Thursday broker round-up UPDATE
20th Jun 2013 08:43
Ashtead Group: Jefferies takes target price from 690p to 750p and leaves its buy recommendation unchanged. ASOS: Deutsche Bank increases target price from 3300p to 3800p and reiterates a hold recommendation. Atkins: Liberum Capital takes target price from 1020p to 1100p and maintains a buy recomme
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22nd May 2013 09:37
Afferro Mining: Panmure Gordon reduces target price from 279p to 100p, while keeping its buy recommendation. Amara Mining: Westhouse Securities cuts target price from 110p to 90p retaining a buy recommendation. Amlin: Westhouse Securities moves target price from 455p to 470p and upgrades to add.
Read moreUnilever director builds stake
20th May 2013 16:30
Ann Fudge, a non-executive director of consumer goods company Unilever has purchased 1,350 American depository receipts, each of which represents one ordinary share. The shares were bought at 2,843.50p each for £38,387 in total. At the end of last month the Anglo-Dutch group admitted that grwoth
Read moreBeazley posts 11 per cent rise in gross written premiums
9th May 2013 09:26
Beazley, which provides risk insurance and reinsurance products, reported an 11 per cent increase in gross written premiums to 518m dollars in the first quarter. The company said the first three months were driven by a 24% jump in premiums in the marine division. The unit was supported by growth in
Read moreMulberry non-executive opens account
9th Apr 2013 15:50
A Non-Executive Director of high-end designer Mulberry has underlined his support for troubled company with the purchase of 10,000 shares. Steve Grapstein purchased the shares - which mark his only holding in the group - in two equal tranches. The first half were bought for 920p, and the second f
Read moreWednesday broker round-up UPDATE
20th Feb 2013 07:04
Amara Mining: Goldman Sachs moves target price from 90p to 55p downgrading to neutral. Aureus Mining: Goldman Sachs revises target price from 65p to 55p retaining a neutral rating. Avocet Mining: Goldman Sachs cuts target price from 55p to 30p and upgrades from sell to neutral. AZ Electronic Mate
Read moreTuesday broker round-up UPDATE
19th Feb 2013 07:30
Admiral Group: Investec takes target price from 570p to 582p, but still recommends selling. Advanced Medical Solutions: Investec upgrades from hold to buy with a target price of 68p. African Barrick Gold: Canaccord Genuity reduces target price from 360p to 305p keeping a hold rating. Anglo Americ
Read moreFriday broker round-up UPDATE
8th Feb 2013 07:19
Aggreko: HSBC upgrades to neutral with a target price of 1650p. Anglo American: HSBC ups target price from 1950p to 2240p and upgrades to overweight. Antofagasta: HSBC reduces target price from 1200p to 1160p, while upgrading to neutral. ARM Holdings: Credit Suisse increases target price from 780
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Ophir falls on placing news
7th Feb 2013 15:22
Shares in Ophir Energy fell after Credit Suisse confirmed that it has sold 36m shares on behalf the investment funds of two stakeholders, Och-Ziff Capital Management and Mittal Investments. The news overshadowed a positive update from the company also out today, in which the group said that its 40
Read morePre-tax profit soars 300 per cent at specialist insurer Beazley
7th Feb 2013 07:37
FTSE 250-listed specialist insurance provider Beazley has reported a 300.6 per cent rise in pre-tax profit for the year ending December 31st, according to an interim management statement issued by the company on Thursday. The company, which insures athletes, crews of ships and aircraft, reported th
Read moreMonday broker round-up UPDATE
4th Feb 2013 07:17
Antofagasta: Nomura lowers target price from 1400p to 1250p and keeps a neutral rating. Aviva Group: Barclays cuts target price from 317p to 302p leaving its underweight rating unaltered. Beazley: Berenberg starts with a target price of 217p and a buy recommendation. Big Yellow Group: UBS reduces
Read moreLondon close: FTSE 100 finishes strongly on 'fiscal cliff' optimism
18th Dec 2012 16:55
- US budget negotiations lift hopes - G4S up on renewed confidence - FTSE 250 at all-time high UK markets finished with strong gains on Tuesday afternoon as 'fiscal cliff' hopes spurred investors' appetites for riskier assets, such as mining stocks. The second-tier FTSE 250 index was trading at a
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: New World Resources jumps on coal demand hopes
18th Dec 2012 14:58
Central Europe-focused hard coal and coke producer New World Resources surged on Tuesday afternoon after the International Energy Agency (IEA) said that coal will come close to surpassing oil as the world's top energy source by 2017. According to the IEA's Medium-Term Coal Market Report, the world
Read moreLondon close: Footsie slips into the red by the close
14th Dec 2012 16:28
After a decent start after some upbeat Chinese data, the Footsie was pressured into the red by the close of trade on Friday following a weak open on Wall Street. Nevertheless, losses in London were only modest, with the blue-chip index remaining close to the nine-month high reached earlier this week
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Centamin rebounds on fuel supply news
14th Dec 2012 16:08
Gold miner Centamin rebounded strongly after saying that the fuel supply to its Sukari mine in Egypt has resumed, after the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation went back on yesterday's decision to hit the gold miner with a retrospective payment claim. However, issues with delayed gold exports s
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