Small caps round-up: Air Partner, Gemfields, Regenersis...
31st Jan 2011 11:24
Aviation group Air Partner says that trading has remained positive in the six months to date and the interim results are likely to be ahead of expectations, partly attributable to the strong performance in its commercial jet broking division. While the group says it is well positioned to increase p
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Creon, Anglo Asian, Savile...
29th Oct 2010 11:38
Anglo Asian Mining says the lastest estimate on the gold resource at its Gedabek gold/copper mine in Azerbaijan has increased to 704,000 ounces of gold. Anglo Asian CEO Reza Vaziri said, "We are delighted to announce this upgraded resource which, after taking account of ore already mined, gives a t
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Abbeycrest, City of London Investment, Impax...
25th Oct 2010 17:26
Jewellery maker Abbeycrest has swung to a pre-tax loss of £0.46m for the half year from a pre-tax profit of £1.26m last year. For the six months ended 31 August 2010, group revenue increased by 5% to £18.8m from £17.9m previously. However, this was largely due to the effect of the rising gold price
Read moreLondon close: Footsie limps higher
11th Oct 2010 16:38
Footsie closed just a few points higher Monday after a sluggish day's trading that saw the leading share index fluctuating in a narrow range just above the zero mark. Oil services group Petrofac firmed on the back of a lucrative contract win. The government of Sharjah has appointed the company t
Read moreLondon afternoon: Stocks tread water
11th Oct 2010 14:34
The blue-chip index trod water over the lunchtime session with the majority of leading stocks consolidating the morning's gains. Oil services group Petrofac is firmer on the back of a lucrative contract win. The government of Sharjah has appointed the company to take over operational responsibilit
Read moreLondon midday: Footsie crawls higher
11th Oct 2010 12:06
Footsie traded in a narrow range throughout the morning session and started the afternoon in marginally in positive territory, boosted by expectations of a moderately firm opening on Wall Street. Oil services group Petrofac is leading the market's far from vigorous advance. The government of Sharja
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Armor Designs, Borders & Southern, Park Plaza...
30th Sep 2010 11:28
Armor Designs, which develops lightweight armor, admits there's "much work to be done" after net losses grew from $6.8m to $7.8m in the first six months of 2010 despite an increase in sales to $577,000. "We continue to pursue new capital in order to allow us to move quickly to improve our results a
Read moreGlobal Petroleum strikes deal with Tower Resources
25th Jun 2010 13:45
Oil company Global Petroleum has signed an agreement with Tower Resources whereby Global will have a continuing option to participate in the Uganda project while having no current obligation to contribute to ongoing expenditure. Global has been granted the right to convert its investment in the pr
Read moreMellon adds to Speymill Deutsche stake
22nd Jun 2010 17:03
Speymill Deutsche Immobilien Property Company non-executive director Jim Mellon has been buying shares in the AIM-quoted property investment company just after it has agreed to take over the management of its own property portfolio. Mellon bought 5m shares at €0.05772 a share and 2m shares at €0.06
Read moreWellstream boss cuts stake
10th Jun 2010 16:49
Gordon Chapman, chief executive of oil services firm Wellstream, has raised £753,000 from the sale of a total of 150,000 shares. The shares were sold at 518p, 496p and 500p - the majority were sold at the latter price. This is well above the April 2007 flotation price of 320p a share but well belo
Read moreTitan chief wheels out share purchases
9th Jun 2010 16:37
Titan Europe chief executive Mike Akers has added a total of 200,000 shares to his shareholding in the agricultural and construction vehicle wheels manufacturer following yesterday's trading update. AIM-quoted Titan said that its strong order book meant that it would perform ahead of budget in 201
Read moreNew Kingfisher exec swoops for shares
7th May 2010 11:45
Andrew Bonfield, who was appointed to the board of Kingfisher in February, has opened his account with the home improvement retail group. The non-executive director bought 10,000 shares at 245.15p a time in the B&Q owner, paying a total of £24,515. Bonfield was the chief financial officer of Cadbu
Read moreLondon close:Equities advance on broad front
20th Apr 2010 17:11
London brought its two day losing streak to an end today, despite a mixed reception to the day's major company announcements and a disappointing set of inflation figures. A sharp rise in fuel costs was responsible for much of the acceleration in the inflation rate, which climbed to 3.4% from 3% in
Read moreLondon afternoon: Tesco heads small band of fallers
20th Apr 2010 14:13
The blue-chip index shuffled sideways over the lunch time session with not even expectations of a firm opening on Wall Street encouraging buyers to commit further. Earlier in the day sentiment had received a knock from worse than expected inflation data. A sharp rise in fuel costs was responsible f
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Baobab Resources, Idatech, Bango...
20th Apr 2010 08:45
Shares in Baobab Resources jumped after the Mozambique-focused metals explorer said it intersected 'significant widths' of magnetite-ilmenite mineralisation at the Chimbala prospect in the Tete region of the country. Fuel cell system firm IdaTech expects revenues for 2010 to be lower than expectati
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