Sunday newspaper round-up: Brexit, BoE, LSE, housebuilders, Rio Tinto, Go-Ahead
3rd Jul 2016 16:58
(ShareCast News) - A group of businesses is preparing a legal challenge to prevent the government from beginning Brexit negotiations without an act of parliament. The action, brought by law firm Mishcon de Reya, would potentially complicate Britain's path to leaving the EU, given that a majority of
Read moreBarclays has no plans to move jobs due to Brexit
30th Jun 2016 15:13
(ShareCast News) - Barclays has no plans to move jobs out of the UK due to Brexit, chief executive Jes Staley said on Thursday. "We are a British bank, our history is here in the UK so first and foremost we are staying anchored in London and anchored in Great Britain," Staley told BBC News. Since t
Read moreBroker tips: ITV, Randgold Resources, Fresnillo, UK banks
27th Jun 2016 17:00
(ShareCast News) - Nothing had changed with respect to ITV's fundamentals following Brexit despite the approximately 20% share price drop on 24 July, analysts at Liberum said, as they stood by their 'buy' recommendation and 375p target on the stock and singled it out as a 'top-pick'. That was true e
Read moreLondon close: Stocks still trying to find their footing
27th Jun 2016 16:41
(ShareCast News) - London stocks took another hit, with traders for now largely ignoring attempts by George Osborne to reassure global investors, as financial markets continued to look for answers to the current uncertainty, both economic and political. The FTSE 100 closed down by 158.40 points or 2
Read moreMortgage lending resilient in May but likely to fall post referendum - CML
27th Jun 2016 10:37
(ShareCast News) - Mortgage lending remained resilient in May as banks and building societies lent more than in April and than in May last year. Gross mortgage lending swelled to £18.2bn in May, the Council of Mortgage Lenders estimated, up 3.6% from the preceding month and 13.6% higher than this ti
Read moreSocGen downgrades European banks, reviews ratings on UK banks after Brexit
27th Jun 2016 09:56
(ShareCast News) - Banks in London took another beating on Monday as investors mulled over the implications of the UK's decision to leave the European Union, with ratings downgrades across the board. Societe Generale was among those issuing downgrades. It cut its stance on Royal Bank of Scotland to
Read moreRBS and Barclays share trading halts after falls on Monday
27th Jun 2016 09:36
(ShareCast News) - Trading in Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays shares was automatically halted in London on Monday morning on volatility after their share prices continued to crater. RBS was temporarily halted after falling 14.2%, while Barclays was down 11.5%. On Friday, Barclays shares were sus
Read morePrivate investors using Brexit selloff as buying opportunity, says Hargreaves Lansdown
24th Jun 2016 14:15
(ShareCast News) - Private investors are using Friday's Brexit-fuelled stock market selloff as a buying opportunity, according to Hargreaves Lansdown's senior analyst, Laith Khalaf. He said 80% of the trades placed through HL's share dealing service were purchases, compared to 60% on an average day.
Read moreBarclays tells clients it will not take new FX stop-loss orders
23rd Jun 2016 15:39
(ShareCast News) - Barclays reportedly stopped accepting new so-called 'stop-loss' orders from its clients dealing in foreign exchange markets. Observers believed the move was motivated both by a desire to limit its own exposure to the potential fall-out from the EU referendum as well as the need to
Read moreSocGen outlines post-referendum trade ideas
22nd Jun 2016 09:57
(ShareCast News) - Remain is the central scenario in Societe Generale's equity allocation model and the FTSE 100 is one of its preferred indices, the bank said as it outlined its equity trade ideas for both outcomes. In the event of a Brexit, SocGen expects that on 24 June and the following days, th
Read moreSunday newspaper round-up: Brexit bets, airlines, CMA probes, Lloyds lock-up
19th Jun 2016 17:54
(ShareCast News) - Currency traders are betting sterling will slip to an all-time low against the euro of €1.05-1.20 if Britain votes to leave the European Union, eclipsing Black Wednesday in 1992. Currency contracts have recently suggested that investors believe the pound will probably tumble again
Read moreFriday newspaper round-up: National Grid, Barclays, Brexit
17th Jun 2016 07:16
(ShareCast News) - MPs are calling for National Grid, the company that runs Britain's electricity system, to be broken up in a radical move they say could transform the UK's energy supply. Members of the cross-party energy select committee have said they believe that National Grid, which is one of B
Read moreTuesday newspaper round-up: Sterling, retail jobs, Barclays, Apple
14th Jun 2016 06:55
(ShareCast News) - Mounting fears that Britain will vote to leave the European Union this month have sent the cost of insurance against a collapse in the pound soaring. As the pound collapsed back towards $1.40, traders have been hedging themselves, with euro/sterling one-month implied volatility, a
Read moreInsurers and banks lead falls
10th Jun 2016 21:12
(ShareCast News) - A renewed move lower in government bond yields across the globe weighed on financials, especially UK-listed life insurers, which some analysts believed were the most exposed sector of UK equity market to falling market interest rates in the US. The yield on the benchmark 10-year U
Read moreThursday broker round-up
26th May 2016 15:53
(ShareCast News) - Great Portland States: Jefferies downgrades to underperform with a 650p target. Electrocomponents: RBC upgrates to sector perform with a 270p target. Marks & Spencer: Jefferies downgrades to underperform with a target price of 300p, Exane BNP Paribas downgrades to underperform wi
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