Friday broker round-up UPDATE
1st Feb 2013 07:55
Afren: HSBC shifts target price from 190p to 200p, while reiterating an overweight rating. Antofagasta: Exane BNP reduces target price from 1500p to 1350p maintaining an outperform rating. Antrim Energy: Westhouse Securities lowers target price from 70p to 65p and reiterates a buy recommendation.
Read moreThursday broker round-up UPDATE
31st Jan 2013 07:07
Aberdeen Asset Management: Bank of America ups target price from 400p to 425p maintaining a neutral rating. Afren: JP Morgan lowers target price from 210p to 195p and downgrades to neutral. Amino Technologies: Northland Capital raises target price from 85p to 90p keeping a buy recommendation. Ant
Read moreMonday broker round-up - UPDATE
28th Jan 2013 08:04
Amino Technologies: Northland Capital takes price target from 75p to 80p reiterating a buy recommendation. Anglo American: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 2230p to 2200p and retains a buy recommendation. Anite: Panmure Gordon increases target price from 165p to 170p and maintains a buy rati
Read moreTuesday tips round-up: Greene King, CWC, Shanks
15th Jan 2013 07:03
At 2.8 per cent Greene King on Monday reported what for many retailers would be an enviable rate of like-for-like sales growth over the past six weeks. Within the tenanted pubs, the performance was more pedestrian. But average earnings per pub were up by 4.2 per cent over the 36 weeks since the Apri
Read moreLondon close: Markets nervous ahead of Bernanke Q&A
14th Jan 2013 16:48
- Bernanke could spark market volatility - Traders cautious ahead of US earnings season - Eurozone industrial production disappoints Dovish comments from a member of the Federal Reserve weren't enough to lift stocks on Monday, as markets remained cautious ahead of a speech by Ben Bernanke this even
Read moreLondon midday: Financials lead markets higher
14th Jan 2013 11:46
UK stocks were trading cautiously on Monday morning ahead of the official start of US corporate earnings season. However, markets were registering slight gains after dovish comments from a member of the Federal Reserve Stateside. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said that the
Read moreLondon open: Stocks flat as earnings season kicks off
14th Jan 2013 08:34
London's benchmark index opened more or less flat in early trading on Monday ahead of the official start of corporate earnings season in the US. "Attention remains on corporate earnings this week; in particular the banks, with Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan among others due to report. With earnings ex
Read moreFestive sales buoy seasonal growth at Greene King
14th Jan 2013 07:02
Record Christmas Day trading underpinned growth in like-for-like sales at pub retailer Greene King, according to the group's interim management statement for the 36 weeks to January 6th 2013. Some 448,000 Christmas meals were served in Greene King outlets contributing to Christmas Day sales of £2.7
Read moreThursday broker round-up UPDATE
13th Dec 2012 07:22
Advanced Medical Solutions: Investec reduces target price from 93p to 68p and downgrades from buy to hold. Numis downgrades to hold, while maintaining the target price at 165p. Canaccord Genuity moves target price from 93p to 90p and retains a buy recommendation. Anglo American: JP Morgan moves tar
Read moreGreene King CEO sells a chunk of share awards
11th Dec 2012 15:57
Rooney Anand, the Chief Executive of pubs group Greene King, pocketed nearly half a million pounds yesterday by selling off a portion of the shares he was awarded under the company's long-term incentive awards (LTIP) a few years back. Under the LTIP awards that were granted to a number of senior ex
Read moreTuesday broker round-up UPDATE
11th Dec 2012 07:18
Andor Technology: WH Ireland raises target price from 480p to 500p, while maintaining a buy rating. Anglo American: Nomura cuts target price from 2000p to 1800p keeping a neutral rating. Antofagasta: Nomura reduces target price from 1450p to 1400p and downgrades from buy to neutral. Ashtead Group
Read moreWednesday broker round-up UPDATE
5th Dec 2012 07:19
Anglo American: Morgan Stanley reduces target price from 2110p to 1802p and keeps an equal weight rating. Brewin Dolphin Holdings: Peel Hunt raises target price from 185p to 230p and maintains a buy rating. British Sky Broadcasting Group: Nomura raises target price from 950p to 975p and reiterates
Read moreLondon midday: Tullow drops as Footsie edges higher
4th Dec 2012 11:38
UK stocks were making small gains by Tuesday lunchtime on the back of developments in the Eurozone, though the mood was cautious as budget uncertainty in the US continues to weigh on sentiment. The Ecofin is meeting today to agree to proposals on bank supervision and take stock of negotiations with
Read moreLondon open: Stocks flat on US budget uncertainty
4th Dec 2012 08:32
UK stock markets opened tentatively on Tuesday morning with concerns over the US economy back in the spotlight following yesterday's disappointing manufacturing data and increasing worries about the 'fiscal cliff'. The FTSE 100 finished broadly flat yesterday after the US Institute for Supply Manag
Read moreTuesday broker round-up UPDATE
4th Dec 2012 07:35
Anite: Panmure Gordon moves target price from 163p to 165p; buy recommendation kept. Canaccord Genuity raises target price from 143p to 169p and maintains a buy recommendation. Ashtead: Seymour Pierce raises target price from 400p to 460p and reiterates its buy recommendation. Barclays: Credit Sui
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