Wednesday broker round-up
12th Sep 2012 08:54
African Minerals: Jefferies keeps buy rating and 550p target. Ashmore: UBS raises target from 370p to 390p, buy rating kept. ASOS: Panmure Gordon lifts tagged from 2,179p to 2,378p, buy rating kept. Barratt Developments: Panmure Gordon keeps buy rating and 190p target; Jefferies keeps buy rating
Read moreLondon open: Stocks cut losses slightly after German decision
12th Sep 2012 08:27
- German Constitutional Court approves ESM - Major events still to come this week - China's Wen confirms GDP growth UK stocks are holding slightly lower in early trading on Wednesday although the initial reaction to the German Constitutional Court's (GCC) decision on the European Stability Mechanis
Read moreLondon pre-open: GCC and Weidmann in the spotlight
12th Sep 2012 07:30
City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open down four points from yesterday's close of 5,792, taking the lead from markets in Europe. On today's schedule, the highest court in Germany (GCC) will announce its ruling on whether the country considers its participation in the permanent European Stabil
Read moreKingfisher's plumage looking soggy
12th Sep 2012 07:24
Miserable weather in the UK and northern Europe had a serious impact on footfall at Kingfisher in the first half of the do-it-yourself (DIY) retailer's financial year. The B&Q owner put the impact on profits of the soggy weather at more than £30m, as it reported a 15.5% decline in adjusted pre-tax
Read moreRaindrops keep falling on Kingfisher's head
12th Sep 2012 07:00
Wet weather and adverse exchange rates put a dampener on the first half performance of do-it-yourself retailer Kingfisher. Sales in the 26 weeks to July 28th were down 3.3% to £5,478m from £5,662m at the interim stage last year. That was in line with market forecasts. On a constant currency basis,
Read moreWednesday preview: Decision day in Germany
11th Sep 2012 17:30
Economists have been mystified why the UK labour market has been holding up reasonably well despite the economy shifting back into reserve, and Wednesday might see a further bout of head-scratching as unemployment figures are released at 9:30. Expectations are that the unemployment rate on the Inte
Read moreLondon close: Stocks flat, markets in 'wait and see' mode
10th Sep 2012 16:47
- Investors cautious ahead of pivotal week - Ruling on ESM and FOMC meeting in focus - Miners lead risers on hopes of QE3 London's FTSE 100 index finished just two points lower on Monday afternoon as investors refrained from building positions ahead of a busy week for the markets. The Footsie sta
Read moreThursday broker round-up - UPDATE
6th Sep 2012 09:00
Abcam: Canaccord Genuity keeps hold rating and 370p target. AG Barr: Societe Generale upgrades ot hold, target lifted from 370p to 440p. ASOS: Nomura ups target from 1,660p to 1,700p, neutral rating kept. Barclays: Credit Suisse downgrades to neutral, target cut from 215p to 200p. BG Group: Gold
Read moreBroker snap: UBS upgrades Home Retail to 'buy'
5th Sep 2012 11:16
UBS has added Home Retail to its list of top picks in the UK retail sector, a category which has held up well in recent months. "Since our last sector update in February the sector has performed well vs the local market - despite the weather - with disposable income and intake margins recovering in
Read moreWednesday broker round-up
5th Sep 2012 09:20
AMEC: Nomura retains buy rating and 1,240p target. Ashtead: UBS ups target from 340p to 375p, buy rating unchanged. ASOS: Oriel Securities upgrades to buy; BarCap upgrades to overweight, target lifted rom 1,800p to 2,400p. BP: Investec keeps buy rating and 460p target. BT Group: JPMorgan Cazenov
Read moreThursday broker round-up
30th Aug 2012 09:35
Admiral: Nomura keeps buy rating and 1,300p target. Antofagasta: Jefferies raises target from 1,050p to 1,200p, hold rating kept. APR Energy: Investec upgrades from hold to buy, target cut from 1,100p to 950p. Cape: Investec maintains buy recommendation and 300p target. Consort Medical: N+1 Brew
Read moreLondon close: Footsie finishes flat after long weekend
28th Aug 2012 16:48
- Markets await Jackson Hole symposium - Miners lower on concerns over Japan - Chemring drops after profit warning. Concerns about global economic growth were weighing on sentiment on Tuesday, meaning that the FTSE 100 was little changed by the close despite some volatile swings between gains and
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: G4S down over Olympics contract debacle
28th Aug 2012 15:42
Security giant G4S fell after expressing disappointment over the problems related to its Olympics contract, saying that it will incur a 50m pound loss on the contract in the first half. Meanwhile, the company said that a restructuring of its overhead structure will lead the loss of 1,100 jobs. Never
Read moreSector movers: BT, TalkTalk lift telecoms higher
28th Aug 2012 15:39
Telecoms peers BT Group and TalkTalk were lifting fixed line telecoms stocks higher today after some favourable comments from Credit Suisse. "We expect BT Group and BSkyB to continue to take broadband market share and reiterate our expectation that TalkTalk will return to positive subscriber gro
Read moreLondon midday: Stocks erase losses after Spanish auction
28th Aug 2012 11:47
- Spanish bond auction lifts sentiment - Miners lower on concerns over Japan - Chemring drops profit warning. London's blue-chip index was trading broadly flat by midday, having erased all of the morning's losses, after a solid Spanish bond auction eased concerns about the heavily indebted Eurozone
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