London midday: UK stocks at six-week low after hawkish comments from Yellen
20th Mar 2014 12:01
- Yellen comments rattle markets on tightening fears - FOMC tapers asset purchases by another 10bn dollars/month - Next impresses with full-year results - Changes in Budget continuing to affect stocks techMARK 2,788.04 -1.09% FTSE 100 6,500.19 -1.11% FTSE 250 16,174.99 -1.00% UK stocks dropped sha
Read moreLondon open: Stocks drop after hawkish comments from Yellen
20th Mar 2014 08:21
- Yellen says rate hike could come six months after QE ends - Fed continues to taper by 10bn dollars a month - Next impresses with full-year results techMARK 2,804.74 -0.50% FTSE 100 6,546.18 -0.41% FTSE 250 16,267.89 -0.43% UK stocks fell on Thursday morning, following a sell-off on US and Asian
Read moreLondon pre-open: Markets spooked by Yellen comments
20th Mar 2014 07:45
UK stocks are set to track both US and Asian markets lower early on, as indicies around the world fell on the back of comments made by Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen. The FTSE 100 is expected to fall around 40 points from yesterday's closing level of 6,573.13 early on. Yellen caught mar
Read moreUnited Utilities trading in line with expectations
20th Mar 2014 07:17
- Trading in line with expectations - Revenue and profits to grow year-on-year - Net debt unchanged from first half United Utilities, the UK water and wastewater company, said that trading for the 12 months ending March 31st has been in line with expectations with growth expected year-on-year. In
Read moreLondon pre-open: FTSE to decline after stimulus cut and Chinese data
30th Jan 2014 07:07
- Fed reduces stimulus by 10bn dollars - China confirms fall in PMI - Eurozone confidence data due City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open 17 points below yesterday's close of 6,544.28 following the news the Federal Reserve has, as was widely anticipated, continued with its plan to reduce stim
Read moreUnited Utilities trading in line
30th Jan 2014 07:00
- Current trading in line with company views - Confident of good underlying full-year performance - Continues to tightly manage its cost base Water operator United Utilities said trading since October has been in line with its expectations and remains confident of delivering a good underlying full-
Read moreLondon close: Stocks swing into the red as investors weigh emerging markets, Fed
29th Jan 2014 17:00
- Stocks swing sharply into red in afternoon trade - Renewed EM currency volatility follows rate hikes - Wall Street lower ahead of Fed decision - Miners rise after strong updates, Sainsbury boss exits techMARK 2,768.00 -0.48% FTSE 100 6,544.28 -0.43% FTSE 250 15,688.31 -0.18% Market volatility re
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Miners rise on strong updates
29th Jan 2014 15:10
Chilean miner Antofagasta raced to the top of the leaderboard today after it reported a record year of copper production for 2013, supported by a strong output performance in the fourth quarter and despite predictions 2014 production is set to drop. The stock was helped even higher after analysts at
Read moreFitch lowers outlook on UK water utilities to 'negative'
29th Jan 2014 14:23
Ratings agency Fitch has today lowered its outlook on the credit rating of UK water companies to 'negative' from 'stable' following the release of public regulator Ofwat's price review for the fiscal years running from 2015 to 2020 earlier this week. In the firm's opinion, Ofwat's more flexible ap
Read moreLondon close: Markets rebound after five-day losing streak
28th Jan 2014 16:38
- Markets finish higher, upside limited after Fed - UK GDP up 0.7 per cent in Q4 - Fund managers, banks lift markets higher techMARK 2,781.48 +0.71% FTSE 100 6,572.33 +0.33% FTSE 250 15,715.83 +1.21% UK markets registered small gains on Tuesday as stocks recovered after five straight days of losse
Read moreLondon close: FTSE 100 drops 1.7 per cent as sell-off continues
27th Jan 2014 16:45
- BG Group plummets on gloomy guidance - AT&T rules out Vodafone bid - RBS reveals more provisions for new claims - FTSE 100 at lowest since mid-December techMARK 2,761.91 -1.00% FTSE 100 6,550.66 -1.70% FTSE 250 15,528.21 -1.12% UK markets dropped to their lowest levels in nearly six weeks on Mon
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Takeover speculation drives utilities higher
27th Jan 2014 15:55
United Utilities and Severn Trent both climbed on takeover speculation, with the FT's Alphaville blog referencing rumours of a possible private equity bid out of Canada for either one. BSkyB was performing strongly ahead of Thursday's second quarter update, with investors stocking up amid M&A chat
Read moreSevern Trent and United Utilities rise on bid talk
27th Jan 2014 14:41
Water companies were floating higher on Monday amid reheated bid talk and better-than-expected guidance from regulators on how much slack companies would be cut in their investment plans. Severn Trent rose 1.49% to 1,703p, United Utilities jumped 2% to 714.5p and Pennon Group rose 0.29% to 681.5p b
Read moreLondon midday: BG Group drags FTSE 100 to six-week low
27th Jan 2014 11:23
- Stocks sink as EM-inspired sell-off continues - BG Group disappoints with 2014 guidance - AT&T quashes Vodafone bid rumours - ARM Chairman steps down, ITV downgraded techMARK 2,758.25 -1.13% FTSE 100 6,569.62 -1.41% FTSE 250 15,523.71 -1.14% UK stocks dropped to their lowest levels in nearly six
Read moreSunday newspaper round-up: Supermarkets' property, Lloyds, UBM
26th Jan 2014 16:51
US activist investors are plotting to force Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrisons to split off their property holdings, the Sunday Times reported. The plan, led by activist fund Elliott, would require them to put their property holdings into separate companies and to sell minority stakes on the stock exc
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