FTSE 250 movers: Investors worried about Ocado Smart Platform partners
2nd Feb 2016 15:33
(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 250 continued to slide on Tuesday, with the second tier market down 249.75 points (1.51%) to 16,239.51 points by mid-afternoon. Despite posting double-digit revenue growth for the year through "challenging market conditions", shares in Ocado Group were down over 8%. T
Read moreLiberum cuts targets on wide swathe of oil sector firms
2nd Feb 2016 12:33
(ShareCast News) - Analysts at Liberum cut their share price targets for a wide swathe of the London-listed oil sector after taking into account the sharp shift lower in futures prices over the last four months. Worries about demand conditions in China and Europe, together with the threat of growing
Read moreLondon close: Stocks end lower on lacklustre UK GDP
28th Jan 2016 16:07
(ShareCast News) - London stocks ended lower on Thursday after uninspiring UK fourth quarter economic growth data. The Office for National Statistics said UK gross domestic product rose 0.5% quarter-on-quarter in the final three months of 2015, up from 0.4% in the third quarter, as expected by analy
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Oil stocks surge as crude prices rise
28th Jan 2016 14:43
(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 250 was back in the red by mid-afternoon on Thursday, down 12.76 points (0.08%) to 16,268.22. Melrose Industries was the biggest faller after it returned around £2.4bn in cash back to shareholders. The company gave 240p for each share held after the £3.3bn disposal of its
Read moreWednesday broker round-up
27th Jan 2016 17:31
(ShareCast News) - Aldermore Group: Investec reiterates buy recommendation and keeps target price at 325p. Saga: Numis stays at addwith 235p target and Canaccord Genuity upgrades to buy 240p target. Crest Nicholson: Jefferies keeps at buy and raises target from 719p to 740p. Ophir Energy: Credit S
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Britvic keeps market bubbling up
27th Jan 2016 14:46
(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 250 was in the black and rising by mid-afternoon Wednesday, up 35.23 points (0.22%) to 16,214.25. Britvic shares were up over 5% after the soft drinks maker reported a rise in first quarter revenue as it reiterated its full year earnings guidance. In a trading update for
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Tullow surges on possibility of being a takeover target
26th Jan 2016 15:04
(ShareCast News) - After a poor start to the day, the FTSE 250 had rebounded to be up 3.95 points (0.02%) at 16,150.93 by mid-afternoon Tuesday. Tullow Oil surged as oil prices stayed above $30 a barrel, compounded by a Bloomberg survey of traders that believed the company was a likely takeover targ
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: IMI downgrade sees market dip into red
25th Jan 2016 15:11
(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 250 was flip-flopping between the black and the red on Monday, with the second-tier market relatively flat by mid-afternoon, down just 9.12 points (0.06%) to 16,118.87. IMI took the biggest hit after Credit Suisse downgraded the engineer from 'neutral' to 'underperform' a
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Petrofac, Acacia Mining, Virgin Money
22nd Jan 2016 14:24
(ShareCast News) - A second day of large gains saw West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures clock in with their biggest two-day advance since August 2015. According to Blacrock's chief, institutionals began wading into financial markets as far back as last Wednesday. Dovish remarks from the ECB's M
Read moreTuesday broker round-up
19th Jan 2016 14:22
(ShareCast News) - Royal Dutch Shell: Cannacord Genuity lowers target from 1,775p to 1,550p and reiterates hold. Burberry Group: Liberum reiterates sell with a 925p target; RBC reiterates neutral yet trims target from 1,300p to 1,275p; UBS up target from 1,400p to 1,500p staying at buy. Tullow Oil:
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Insurance worries sends Moneysupermarket.com falling
15th Jan 2016 15:21
(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 250 was set to close at its lowest point for 2016, with the market already down 256.85 points (1.56%) to 16,156.42 by mid-afternoon Friday. Moneysupermarket.com was the market's biggest faller after the company's fourth quarter insurance revenues were hit by stronger comp
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Oil prices help market stay mostly in the black
13th Jan 2016 15:23
(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 250 was in the black for most of Wednesday, before a sharp fall late in the afternoon sent it into the red. The second-tier market was down 2.79 points (0.02%) to 16,685.12 under an hour before the market was due to close. Oil and gas producers and service providers were
Read moreTullow sees almost $1bn in writedowns for 2016; more capex cuts
13th Jan 2016 08:09
(ShareCast News) - Tullow Oil said it expects to report 2015 revenue of $1.6bn (£1.1bn) and gross profits of $600m (£416m) although it warned that the low oil price would result in almost $1bn in writedowns. It added that capital expenditure had been cut to $1.1bn from $1.7bn and its looking for ext
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Zoopla helps keep market marginally in the black
8th Jan 2016 15:11
(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 250 remained in the black by mid-afternoon, but only just with the market up 0.27 points (0.00%) to 16,792.49. Zoopla Property Group surged nearly 7% after Berenberg issued an analysis of the media sector and reiterated its 'buy' rating for the property classifieds websit
Read moreJP Morgan adds Tullow Oil to Analyst Focus List
8th Jan 2016 12:32
(ShareCast News) - European oil exploration and production companies bore the most collateral damage from last year's "devastating" market share battle between the world's two top producers, but better times might lie ahead, JP Morgan said, if the oil market began to rebalance. The tussle between th
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