| | Market Report: FTSE 250 breaks through the 10,000 barrier - Independent Online Edition > Business Analysis & Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | The FTSE 250 was trading below 4,000 in March 2003, and in hitting 10,000 it has not only grown by 150 per cent in just over three years, it has also significantly outperformed the more illustrious FTSE 100. |
 | | A late bout of profit-taking meant the FTSE 250 was unable to hold on to the high water mark as it closed 30.7 higher at 9,997.6, while the FTSE 100 was 17.7 better at 6104.3. |
 | | Elsewhere in the FTSE 100, Centrica was in focus again on the back of reports that the Government will not intervene should the Russian gas giant Gazprom bid for the UK's largest supplier. |
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