Thursday broker round-up UPDATE
11th Apr 2013 07:21
African Minerals: Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 594p to 586p keeping a buy recommendation. Investec cuts target price from 438p to 411p, while its buy recommendation remains unchanged. Associated British Foods: Societe Generale increases target price from 1820p to 1900p, while downgrading
Read moreWednesday broker round-up UPDATE
10th Apr 2013 08:57
African Barrick Gold: Westhouse Securities upgrades from sell to neutral with a target price of 195p. Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 340p to 230p keeping its hold rating. African Minerals: Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 620p to 594p and leaves its buy recommendation unaltered. An
Read moreLondon close: Resource-heavy FTSE 100 lifted by slowing Chinese inflation
9th Apr 2013 16:37
Slowing inflation in China and a strong start to the US earnings season by Alcoa boosted the UK's resource-heavy FTSE 100 stock index on Tuesday, with miners leading the surge. Meanwhile, a raft of upbeat economic data from closer to the home lifted sentiment in the UK today, including better-than-
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Miners get boost from Alcoa and Chinese inflation
9th Apr 2013 14:31
Strong results from mining heavyweight Alcoa and slowing inflation in China were lifting resource stocks in London today, with ENRC, Vedanta, Rio Tinto, EVRAZ and Anglo American all making strong gains. The latter's shares were also lifted after the miner reported it would produce three per cent m
Read moreLondon midday: Miners lead the Footsie higher
9th Apr 2013 11:33
Miners were making impressive gains by Tuesday lunchtime after price rises in China slowed more than forecast in March, increasing hopes that the People's Bank of China will hold off from tightening policy for the time being. Chinese consumer-price inflation slowed to a 2.1% annual rate in March,
Read moreLondon open: Mining stocks boosted by Alcoa, Chinese inflation
9th Apr 2013 09:08
The FTSE 100 opened strongly on Tuesday, taking its cue from a decent finish on Wall Street after bellwether Alcoa reported better-than-expected profits in the first quarter, kicking off earnings season with a bang. Profits from the aluminium producer rose 59% year-on-year despite a slight drop in
Read moreTuesday broker round-up UPDATE
9th Apr 2013 08:10
African Barrick Gold: Westhouse Securities upgrades from sell to neutral with a target price of 195p. Borders & Southern: Sanlam Securites shifts target price from 86.60p to 87.40p and leaves its buy recommendation unchanged. Britvic: Nomura raises target price from 480p to 540p keeping a buy reco
Read moreDiageo unveils plans for new malt whisky distillery in Scotland
3rd Apr 2013 12:59
Diageo, the FTSE 100 alcoholic beverages company, is planning to build a new malt whisky distillery on a greenfield site in Scotland. The company is currently trying to secure planning permission from the Highland Council for the build, which is expected to cost £50m to build and will have the cap
Read moreJohn Whittaker increases stake in Intu
13th Mar 2013 16:21
The Deputy Chairman of Intu (formerly Capital Shopping Centres), John Whittaker, has boosted his stake in the group by 60,000 shares two weeks after the company posted a stable set of full year results. Whittaker, who joined the board after selling the well-known Trafford Centre shopping mall to C
Read moreLondon close: FTSE 100 breaches 6,500 despite mixed data
11th Mar 2013 16:30
The FTSE 100 breached the psychological barrier of 6,500 on Monday afternoon, hitting fresh five-year highs, though gains were only slight given a barrage of mixed economic data released earlier in the session. The fact that a number of benchmark indices around the globe are trading at (or close to
Read moreLondon midday: Markets cautious after mixed economic data
11th Mar 2013 11:46
The FTSE 100 was trading within a narrow range on Monday morning as traders remained cautious following a barrage of mixed economic data over the past few days. With indices across the globe trading at (or close to) record highs, markets are appearing to pause for breath after a strong run so far t
Read moreDiageo announces restructuring of supply operations
11th Mar 2013 11:18
Liquor giant Diageo said an overhaul of its global supply operations will lead to cost savings of 60m pounds per annum over the next three years. The world's largest distiller will reduce its regional operations and transfer responsibility for local services to 21 key markets. The cost of the re
Read moreSunday share tips: Prudential, Diageo, TUI Travel
10th Mar 2013 22:05
Over the last five years Prudential benefitted greatly from its expansion in southeast Asia, as the region´s middle class emerged. Helping matters was the lack of a social safety net and free health services in these countries, which stoked demand for the company´s insurance products. Thus, in the l
Read moreAdmiral Group Chairman trades in 100,000 shares
7th Mar 2013 15:42
Alastair Lyons, the long-standing Chairman of Admiral Group, the non-life insurance giant, reduced his stake by 100,000 shares in the wake of a strong set of full year results. In a sale made on behalf of his wife, Lyons disposed of the shares at 1,314p each, shrinking his holding to 392,152 share
Read moreThursday broker round-up UPDATE
7th Mar 2013 07:25
Admiral: Nomura raises target price from 1350p to 1493p keeping a buy recommendation. African Barrick Gold: Nomura cuts target price from 435p to 200p and downgrades from neutral to reduce. Aggreko: Investec increases target price from 1750p to 1940p upgrading from hold to buy. Anglo American: No
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