Thursday broker round-up
18th Oct 2018 11:54
(Sharecast News) - Mediclinic: Barclays downgrades to equal weight with a target price of 460p.
Read moreShell jettisons Danish oil fields in $1.9bn sale
17th Oct 2018 15:46
(Sharecast News) - Royal Dutch Shell has reached an agreement to dispose of its Danish oil fields through the sale of wholly-owned subsidiary Shell Olie-og Gasudvinding Danmark (SOGU) for $1.9bn.
Read moreShell, JV partners green light Canada LNG project
2nd Oct 2018 07:05
(Sharecast News) - Shell on Tuesday said it had given the green light to proceed with a major liquified natural gas (LNG) project in Canada where it has a a 40% working interest.
Read moreShell not moving fast enough for Morgan Stanley
2nd Aug 2018 14:21
(Sharecast News) - Shell results have been below par for the past two quarters, said Morgan Stanley, with dividend growth and the share buyback both disappointing the bank's analysts.
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26th Jul 2018 13:01
(Sharecast News) - Beazley: Berenberg upgrades to buy with a target price of 640p.
Read moreShell launches $25bn buyback as profit misses estimates
26th Jul 2018 07:04
(Sharecast News) - Royal Dutch Shell launched a $25bn (£19bn) share buyback as the oil producer posted a 30% increase in second-quarter profit that fell short of expectations.
Read moreLondon close: FTSE mixed as Unilever flies after rebuffed Kraft Heinz bid
17th Feb 2017 17:15
(ShareCast News) - London stocks closed mixed after a Friday session that saw blue-chip consumer goods giant Unilever fly higher after it slapped away a $143bn offer from Kraft Heinz, which has indicated it will return to the table. The rebuffed offer -- $50 a share in a mix of cash and shares -- wa
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17th Feb 2017 09:19
(ShareCast News) - AstraZeneca: Jefferies reiterates Buy with a target price of 5250p. BT Group: Jefferies reiterates Hold with a target price of 325p. Standard Life: Macquarie reiterates Outperform with a target price of 450p. Cobham: Goldman Sachs reiterates Sell with a target price of 88p. Dra
Read moreLondon close: FTSE falls on dollar dip, ex-divs and tendency to gold safety
16th Feb 2017 17:00
(ShareCast News) - London equities limped to a lower close Thursday, pulled down by a trinity of factors including dollar weakness, a tendency to safe-haven gold and ex-dividend stocks. These combined to see the FTSE 100 down 0.34% to 7,277.92, and the FTSE 250 down -0.65%% to 18,705.72. Both ladder
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Rio Tinto zips higher as Reckitt Benckiser falls
10th Feb 2017 17:10
(ShareCast News) - FTSE 100 is higher on Friday afternoon thanks to a string of mining behemoths led by Rio Tinto congregating atop the risers' list, albeit offset by a motley group of fallers led by consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser. London's top tier index closed 0.40% higher to 7,258.75 poin
Read moreRio Tinto appoints three non-exec independent directors
10th Feb 2017 13:59
(ShareCast News) - Shares Rio Tinto are up more than 3% after the mining giant confirmed the appointment of three oil- and energy-sector heavyweights to the boards of London-quoted Rio Tinto Plc and Australia-listed Rio Tinto Ltd. "The new directors broaden the experience of the board, bringing cons
Read moreSector movers: Financials, insurers pace gains as interest rates rise
9th Feb 2017 16:07
(ShareCast News) - Interest rate sensitive stocks such as life insurers and banks recovered some of their poise as government bond yields bounced back from their recent lows. Significantly, traders cited comments from US president Trump during the afternoon saying he would have "something phenomenal
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Mining shares slide, housebuilders rally
8th Feb 2017 14:57
(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 100 fell 0.41% to 7,156.95 points in Wednesday afternoon trade, led by mining shares. BHP Billiton was the top faller following reports workers at its Escondida copper mine in Chile vowed to start an indefinite strike on Thursday after the miner failed to produce an agree
Read moreShell submits decommissioning plan for North Sea Brent oil field
8th Feb 2017 09:51
(ShareCast News) - Royal Dutch Shell has submitted a comprehensive decommissioning programme to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for the Brent oil and gas field in the North Sea, kicking off a 60-day public consultation. The field, located 115 miles north-east of th
Read moreFriday broker round-up
3rd Feb 2017 09:56
(ShareCast News) - Northgate: Barclays reiterates Neutral with a target price of 600p. Royal Dutch Shell A: Barclays reiterates Overweight with a target price of 2800p Royal Dutch Shell B: Barclays reiterates Overweight with a target price of 2800p. A.G BARR: Berenberg reiterates Hold with a targe
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