Sector movers: Financials take heart, double blow for tobacco
3rd Apr 2019 16:13
(Sharecast News) - Financial services, including banks and life insurers, and oil companies led the gains on Wednesday, while tobacco stocks fell.
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Banks and housebuilders rally; Burberry hit by downgrade
3rd Apr 2019 13:44
(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 100 was up 0.3% at 7,412.86 in afternoon trade on Wednesday, gaining some ground as housebuilders and banks rallied.
Read moreCiti backs global tobacco sector, ups rating on Imperial and BAT
28th Mar 2019 12:46
(Sharecast News) - The UK's Imperial Tobacco and British American Tobacco have been upgraded by Citi, which is arguing that share prices across the sector are set to improve as the regulatory environment eases.
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28th Mar 2019 12:36
(Sharecast News) - British American Tobacco: Citigroup upgrades to buy with a target price of 3,600p.
Read moreUS regulator speeds flavoured e-cigarette crackdown
13th Mar 2019 13:07
(Sharecast News) - E-cigarette sales in the US will be restricted, according to U-turn announced by regulators on Wednesday and backed by President Trump.
Read moreTobacco stocks rise after FDA boss Gottlieb quits
6th Mar 2019 09:20
(Sharecast News) - Shares in tobacco companies rose on Wednesday after America's chief drug and tobacco regulator unexpectedly resigned overnight.
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22nd Feb 2019 13:01
(Sharecast News) - Codemasters Group Holding: Berenberg upgrades to buy with a target price of 260p.
Read moreImperial Brands confirms departure of chairman Mark Williamson
11th Feb 2019 15:03
(Sharecast News) - Imperial Brands said on Monday that Mark Williamson will be stepping down as non-executive chairman of the tobacco company.
Read moreUS tobacco volume declines to steepen, reckons Cowen
7th Jan 2019 13:44
(Sharecast News) - Tumultuous times in the tobacco industry are far from over, warned analysts at Cowen on Monday as they downgraded British American Tobacco and Imperial Brands.
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29th Nov 2018 15:05
(Sharecast News) - Cobham: Berenberg upgrades to buy with a target price of 124
Read moreSector movers: Copper lifts miners, big tobacco hit by FDA letter
12th Oct 2018 17:50
(Sharecast News) - Miners led London stocks higher on Friday while tobacco stocks fell as investor remained sensitive to news.
Read moreTobacco stocks get burnt as FDA sends letters
12th Oct 2018 09:31
(Sharecast News) - Shares in London's tobacco giants Imperial Brands and British American Tobacco were sent lower on Friday by worries about tougher regulations.
Read moreTuesday broker round-up
9th Oct 2018 12:59
(Sharecast News) - Royal Mail: HSBC downgrades to hold with a target price of 379p.
Read moreTuesday broker round-up
25th Sep 2018 12:57
(Sharecast News) - Wetherspoons: Peel Hunt downgrades to hold with a target price of 1,325p.
Read moreImperial Brands enjoys 'much stronger' tobacco pricing mix
25th Sep 2018 07:02
(Sharecast News) - Imperial Brands said its tobacco business was enjoying "much stronger" sales in the second half of the year and said it plans to launch its heat-not-burn tobacco product early in 2019.
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