London midday: Banks, miners lead markets higher
9th Jul 2013 11:30
Improved appetite for risk helped equities in the banking and mining sectors on Tuesday morning, pushing the FTSE 100 to levels not seen in over a month. London's benchmark index was trading at around 6,500 this morning, a mark not reached since the start of June when markets were beginning to pric
Read moreLondon open: Miners give markets a boost
9th Jul 2013 08:29
Strong gains from mining and banking stocks ensured a strong open for the FTSE 100 on Tuesday morning as sentiment was lifted by improving hopes for the US economy and a bailout deal in Greece. London's benchmark index opened over one per cent higher early on advancing past 6,500, a level not seen
Read moreSector movers: RBS leads banks higher as markets surge
4th Jul 2013 14:51
Every sector in London was trading in positive territory on Thursday as dovish comments by central banks in the UK and Europe sparked a market-wide surge with the FTSE 100 up around three per cent by late afternoon. The Bank of England and European Central Bank both dampened expectations of potenti
Read moreLondon midday: Stocks rise as BoE holds fire, markets eye ECB
4th Jul 2013 11:28
The FTSE 100 issued decent gains on Thursday morning, taking advantage of expected low volumes on the back of the Independence Day holiday in the States, with all eyes on central banks in the UK and Europe in the absence of any major economic data today. As expected, the Bank of England (BoE) stood
Read moreBroker tips: Lloyds, ASOS, Dunelm
4th Jul 2013 10:49
An improving picture of the housing market should start to rub off on UK banks, according to Nomura, which is viewing the the sector with 'guarded optimism'. Nomura has upgraded its rating for Lloyds from 'reduce' to 'neutral', saying that the company is now its top pick in the domestic UK banking
Read moreBroker snap: Nomura upgrades Lloyds on housing recovery
4th Jul 2013 09:49
An improving picture of the housing market should start to rub off on UK banks, according to Nomura, which is viewing the the sector with 'guarded optimism'. In a research report released on July 3rd, the broker said that UK house prices are 10% too low and could rise by 15% by the end of 2015 (up
Read moreLondon close: Stocks rise on first day of Carney's mandate
1st Jul 2013 17:24
Equities began the third quarter on a strong note, buoyed in part by a bullish note from strategists at JP Morgan on commodity prices. Alongside a slightly better than expected reading on US manufacturing that helped to compensate for a somewhat weak reading on Chinese manufacturing overnight. Coinc
Read moreEU accuses Barclays and HSBC of anti-competitive practices
1st Jul 2013 14:22
The European Commission has accused 13 major international investment banks of abusing their power to stop rivals from offering alternative ways to trade lucrative credit derivatives. The banks, including Barclays and HSBC, are charged with trying to prevent competitors from trading profitable prod
Read moreTuesday broker round-up UPDATE
25th Jun 2013 07:24
African Barrick Gold: Morgan Stanley reduces target price from 200p to 140p, while leaving its equal-weight rating unaltered. Deutsche Bank lowers target price from 153p to 137p leaving its hold recommendation unchanged. African Minerals: Deutsche Bank lowers target price from 586p to 570p, while k
Read moreLondon close: Markets suffer another sell-off as sentiment remains fragile
24th Jun 2013 16:41
Markets suffered another heavy sell-off on Monday, sending the FTSE 100 to levels not seen since the start of the year, as concerns over a slowdown in China and last week's Federal Reserve policy meeting continuing to hit markets across the globe. London's FTSE 100 finished the day down 87 points,
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Miners fall on concerns over Chinese slowdown
24th Jun 2013 14:13
Mining stocks were again bearing the brunt of the market-wide sell-off on Monday on concerns over slowing growth in China after Goldman Sachs cut its growth forecasts for the powerhouse for this year and the next. Vedanta, Antofagasta, Glencore Xstrata and Anglo American were all registering moderat
Read moreLondon midday: FTSE 100 nearly erases year-to-date gains
24th Jun 2013 11:38
After a bright start, the FTSE 100 had sunk sharply into the red by Monday lunchtime with the index having nearly erased all of the impressive gains made since the start of the year. The Footsie was trading 1.05% lower by midday at around 6,052, compared to an intraday high of 6,132 reached early o
Read moreBank regulator identifies 27bn-pound capital shortfall at five UK banks
20th Jun 2013 07:49
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) said that five of the major eight banks in the UK fell short of their capital requirements at the end of 2012 with a combined shortfall of 27.1bn pounds. This is larger than the £25bn deficit calculated back in March by the Financial Policy Committee. Reg
Read moreLondon close: Markets move higher with Fed decision in focus
18th Jun 2013 17:04
After a subdued start, the FTSE 100 finished with impressive gains on Tuesday as investors put aside worries ahead of the key 'risk event' of the week, the monetary policy meeting at the Federal Reserve. Banking stocks in London were performing well today after the China Securities Journal suggeste
Read moreSector movers: Banks gain on China rate-cut speculation
18th Jun 2013 15:14
Banking stocks were in demand on Tuesday on the back of reports that China could move to cut interest rates in an effort to combat a slowdown. An article in the China Securities Journal suggested that the People's Bank of China could reduce interest rates to reduce the debt burden on companies. M
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