Europe open: Gains for Big Oil offset drag from trade, Italy concerns
10th Oct 2018 08:57
(Sharecast News) - Stocks are trading slightly lower at the start of the session, with a jump in Oil&Gas names helping to offset the drag on sentiment from early selling in Italian debt.
Read moreWhite House give sanctions exemption to BP and Serica over Iran-owned licence
9th Oct 2018 11:24
(Sharecast News) - Oil giants British Petroleum and Serica Energy have been granted licences to run a North Sea gas field owned, in part, by Iran.
Read moreTueday broker round-up
11th Sep 2018 12:51
(Sharecast News) - JD Wetherspoons: Berenberg upgrades to buy with a target price of 1,450p.
Read moreBerenberg starts coverage of BP at 'buy', spies 24% upside
11th Sep 2018 09:33
(Sharecast News) - Analysts at Berenberg sounded a 'bullish' note on Big Oil, initiating coverage of BP at 'buy' and setting a target price of 665.0p.
Read moreMorgan Stanley upgrades BP to 'overweight' ahead of new capex cycle
5th Sep 2018 16:07
(Sharecast News) - Analysts at Morgan Stanley upped their rating and target price on oil giant BP on Wednesday, as they took a fresh look at the sector ahead of an expected new capex cycle.
Read moreSector movers: Miners, Big Oil and pharma lead gains
7th Aug 2018 18:16
(Sharecast News) - Commodity-related stocks paced gains on Tuesday following the release of figures overnight showing that China's foreign exchange reserves didn't jump last month.
Read moreUK equities look overbought, says Credit Suisse
6th Aug 2018 13:46
(Sharecast News) - Since April, UK equities have outperformed euro area stocks by around 3% and global stocks by around 1%, but with oil prices felt to have peaked and shares looking "overbought", Credit Suisse strategists have downgraded their stance.
Read moreSunday share tips: Countrywide, Hollywood Bowl, BP
5th Aug 2018 14:44
(Sharecast News) - A round-up of share tips from the Sunday newspapers, including Countrywide in the Sunday Times, Hollywood Bowl in the Sunday Telegraph and BP in the Mail on Sunday.
Read moreTuesday broker round-up
31st Jul 2018 13:26
(Sharecast News) - Abcam: Berenberg upgrades to buy with a target price of 1,640p.
Read moreBP profit surges on oil price recovery
31st Jul 2018 07:05
(Sharecast News) - BP reported second-quarter profit four times higher than a year earlier, boosted by higher oil prices, as the oil company increased its dividend for the first time since 2014.
Read moreFriday broker round-up
27th Jul 2018 13:14
(Sharecast News) - William Hill: Peel Hunt upgrades to hold with a target price of 305p.
Read moreBP to buy BHP US shale assets for $10.5bn
27th Jul 2018 07:05
(Sharecast News) - BP on Friday said it had agreed to buy BHP's US shale assets for $10.5bn.
Read moreLondon close: FTSE mixed as Unilever flies after rebuffed Kraft Heinz bid
17th Feb 2017 17:15
(ShareCast News) - London stocks closed mixed after a Friday session that saw blue-chip consumer goods giant Unilever fly higher after it slapped away a $143bn offer from Kraft Heinz, which has indicated it will return to the table. The rebuffed offer -- $50 a share in a mix of cash and shares -- wa
Read moreLondon close: FTSE falls on dollar dip, ex-divs and tendency to gold safety
16th Feb 2017 17:00
(ShareCast News) - London equities limped to a lower close Thursday, pulled down by a trinity of factors including dollar weakness, a tendency to safe-haven gold and ex-dividend stocks. These combined to see the FTSE 100 down 0.34% to 7,277.92, and the FTSE 250 down -0.65%% to 18,705.72. Both ladder
Read moreSector movers: Financials, insurers pace gains as interest rates rise
9th Feb 2017 16:07
(ShareCast News) - Interest rate sensitive stocks such as life insurers and banks recovered some of their poise as government bond yields bounced back from their recent lows. Significantly, traders cited comments from US president Trump during the afternoon saying he would have "something phenomenal
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