29th Jul 2014 09:09
- GKN, Next and Mondi impress with updates/results - St James's Place drops despite strong first half - West-Russia tensions rise as sanctions eyed - US data, Gaza in focus techMARK 2,780.14 +0.15% FTSE 100 6,806.28 +0.27% FTSE 250 15,662.90 +0.30% Strong gains from GKN, Next and Mondi helped UK m
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Wealth management and financial services group St James's Place (SJP) hiked its interim dividend by 40% after funds under management (FuM) reached a record in the first half. However, the market gave a cool reaction to the results on Tuesday as profits came up short of analysts' expectations. FuM
Read more9th Jul 2014 12:03
- Admiral, Aviva lead markets lower - FTSE 100 on track for worst finish since late April - Retailers fall as UK retail prices fall 1.8% - Investors nervous ahead of Fed minutes techMARK 2,777.53 -0.59% FTSE 100 6,708.55 -0.44% FTSE 250 15,526.79 -0.80% UK stocks were heading for their worst finis
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- Housebuilders lift markets higher - US jobs data and ECB action boosting sentiment - US equities at fresh record highs - Lloyds prices TSB IPO well below book value techMARK 2,857.29 +0.20% FTSE 100 6,875.00 +0.24% FTSE 250 16,218.36 -0.09% Stocks saw some slight follow-through buying from last
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Housing stocks were in demand today amid speculation that the government could soon announce measures to incentivise building on brownfield sites across the UK. Barratt Developments led the sector higher, with last week's announcement that the government is set to boost housing supply in the UK ami
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- China trade surplus doubles as exports rise - Japanese consumer confidence improves, GDP revised higher - Rio gains on Credit Suisse comments - Lloyds fall after pricing TSB IPO techMARK 2,852.63 +0.04% FTSE 100 6,872.71 +0.21% FTSE 250 16,239.01 +0.04% Yet another record close on Wall Street fe
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- Markets upbeat after US jobs data - Asset managers lead gains - Consumer staples and defensives unwanted techMARK 2,851.59 +0.95% FTSE 100 6,858.21 +0.66% FTSE 250 16,232.90 +1.48% Equities ended the session clearly higher, bolstered by a more or less in-line US non-farm payrolls report. Never
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International Consolidated Airlines (IAG) rallied after announcing passengers on its European British Airways flights will soon have access to in-flight broadband for the first time. St James's Place gained after Barclays reiterated an 'overweight' rating for the wealth manager. Whitbread advanc
Read more30th Apr 2014 07:31
Telecity has dealt investors quite a bit of volatility of late, as the stock fell victim to the sometimes wild gyrations in market sentiment. At the start of the year it dropped massively after it said it would be investing in sales and marketing. Yesterday the shares jumped 15 per cent after report
Read more29th Apr 2014 07:17
- Net inflow increase 26 per cent - Funds under management since start of the year up 3.4 per cent - Well placed to maintain momentum London-based wealth manager St James's Place took 1.2bn pounds in new investment compared to the same quarter a year earlier and said the new financial year has sta
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The Tuesday session will see a raft of corporate results hit the tape in London, including finals from the likes of Petropavlovsk and Whitbread, alongside interim management statements from Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, National Express Group, Redrow and SEGRO. For its part, St.James's Place will up
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AMEC: UBS ups target price from 1145p to 1200p maintaining a neutral rating. ARM Holdings: HSBC raises target price from 1080p to 1120p and keeps an overweight rating. Associated British Foods: HSBC increases target price from 280p to 310p and upgrades from neutral to overweight. Deutsche Bank rai
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Berenberg has said that Legal & General remains its 'preferred play' in the life insurance sector following the recent major shake-up of the annuity and savings markets in the UK. The broker called it a "brave new world" for the industry which will be transformed by the end of quasi-compulsory annu
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There are signs of disarray amongst some of the groups of armed radicals who have dug in behind reinforced barricades in several cities in eastern Ukraine. However, on Tuesday Russia warned the new government in Kiev against the use of force to make them vacate those positions. That comes after Ukra
Read more8th Apr 2014 16:59
- FTSE closes 32.15 points lower at 6,590.69 - Feb UK industrial production trounces forecasts - Tensions rise in Ukraine - Big Four see market share slip as discount stores increase sales techMARK 2,697.56 -1.19% FTSE 100 6,590.69 -0.49% FTSE 250 16,014.46 -1.53% UK stocks once again finished in
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