212119 Resource 133526 120646 120646 1220361841593 1220361841593 Controlled FTSE 100 Gains on Oil Prices, Housing Market British stocks get boost on FTSE 100 <font size="2"><span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Spread betting and contracts for differences on the <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601084&sid=aPGXI.pd.HOc&refer=stocks" target="_blank" title="oil prices, FTSE 100, British stock market, spread betting FTSE 100, spread betting, contracts for differences, spread bets stock market, spread bets, CFDs">FTSE 100</a> should consider that things are looking up right now. Spread bets and CFDs on the British stock market should consider the two following factors that are helping:</span><br style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" /></font><ol style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><font size="2">Companies -- especially travel companies and retailers -- are getting a boost from <a href="item/212118" target="_blank" title="oil prices, FTSE 100, British stock market, spread betting FTSE 100, spread betting, contracts for differences, spread bets stock market, spread bets, CFDs">lower oil prices</a>.</font></li><li><font size="2">The <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/british-government-seeks-boost-flagging/story.aspx?guid={A84D6642-F6F4-4D93-8AFC-A92D76C665EA}&dist=msr_1" target="_blank" title="oil prices, FTSE 100, British stock market, spread betting FTSE 100, spread betting, contracts for differences, spread bets stock market, spread bets, CFDs">housing market</a> is seeing some cautious optimism, thanks to the latest measures unveiled by the government, designed to help.</font></li></ol><font size="2"><span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">As a result, the FTSE 100 is heading higher on the British stock market.</span></font><br /> 9 application/xml false British stock market CFDs contracts for differences FTSE 100 oil prices spread bets spread bets stock market spread betting spread betting FTSE 100 FTSE 100 Gains on British Stock Market Spread bets on the stock market http://www.gftuk.com/land/index.asp?aid=53 Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008070206 Firefox/3.0.1 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 mmarquit 66.182.71.18 false true false false true 133526 blog blogsite/GFTUK/web