London close: Shares drop again in late trading
30th Nov 2009 16:32
London's blue chips recovered most of their losses in late afternoon trading and looked like they could be set for a positive finish before turning down again just before the close. Banks such as Lloyds Banking, Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered remained nervous about the debt situation
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Financials head lower
30th Nov 2009 14:48
Financials and property companies led the way down today. Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland are two of the banks that could be hardest hit by Dubai's financial problems. Lloyds is also in the midst of a massive £13.5bn rights issue. Investors are being offered 1.34 new shares for eve
Read moreLondon afternoon: Banks pare losses
30th Nov 2009 14:36
Leading share prices are still holding steady at lower levels as investors await further developments from Dubai. Banks such as Lloyds Banking, Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered remain nervous about the debt situation in emirate, though the morning's losses have been pared. HSBC defie
Read moreLloyds sheds more jobs in Brighton
30th Nov 2009 13:48
Lloyds Banking Group has decided to shut down its contact centre at Sussex House in Brighton, with the loss of 410 telephony jobs. The site will close on 28 May next year, said the part-nationalised lender, which earlier this month axed 220 jobs at its Collections & Recoveries operation in Hove.
Read moreLondon midday: Share prices steady down
30th Nov 2009 12:09
UK share prices are stabilising at lower levels after hopes of a continued rebound from the Dubai-inspired shake-out on Thursday were quashed by disappointing UK consumer confidence figures. Figures from market research firm Gfk NOP showed consumer sentiment fell to -17 from -13 in October. Middle
Read moreSunday tips round-up: Lloyds, Standard Chartered, Petra Diamonds
29th Nov 2009 12:08
The option to buy shares at a discount to the market price is extremely tempting. If the economy turns upwards and Lloyds can pull off a successful merger of operations with those of HBOS, then 37p looks like an extremely good deal. But the economic outlook remains uncertain and banks have not prove
Read moreLloyds shareholders to sue King and Darling
27th Nov 2009 16:47
A campaign group representing 2m Lloyds Banking Group shareholders is preparing to take the Bank of England governor Mervyn King and Chancellor Alistair Darling to court over the secret £61bn bailout of HBOS and RBS. Lloyds Action Now (LAN), which has appointed the TV presenter Alice Beer as a spok
Read moreLondon close: Footsie bounces back
27th Nov 2009 16:28
Footsie ended the day with good gains as investors' nerves calmed following sharp declines on the back of worries about the financial sector's exposure to a debt default by Dubai World. Shares initially fell, adding to heavy losses yesterday after Dubai stunned financial markets when it announced t
Read moreLondon afternoon: Footsie advancing again
27th Nov 2009 14:11
Footsie has rallied and is now showing modest gains as worries over the Dubai debt situation ease. Royal Bank of Scotland has led teh recovery having calmed nerves by saying it has signed up for the government's asset protection scheme (APS). The bank said in a statement that the agreement was sign
Read moreLloyds to ask courts to throw out overdraft claims
27th Nov 2009 13:29
Lloyds Banking is to ask local courts to dismiss thousands of claims for the return of unauthorised overdraft fees. 'As the judgement concludes the test case, the FSA has agreed that these complaints should no longer remain on hold,' a statement on the websites of both Lloyds TSB and HBOS reads acc
Read moreLondon midday: Footsie still lower
27th Nov 2009 12:41
Footsie is still sitting slightly lower amid continued worries over the Dubai debt situation. But Royal Bank of Scotland is now going well having fallen back in early dealings on fears over the financial sector's exposure to a debt default by Dubai World. RBS calmed nerves by saying it has signed u
Read moreFriday newspaper round-up: Dubai fall-out, Ofwat, LSE
27th Nov 2009 06:31
The FTSE 100 suffered its worst one-day fall since March closing down 3.2%. Companies with big Middle Eastern shareholders led the rout, on the back of concerns that high-rolling emirate Dubai would be forced to sell stakes to raise capital. Barclays Bank tumbled 7.9% and the London Stock Exchange
Read moreLondon Close: Dubai worries knock market
26th Nov 2009 17:25
The London market wasn't helped by a technical glitch at the London Stock Exchange but it was never going to be a good day due to worries about the debt problems of Dubai. The fact that there was no trading for more than three hours just made investors even more nervous. The FTSE 100 fell by more
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Dubai worries batter stocks
26th Nov 2009 14:26
London Stock Exchange is one of the heaviest fallers in the FTSE 100 after the exchange operator was forced to suspend trading for more than three hours following a technical hiccup this morning. It had already come in for selling ahead of the shutdown as analysts fretted over how the Dubai debt si
Read moreLondon afternoon: Trading resumes .. so does the decline
26th Nov 2009 14:18
Trading resumed on the London Stock Exchange at 2:00pm after the exchange's technical glitch, but prices are not looking any healthier than they were before the trading interruption. Banks are under the cosh on concerns over Dubai's debt situation. The government owned Dubai World, which has debts
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