Thursday preview: All eyes on the central banks
6th Mar 2013 16:30
Several FTSE 350 stocks will be reporting full-year results on Thursday but the markets' focus will undoubtedly be on central-bank policy decisions in the UK and Europe. The Bank of England's (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee is due to reveal its policy decision at midday. While the record-low rate
Read moreWednesday broker round-up UPDATE
27th Feb 2013 08:11
: Panmure Gordon reduces target price from 2159p to 1742p and reiterates its hold recommendation. Antofagasta: JP Morgan cuts target price from 1485p to 1400p, while retaining its overweight rating. Barclays: Numis raises target price from 351p to 400p and upgrades to buy. BT Group: UBS moves tar
Read moreFriday broker round-up UPDATE
15th Feb 2013 07:58
Aberdeen Asset Management: UBS shifts target price from 440p to 470p and reiterates a buy recommendation. Credit Suisse takes target price from 410p to 470p staying with its outperform rating. Barclays revises target price from 470p to 490p, while its overweight rating remains unchanged. Jefferies m
Read moreLondon midday: Markets subdued as focus turns to the BoE
13th Feb 2013 11:22
London's FTSE 100 index was still in negative territory by Wednesday lunchtime, albeit well off its intraday low, as all eyes turned to the Bank of England (BoE) and the release of its three-monthly inflation report. While Governor Sir Mervyn King admitted that output has been broadly flat for the
Read moreLondon open: Stocks open lower ahead of inflation report
13th Feb 2013 08:27
UK stocks opened moderately lower ahead of the Bank of England's (BoE's) inflation report due out at 10:30, as well as a number of important economic indicators elsewhere. "European stock markets are largely mixed Wednesday, staying in a tight range as traders tread carefully ahead of the G-20 meet
Read moreWednesday broker round-up UPDATE
13th Feb 2013 07:47
API Group: Numis shifts target price from 70p to 67p downgrading to hold. Barclays: Morgan Stanley raises target price from 386p to 400p keeping an overweight rating. Credit Suisse increases target price from 250p to 290p, while leaving its neutral rating unchanged. JP Morgan ups target price from
Read moreThursday broker round-up UPDATE
17th Jan 2013 07:19
African Barrick Gold: Westhouse Securities reduces target price from 335p to 305p, while its sell recommendation is unchanged. Anglo American: Exane cuts target price from 2000p to 1650p and downgrades from neutral to underperform. Antofagasta: Exane ups target price from 1400p to 1500p keeping an
Read moreThursday broker round-up UPDATE
10th Jan 2013 07:10
Afren: Morgan Stanley takes target price from 215p to 220p and reiterates an overweight rating. Alent: Bank of America starts with a target price of 370p and a buy recommendation. Associated British Foods: Goldman Sachs moves its target price from 1160p to 1190p and maintains a sell rating. AVEVA
Read moreMonday broker round-up UPDATE
10th Dec 2012 07:10
Andor Technology: Investec moves target price from 450p to 460p, while reiterating its buy recommendation. Antofagasta: Alphavalue downgrades to reduce, while keeping the target price at 1371p. Ashtead Group: Investec target price from 250p to 475p and reiterates its buy recommendation. Atkins: J
Read moreDeparting Xstrata CFO sells hefty chunk of shares post-exercise
6th Dec 2012 16:23
Trevor Reid, the soon-to-depart Chief Financial Officer of mining group Xstrata, has traded in 1.44m shares after deciding not to take up the equivalent of his current position at the enlarged company following the merger with Glencore International. Reid, who sold the shares post-exercise, dispos
Read moreThursday tips round-up: Interserve, Electra Private Equity, IMI
29th Nov 2012 06:52
On the same day that Marks & Spencer announced an agreement with the trustees of its pension fund on how to pay off the deficit, the outsourcing specialist Interserve found a more innovative solution to the same problem. The company has transferred the rest of its portfolio of PFI assets, comprising
Read moreBroker tips: Tesco, IMI, Mitchells & Butlers
27th Nov 2012 10:46
Credit Suisse has retained its 'neutral' rating and 350p target price for supermarket behemoth Tesco ahead of the company's third-quarter results due on December 5th. Analyst Andrew Kasoulis said in a research report on Tuesday morning: "We do not expect quarter-on-quarter underlying improvement in
Read moreBroker snap: Investec ups target for IMI
27th Nov 2012 09:33
Investec has maintained its 'buy' rating for industrial engineering group IMI and raised its target price for the shares from 1,100p to 1,140p, saying that this month's third-quarter update showed the expected mixed of 'softness' and 'resilience'. "IMI's Q3 IMS contained news of softness where it
Read moreTuesday broker round-up UPDATE
27th Nov 2012 07:19
Aberdeen Asset Management: Citigroup raises target price from 320p to 345p and downgrades to neutral. JP Morgan raises target price from 330p to 414p, overweight rating unchanged. Credit Suisse moves target price from 323p to 380p, outperform rating kept. Exane BNP Paribas raises target price from 3
Read moreTuesday broker round-up UPDATE
20th Nov 2012 07:17
Beowulf Mining: Seymour Pierce initiates coverage with a buy recommendation and a target price of 18p. Berkeley Group: JP Morgan raises target price from 1616p to 1620p, overweight rating kept. Blinkx: Citigroup downgrades from buy to neutral. Compass Group: Investec raises target price from 740p
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