London midday: Selling abates ahead of US data barrage
21st Mar 2013 11:50
UK stocks were near their lows of the day by mid-session, weighed down by the much weaker than forecast manufacturing and services sector data out this morning in the Eurozone. That came ahead of a barrage of macroeconomic statistics which were scheduled for release in the United States this after
Read moreThursday broker round-up
21st Mar 2013 07:16
ASOS: Citigroup takes target price from 3000p to 4000p and keeps a buy recommendation. Deutsche Bank moves target price from 2600p to 3000p, while maintaining a hold recommendation. Atkins: Liberum Capital ups target price from 880p to 1020p upgrading to buy. Barr (AG): Shore Capital downgrades to
Read moreTuesday tips round-up: Berkeley Homes, Ophir Energy, John Laing
19th Mar 2013 06:56
After having frozen its dividend for several years, so as to dedicate funds to the purchase of lands, Berkeley Homes has now decided that the time has come to change tack and reward sharehodlers. In fact, its capital repayment programme is the largest in the sector. Having said that, for the Times´s
Read moreLondon midday: Banks, miners drop after controversial bailout deal in Cyprus
18th Mar 2013 11:44
Markets were in risk-off mode on Monday morning as fears over the Eurozone debt crisis resurfaced after a deal to bail out Cyprus sparked a run on banks across the country. Banks and miners were bearing the brunt of the sell-off in London after Cyprus' €10bn bailout deal with the Troika - a move in
Read moreLondon open: Fears of Cypriot bank run sink stocks after bailout deal
18th Mar 2013 08:27
Fears of a bank run in Cyprus and contagion across the wider Eurozone sparked a mass sell-off on European stock markets on Monday, as the Eurozone debt crisis rears its ugly head once again. Analysts at UniCredit said in their morning note to clients that markets would be in a "risk-off mood" today
Read moreLondon pre-open: Situation in Cyprus to send FTSE plummeting
18th Mar 2013 07:27
City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open down 121 points from Friday's close of 6,490, tracking Asian markets and the euro lower, as fears over Cyprus escalate. With the country taxing savers' deposits, it has raised fears that this could pave the way for future bailouts in the Eurozone. The n
Read moreBerkeley Group on track to meet full year expectations
18th Mar 2013 07:04
Berkeley Group, the FTSE 250 house building company, has said it is confident that it will meet expectations for the year ending April 30th and is on track to return 1,300p per share to shareholders by September 30th 2015. As part of this, the group also said it has declared an interim dividend of
Read moreTuesday broker round-up UPDATE
5th Feb 2013 07:14
Alternative Networks: Westhouse Securities downgrades from add to neutral with a target price of 280p. Anite: Northland Capital shifts target price from 153p to 167p leaving its buy recommendation unchanged. Barratt Developments: Liberum Capital raises target price from 165p to 259p and retains a
Read moreBerkeley Non-Exec acquires stake in group
17th Jan 2013 16:59
Veronica Wadley, a Non-Executive Director of house builder group Berkeley, has bought stake in the firm with the acquisition of 2,200 shares. Purchased on behalf of her spouse, the shares cost 1,831p a time, giving a total cost of £40,282. The transaction marks her only stake in the firm. In D
Read moreBroker tips: Construction stocks, Morrison, ARM Holdings
8th Jan 2013 13:09
Analysts at Deutsche Bank have today delivered a glowing review of the prospects for the UK's homebuilders, in turn raising their price targets on all of the companies within their universe. Thus, they explain that, "through 2012 the UK house builder sector re-rated, moving from 0.69 times 2012 Ne
Read moreLondon midday: Corporate activity picks up, but technical resistance looms
8th Jan 2013 11:51
UK stocks are now registering slight gains - and recovering most of yesterday's scant losses - as investors opt to overlook the release of some weaker than expected economic indicators from the Eurozone. That ahead of the beginning of the formal earnings season, Stateside, later today, when alumin
Read moreTuesday broker round-up UPDATE
8th Jan 2013 07:19
Anglo American: Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 2270p to 2230p and maintains its buy recommendation. Aquarius Platinum: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 73p to 76p, while the buy rating remains unchanged. ARM Holdings: Credit Suisse raises target price from 645p to 780p and reiterates a
Read moreMonday broker round-up UPDATE
17th Dec 2012 07:21
Aggreko: Panmure Gordon reduces target price from 2159p to 1935p, while keeping a hold recommendation. Investec downgrades to hold. Amara Mining: Investec starts with a target price of 89p and a buy rating. ASOS: Goldman Sachs increases target price from 3200p to 3600p and recommends a strong buy.
Read moreMonday broker round-up UPDATE
10th Dec 2012 07:10
Andor Technology: Investec moves target price from 450p to 460p, while reiterating its buy recommendation. Antofagasta: Alphavalue downgrades to reduce, while keeping the target price at 1371p. Ashtead Group: Investec target price from 250p to 475p and reiterates its buy recommendation. Atkins: J
Read moreLondon close: Markets boosted by US jobs report
7th Dec 2012 16:28
- Jobs reports lifts markets, but gains modest - Bundebank cuts German growth estimates - ECB rate cut speculation increases The Footsie finished with slight gains on Friday afternoon as some better-than-expected jobs data from the US managed to outweigh concerns about Germany's economy. Stocks st
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