Centrica expects bigger hit from EDF Energy power-station outage
4th Sep 2014 07:46
Centrica has said that the negative impact on earnings from a reduction in output at EDF Energy's nuclear power stations is now expected to be at least twice the amount originally estimated. The UK-listed energy company, which owns a 20% interest in EDF Energy's nuclear operations, had predicted -
Read moreMonday newspaper round-up: Barclays, BP, RAC...
1st Sep 2014 07:01
Barclays is selling its Spanish banking operations to CaixaBank as part of plans to shrink its European divisions. CaixaBank, Spain's third-largest lender, will pay €800m (£632m) in cash for Barclays' retail banking, wealth management and corporate banking businesses. - The Telegraph Alexander Teme
Read moreLondon midday: UK stocks retreat on rate-hike uncertainty
20th Aug 2014 12:00
- MPC split on rate decision for first time since 2011 - FOMC minutes due out after the close - Ex-dividend stocks, Balfour Beatty weigh on market - Beverage shares hit by Carlsberg results techMARK 2,798.96 -0.07% FTSE 100 6,752.88 -0.39% FTSE 250 15,794.83 -0.63% UK equities retreated from a thr
Read moreLondon open: Stocks snap five-day win streak ahead of central bank minutes
20th Aug 2014 09:00
- MPC, FOMC minutes in focus - FTSE 100 pulls back from three-week high - Balfour drops after rejecting Carillion bid - Glencore announces $1bn buyback techMARK 2,802.00 +0.04% FTSE 100 6,769.90 -0.14% FTSE 250 15,859.07 -0.23% UK stocks snapped a five-day winning streak on Wednesday ahead of the
Read moreTuesday broker round-up
19th Aug 2014 09:19
Amlin: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 472p to 461p and reiterates a hold recommendation. Anglo Pacific: FinnCap lowers target price from 184p to 180p retaining a hold recommendation. Bovis Homes Group: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 1057p to 1063p and keeps a buy recommendation. Libe
Read moreLondon open: Stocks fall despite strong earnings, as geopolitics weigh
12th Aug 2014 09:00
- Investors watch Ukraine crisis amid 'aid mission' speculation - ZEW surveys in focus in Germany - Ladbrokes, Just Eat, Serco and SIG rise after results - Hargreaves Lansdown hit by comments from UBS techMARK 2,721.19 -0.23% FTSE 100 6,621.59 -0.17% FTSE 250 15,468.99 +0.05% UK stocks declined on
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Rio Tinto leads miners higher
11th Aug 2014 16:32
The mining sector was performing well with heavyweights such as Rio Tinto, Glencore and Anglo American making gains. Rio was supported by comments from Canaccord Genuity, which repeated its 'buy' rating on the back of the miner's strong free cash flows in the first half. Centrica inched higher desp
Read moreLondon midday: Bargain-hunting helps UK stocks rebound
11th Aug 2014 12:03
- Geopolitical tensions ease slightly - Gaza, Ukraine, Iraq news-flow improves - Balfour rejects Carillion approach again techMARK 2,718.86 +0.91% FTSE 100 6,613.50 +0.70% FTSE 250 15,425.38 +1.19% UK stocks were performing well on Monday morning as investors took advantage of easing geopolitical
Read moreLondon open: UK stocks rebound from four-month low
11th Aug 2014 09:03
- FTSE 100 gains after hitting lowest since 15 April - Israel, Hamas agree to 72-hour ceasefire - Chinese inflation unchanged in July - Centrica falls on EDF outage, Balfour rejects Carillion techMARK 2,712.26 +0.67% FTSE 100 6,607.04 +0.60% FTSE 250 15,355.95 +0.74% UK stocks rebounded on Monday
Read moreCentrica profits hit by outage at EDF Energy power stations
11th Aug 2014 08:52
Centrica has said that earnings this year will be affected by a reduction in output from EDF Energy's nuclear power stations. Inspections of so-called 'boiler spines' at EDF Energy's Heysham power plants on the north-west coast of England near Lancaster found an unexpected "defect" in one of the ei
Read moreSunday newspaper round-up: Barclays, Carillion-Balfour, Ofgem
10th Aug 2014 18:30
Rona Fairhead, the former boss of the Financial Times, and Howard Davies, the ex-chief City regulator, are the two leading candidates to chair Barclays, the Sunday Times reported. Fairhead ran the FT for seven years and is a non-executive director at HSBC. Davies is the Government's favourite troubl
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Pharma stocks drop as regulation looks to derail M&A
6th Aug 2014 14:26
Shire, the pharmaceutical group which has agreed to a £32bn takeover by Abbvie, saw its shares decline sharply on Wednesday on concerns that stricter rules on so-called 'tax inversion' in the States could scupper the deal. Sector peer Astrazeneca, which had recently been the target of a failed £69b
Read moreFriday newspaper round-up: Argentina, Gaza, Shell...
1st Aug 2014 06:37
Argentina's government was in a defiant mood on Thursday after defaulting on its debt for the second time in 13 years. Economy minister Axel Kicillof, speaking after 11th hour talks with bondholders in New York failed to avert a default, played down the impact it would have on the country's citizens
Read moreCentrica profits sink after "challenging" H1, guidance trimmed
31st Jul 2014 08:08
- Adjusted EPS down 29% - Full-year EPS to be 21-22p, below earlier guidance - Interim dividend raised 4% Energy group and British Gas owner Centrica reported a sharp drop in interim profits on the back of "challenging market conditions" as it lowered its earnings guidance for the full year. Adju
Read moreThursday newspaper round-up: Argentina, Centrica, Ukraine...
31st Jul 2014 07:11
Standard & Poor's last night downgraded Argentina's foreign currency rating to selective default as efforts to agree a last-minute deal to avert the country's second default in 12 years appeared close to failure. Argentine officials, led by Axel Kicillof, the economy minister, were in negotiations w
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