London midday: Footsie extends gains, RBS leads the rise
16th Mar 2012 11:32
- RBS up over five per cent after upgrade - Tullow Oil strikes again off the coast of Ghana - Footsie up 1.4 per cent on the week The FTSE 100 was continuing to set new intraday highs by lunchtime, helped by a strong performance by financial and resource stocks. It has been a relatively quiet day f
Read moreLondon open: Financials gains, US data eyed
16th Mar 2012 08:52
- Financials stock, Tullow oil lead the rise on the Footsie - Barroso sees improvement in the Eurozone - Oil prices rebound London's blue chip index advanced in the opening hour on Friday on a relatively quiet day for company news. Investors will be looking ahead to industrial production and consum
Read moreLloyds makes bonus raid on former execs
16th Mar 2012 08:41
It seems as if some former directors of Lloyds will be putting the champagne firmly back on ice. According to press reports, several ex-board members at the state-backed bank will not be paid share awards resulting from an incentive plan introduced in the wake of the merger with HBOS back in 2009.
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Legal and General divi rise sends shares soaring
14th Mar 2012 14:07
The legion of income investors holding shares of Legal and General were cheered by the insurance leviathan's decision to bump up the 2011 dividend by more than a third, well ahead of market expectations. The final dividend in respect of fiscal 2011 has been increased by a whopping 39% to 4.74p per
Read moreLondon open: Legal and General leads the Footsie higher
14th Mar 2012 08:28
- Legal and General jumps five per cent after solid 2011 - Majority of US banks pass stress tests - Osborne considering 100-year gilts London's blue chips rose strongly on Wednesday morning, led by financial stocks, following on from a surge on Wall Street last night. The Footsie opened up at level
Read moreLondon close: Stocks surge on improving global outlook
13th Mar 2012 16:48
- FTSE 100 at highest levels since last summer - Markets await FOMC, words from Bernanke - Draghi sees signs of 'stabilisation' The Footsie finished at an eight-month high on Tuesday, up a whole percentage point on the day, as financial stocks made gains on the back of an improving global economic
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Antofagasta digs itself to the bottom of the pile
13th Mar 2012 14:12
Antofagasta was in the bottom spot despite boasting of another year of record revenues, profits and output in 2011. However, the market was largely unimpressed by the figures from the Chilean copper miner which parted company earlier this month with its Chief Executive Officer. The shares retreated
Read moreUnite Union opposes banking cuts at RBS and Lloyds
13th Mar 2012 12:46
Unite, the trade union for bank workers, has criticised new plans that will see Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) slash a total of 1,764 jobs across the UK. The union has condemned the cuts as "brutal" and called on the government body UK Financial Investments to provide answers for the job
Read moreLondon midday: Stocks extends gains after ZEW survey
13th Mar 2012 11:46
- German ZEW reaches highest level in over a year - Spain to accept Eurogroup's fiscal consolidation request - Miners, banks lead the rise on the Footsie Stocks were extending gains by lunchtime after a German confidence survey smashed expectations. Meanwhile, US stock futures are pointing to a pos
Read moreTuesday broker round-up - UPDATE
13th Mar 2012 09:59
AstraZeneca: Panmure Gordon keeps buy rating and 3,600p target. Bellway: Credit Suisse maintains outperform rating. BG Group: Nomura raises target from 1,865p to 1,950p, buy rating kept. Computacenter: Panmure Gordon ups target from 490p to 501p, buy rating unchanged. Hays: Credit Suisse ups tar
Read moreLondon open: Financials, miners lead the rise
13th Mar 2012 08:38
- Standard Life, Pru in demand after results - Antofagasta, G4S lead the fallers - BoJ maintains rates, ups asset purchases The Footsie rose strongly on Tuesday helped by some well-received full-year results from insurers and a decent performance by banking and mining stocks as risk appetite increa
Read moreLondon close: Stocks finish up, China and Eurogroup in focus
12th Mar 2012 16:34
- Stocks jump into the blue late on - China records worse-than-expected trade deficit - Resource stocks fall on Chinese demand concerns London's blue chip index managed to finish the day in positive territory despite swinging between gains and losses for most of the session. Concerns over the globa
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Morrisons rises on investor hopes
12th Mar 2012 15:02
Morrisons leads the risers as investors pin their hopes for the stock on a series of new concepts being unveiled today at an investor meeting. Hot on its heels was cruise operator Carnival after being upgraded by Exane BNP Paribas from under-perform to out-perform. On Friday, the firm reported a
Read moreLondon midday: Financials provide a drag, Chinese data disappoints
12th Mar 2012 12:10
- Chinese deficit figures disappoint. - Eurogroup meet in Brussels to sign off on Greek bailout. - Former RBS directors sued. Some disappointing economic data from China took the shine off a better-than-expected US jobs report on Friday, as the Footsie opened the week on a dull note with stocks sli
Read moreLondon open: Stocks flat after Chinese data
12th Mar 2012 08:34
- China in net deficit in January and February combined - Glencore eyeing up Viterra - Temenos drops out of the running for Misys The Footsie opened flat on Monday after some disappointing economic data from China was weighing on financials and resource stocks. Chinese economic indicators out over
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