Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Share News (MLC)

- UK mortgage borrowing rises in November- Millennium & Copthorne Hotels eyes Chelsea hotel acquisition- Tullow Oil pulls plug on North Sea wellMarket MoverstechMARK 2,771.80 +0.36%FTSE 100 6,706.26 +0.41%FTSE 250 15,786.34 +0.28%London's leading shares remained in positive territory in lighter than normal trading, with financials and retail related stocks capturing modest gains ahead of Christmas break. London's stock market will close at 12:30 local time and will remain closed for the following two days.In UK economic news, net secured mortgage borrowing increased by £0.3bn in November to £781.6bn, the latest figures from the British Bankers' Association (BBA) showed. Later on Tuesday, US orders for durable goods is expected to show an increase of 2% for the month of November.Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, Tullow OilIn company news, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels said it will extend its global hotel portfolio with the acquisition of a new property in the Chelsea district of London for £65m.Elsewhere independent oil and gas exploration and production group Tullow Oil confirmed its exploration well on the Mantra prospect offshore Norway has encountered reservoir quality sands but all intervals are water wet. Drilling at the well in the North Sea has been terminated and will now be logged before being plugged and abandoned.British Land and real estate investor GIC confirmed they have signed a joint venture agreement to develop Broadgate, a key office complex in London."This partnership provides us with the ideal platform to deliver the long-term vision for Broadgate... from what is one of Central London's premier office locations," said British Land Chief Executive Officer Chris Grigg.Meanwhile BSkyB confirmed is has made a $350,000 equity investment in Jaunt, a technology company based in Palo Alto, California which specialises in video capture and display. The Serious Fraud Office confirmed that it has launched a formal investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption at engine maker Rolls-Royce that could lead to criminal prosecutions.FTSE 100 - RisersBritish Sky Broadcasting Group (BSY) 830.00p +2.15%International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (CDI) (IAG) 402.10p +1.85%Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB.) 4,822.00p +1.71%Sports Direct International (SPD) 728.50p +1.53%Reed Elsevier (REL) 897.50p +1.47%Persimmon (PSN) 1,219.00p +1.41%Admiral Group (ADM) 1,303.00p +1.24%Anglo American (AAL) 1,280.50p +1.23%British Land Co (BLND) 630.50p +1.20%Rexam (REX) 520.00p +1.17%FTSE 100 - FallersARM Holdings (ARM) 1,095.00p -1.35%Aviva (AV.) 441.00p -1.08%Tullow Oil (TLW) 839.00p -1.06%Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.) 1,313.00p -0.98%Glencore Xstrata (GLEN) 307.25p -0.90%CRH (CRH) 1,507.00p -0.86%Carnival (CCL) 2,452.00p -0.49%Next (NXT) 5,420.00p -0.46%Travis Perkins (TPK) 1,808.00p -0.28%Legal & General Group (LGEN) 220.80p -0.27%FTSE 250 - RisersJD Sports Fashion (JD.) 1,436.00p +6.85%Evraz (EVR) 104.40p +4.19%Partnership Assurance Group (PA.) 305.00p +4.10%Phoenix Group Holdings (DI) (PHNX) 726.50p +3.79%African Barrick Gold (ABG) 175.50p +3.66%Homeserve (HSV) 273.10p +2.79%Polymetal International (POLY) 525.50p +2.74%ITE Group (ITE) 310.00p +2.72%Fidessa Group (FDSA) 2,295.00p +2.32%Premier Farnell (PFL) 222.30p +2.25%FTSE 250 - FallersDomino Printing Sciences (DNO) 756.00p -2.45%Investec (INVP) 427.60p -2.24%Wetherspoon (J.D.) (JDW) 740.00p -1.79%IP Group (IPO) 163.50p -1.51%IG Group Holdings (IGG) 608.00p -1.38%Hellermanntyton Group (HTY) 295.90p -1.37%Diploma (DPLM) 700.00p -1.34%Close Brothers Group (CBG) 1,353.00p -1.31%Computacenter (CCC) 634.50p -1.01%Hansteen Holdings (HSTN) 107.40p -1.01%FTSE TechMARK - RisersWolfson Microelectronics (WLF) 148.00p +6.09%Triad Group (TRD) 8.00p +3.23%SDL (SDL) 355.75p +3.12%Kofax Limited (DI) (KFX) 427.75p +2.76%Optos (OPTS) 202.00p +1.51%Vislink (VLK) 45.25p +1.40%Anite (AIE) 100.75p +1.26%Vectura Group (VEC) 139.00p +0.72%Ricardo (RCDO) 670.50p +0.22%Oxford Biomedica (OXB) 2.37p +0.21%FTSE TechMARK - FallersSkyepharma (SKP) 113.25p -4.03%Consort Medical (CSRT) 954.00p -1.14%Innovation Group (TIG) 34.50p -0.72%Dialight (DIA) 837.50p -0.71%NCC Group (NCC) 185.25p -0.40%IShares Euro Gov Bond 7-10YR UCITS ETF (IEGM) € 177.79 -0.08%CJ