Barclays Chief discusses Transform programme costs
10th Sep 2013 09:38
Group Chief Executive of Barclays, Antony Jenkins, on Tuesday spoke about the costs associated with the company's Transform programme during an investor conference in New York. He said that out of a £2.7bn budget to deliver the benefits of rightsizing, industrialisation and innovation by 2015, app
Read moreTuesday broker round-up UPDATE
10th Sep 2013 08:17
African Barrick Gold: Investec shifts target price from 135p to 137p, while downgrading from hold to sell. Aquarius Platinum: JP Morgan moves target price from 39p to 49p, while downgrading from neutral to underweight. Citi lowers target price from 66p to 54p and downgrades from buy to neutral. As
Read moreMonday broker round-up UPDATE
9th Sep 2013 10:42
Associated British Foods: Panmure Gordon cuts target price from 2100p to 2075p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged. Investec places its target price (prev.: 1930p) under review keeping a hold recommendation. Aviva: Morgan Stanley increases target price from 403p to 445p and maintains an
Read moreLondon close: FTSE 100 at three-week high after policy meetings
5th Sep 2013 17:03
A host of central-bank policy meetings, a dovish tone from Mario Draghi and the continued improvement in US economic data helped lift stocks higher on Thursday, with the FTSE 100 closing at levels not seen in three weeks. London's benchmark index ended the day up 57.7 points at 6,532.44, its highes
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: M&S leaps after HSBC upgrade
5th Sep 2013 15:20
High Street department store Marks & Spencer surged today after HSBC upgraded the stock from 'neutral' to 'overweight', saying it is the most operationally geared among its peers to play on the UK consumer recovery. Hotels group IHG was also a high riser after UBS raised its rating from 'neutral to
Read moreSector movers: Banking stocks lead risers in London
5th Sep 2013 14:05
Banking stocks were the highest risers on Thursday as markets reacted positively to a number of central-bank policy decisions across the globe. The Bank of England, European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of Japan all decided to keep monetary policy on hold over the last 24 hours. A close eye was kept
Read moreLondon midday: Stocks trim gains, BoE holds rates
5th Sep 2013 11:27
After a strong start for UK stocks, the FTSE 100 pared gains by lunchtime as nervousness set in ahead of a number of risk events that have the potential to spark some volatile moves on financial markets. Risk appetite was also scaled back ahead of the G20 meeting which begins in St Petersburg today
Read moreLondon open: Stocks surge ahead of BoE, ECB meetings
5th Sep 2013 08:13
The FTSE 100 jumped strongly in early trading on Thursday as investor risk appetite increased ahead of policy decisions from the Bank of England (BoE) and the European Central Bank (ECB) later on. The Bank of Japan meeting overnight was "a bit of a non-event", according to Market Analyst Craig Erla
Read moreBarclays sets record date for upcoming rights issue
4th Sep 2013 07:09
Barclays said the anticipated record date for shareholders to be entitled to participate in its upcoming rights issue will be the close of business on September 13th. Shareholders taking part in the scrip dividend programme who have decided to take some of their dividend in shares will get them be
Read moreTuesday broker round-up
3rd Sep 2013 11:13
ASOS: Exane increases target price from 5000p to 6000p and keeps an outperform rating. Associated British Foods: Exane upgrades to outperform with a target price of 2400p. Balfour Beatty: Berenberg ups target price from 270p to 300p and retains its buy recommendation. Barclays: Berenberg takes ta
Read moreLondon close: Markets finish lower despite late rally
28th Aug 2013 17:05
Markets rallied in afternoon trade on Wednesday, helped by dovish remarks from Bank of England (BoE) Governor Mark Carney and a decent start on Wall Street, but stocks still finished in the red as escalating concerns about Syria continued to dampen sentiment. The FTSE 100 finished down 10.91 points
Read moreWednesday newspaper round-up: Syria, Nationwide, HSBC
28th Aug 2013 07:09
Britain cannot stand idly by in the face of the morally indefensible use of chemical weapons, David Cameron said yesterday, as he laid out the case for a missile strike against Syria. The White House is preparing intelligence material, including intercepted communications, which it says will prove t
Read moreLondon close: Economists nudge GDP forecasts higher
23rd Aug 2013 16:26
Equities moved moderately higher on the second to last Friday of the summer despite economic figures out in the afternoon which revealed a far larger than expected fall in new US home sales. Somewhat ironically, at least for now that won equity markets a small reprieve from the recent incessant cl
Read moreLondon midday: Stocks rise after UK GDP revision
23rd Aug 2013 12:00
Upwards revisions to UK economic growth in the second quarter gave stocks a bit of a boost on Friday morning, though gains were limited as investors scaled back risk appetite ahead of a long three-day weekend. UK gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the second quarter is now said to have been 0.7
Read moreLondon open: Markets pause after strong rise
23rd Aug 2013 08:39
It was a subdued start for equity markets in London on Friday with the FTSE 100 opening broadly flat as investors adopted a cautious approach going into the long weekend. Stocks were pausing for breath early on after a strong rise the day before on the back of improving economic data from across th
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