Director dealings: Schroder Asia Pacific director raises stake
1st Nov 2021 15:37
(Sharecast News) - Schroder Asia Pacific Fund said on Monday that director James Williams had acquired 5,000 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed investment trust.
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Weir Group and Serco pace gains amid bargain hunting
26th Feb 2020 15:19
(Sharecast News) - London's second-tier index finished in the red yet again as investors took stock of the Chinese coronavirus's continuing spread globally and after the US Centers for Disease Control and World Health Organisation called for measures to be put in place immediately to break its advance.
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: N Brown jumps after broker upgrade
21st Aug 2013 14:36
Internet shopping group N Brown was a high riser today after Credit Suisse raised its rating for the stock from 'neutral' to 'outperform' and lifted its target price from 455p to 620p. N Brown, whose brands include Simply Be, Jacamo and Figleaves, has seen its stock surge by around 50% so far this
Read moreSchroder Asia Pacific annual report reveals revenue increase
18th Dec 2012 12:57
Schroder Asia Pacific unveiled a significant increase in revenue in its annual report Tuesday. The equities investor announced £4.91m net revenue after tax for the year ended September 30th, a sizeable jump from the £4.03m reported in the previous year. The company's gearing rose from 4.4% at the
Read moreLondon afternoon: Advance stalls
22nd Jul 2010 14:28
Shares moved sideways over the lunch-time session with investors keeping their powder dry ahead of day two of US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony in the US Senate. Yesterday the Fed chairman's downbeat comments stopped a Wall Street rise in its tracks. Outsourcing giant Capita is s
Read moreLondon midday: Morning ends on a high
22nd Jul 2010 12:11
Better than expected UK retail sales gave equities a mid-morning boost and the FTSE 100 index finished the morning session close to its highest point of the day so far. Britons building up supplies for last month's World Cup, the good weather and further discounting had retail sales up smartly in J
Read moreLondon open: Footsie follows US stocks lower
22nd Jul 2010 08:24
London's top stocks opened slightly lower on Thursday following falls on Wall Street overnight. US stocks fell back after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to US congress. The Fed chief warned the economic outlook remains "unusually uncertain," but he gave few clues on what measures
Read moreShire chairman raises £1.5m from disposal
9th Mar 2010 16:22
Matthew Emmens, the chairman of pharma company Shire, has raised nearly £1.5m from a share sale. Emmens sold 33,302 American Depositary Shares (ADSs) at an average price of $66.44. Each ADS is equivalent to three ordinary shares. The selling price was equivalent to £14.70 a share. Last week, Emm
Read moreNext finance chief buys
29th Jan 2010 16:32
Next finance director David Keens has invested more than £98,000 in adding to his stake in the fashion retailer. He has bought 5,000 shares at 1963.5p each. This takes his stake in Next to 125,700 shares (0.065%). Next has been buying back shares during January at prices around 2000p a share. Al
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