Examples of use of Ľ
1. Yesterday the FTSE 100 reached 5,863, a 4'4;ľ–year high.
2. The shares rose more than 3 per cent above their opening price shortly after trade began before settling back to 26''4;ľ, or 1'4;˝p higher.
3. Mapeley lost 7.8 per cent after Deutsche Bank placed 1.2m shares in the property company at between '4;Ł25'4;Ľ and '4;Ł25'4;ľ. In the small caps, GW Pharmaceuticals, a developer of cannabis–based medicines, jumped 1'.3 per cent to 83'4;˝p after it said UK drugs minister Paul Goggins has confirmed the Home Office would allow limited imports of the company‘s unlicensed multiple sclerosis drug Sativex from Canada.
4. It forecast unemployment at 4'4;ľ –5 per cent this year and next, slightly above January‘s 4.7 per cent reading, reinforcing the point that the committee sees little spare capacity.
5. Teizo Taya, a former bank board member, said the bank was probably targeting an interest rate rise of '4;Ľ per cent this calendar year and more than '4;˝ per cent next year.