Thursday broker round-up
23rd Aug 2018 14:17
(Sharecast News) - TalkTalk: Barclays upgrades to overweight with a target price of 150p.
Read moreBHP Billiton posts record final dividend as profit surges
21st Aug 2018 07:05
(Sharecast News) - BHP Billiton declared a record final dividend as higher prices and volumes sent the world's biggest miner's underlying annual profit up by a third, though some investors still managed to find the results a disappointment.
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16th Aug 2018 13:09
(Sharecast News) - Esure Group: UBS upgrades to neutral with a target price of 280p.
Read moreCommodities: Base metals prices dive on EM, China concerns
15th Aug 2018 18:51
(Sharecast News) - A mix of US dollar strength, weak Chinese data and worries that the Turkish currency crisis might have a 'knock-on' effect on growth in other emerging markets saw a wave of selling hit markets, leaving Bloomberg's commodity index just off a fresh 52-week low..
Read moreSector movers: Miners and Big Oil hit again as traders wait for other shoe to drop in EM
15th Aug 2018 14:25
(Sharecast News) - The roof is caving in on miners again on Tuesday, amid fears that the recent rout in Turkish assets presages weakness in other emerging market economies.
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14th Aug 2018 13:24
(Sharecast News) - Elementis: Berenberg upgrades to buy with a target price of 315p.
Read moreSector movers: Miners find a bid despite US dollar strength
13th Aug 2018 14:30
(Sharecast News) - Commodity-related stocks were on the front foot at the start of the week, buoyed by the release of data in China that appeared according to analysts at Pantheon Macroeconomics showed that the authorities had "switched stance" and that the country's central bank had been leaning on the country's banks to lend more.
Read moreBHP Billiton pays $50m in dam disaster settlement
9th Aug 2018 08:10
(Sharecast News) - BHP Billiton on Thursday agreed to pay $50m to a group of shareholders in order to settle a US class action lawsuit related to the 2015 Samarco dam disaster.
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27th Jul 2018 13:14
(Sharecast News) - William Hill: Peel Hunt upgrades to hold with a target price of 305p.
Read moreBHP to defend investor class action over Samarco disaster
23rd Jul 2018 07:04
(Sharecast News) - BHP Billiton said it would defend a class action brought by investors over the Samarco dam disaster of 2015 that killed 19 people and devastated communities.
Read moreLondon open: Miners pace early gains after protesters enter key BHP mine
13th Feb 2017 08:41
(ShareCast News) - London miners paced early gains on Monday as news of a worsening strike at the world's largest copper mine sent futures for the red metal sharply higher. As of 08:16 GMT FTSE 100 index was higher by 8.21 points at 7,266.96. Investor sentiment was bolstered by positive news from U
Read moreMiners pace gains as copper hits 20-month high
13th Feb 2017 08:10
(ShareCast News) - Shares in miners were boosted in early trading on concern that simultaneous disruptions at the world´s two largest copper mines might lead to a sharp reduction in supplies. On 11 February, roughly 300 protesters illegally entered the premises of BHP Billiton´s Escondida copper min
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Rio Tinto zips higher as Reckitt Benckiser falls
10th Feb 2017 17:10
(ShareCast News) - FTSE 100 is higher on Friday afternoon thanks to a string of mining behemoths led by Rio Tinto congregating atop the risers' list, albeit offset by a motley group of fallers led by consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser. London's top tier index closed 0.40% higher to 7,258.75 poin
Read moreSector movers: Miners gain on stronger than forecast Chinese trade numbers
10th Feb 2017 14:48
(ShareCast News) - Metals and Miners' shares bounded higher at the tail-end of the week amid stronger than expected foreign trade data out of China referencing the month of January, together with sharp gains in the price of some bulk metals. Nonetheless, in the case of Dr. Copper note should be t
Read moreBHP Billiton to spend $2.2bn on next phase of Mad Dog
9th Feb 2017 07:16
(ShareCast News) - BHP Billiton announced on Wednesday that its board had approved expenditure of $2.2bn for its share of the development of the Mad Dog Phase 2 project in the Gulf of Mexico. The FTSE 100 company holds a 23.9% participating interest in the Mad Dog field. BP, the operator, holds a 6
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