, in reaction to increased tension in the Middle...
[October 13, 2000, 10:18]
