Shell has increased its stake in the North Sea Schiehallion field while selling its interest the Seal area in Canada to Murphy Oil Company.
[14 Nov '12]Stocks track US markets lower on fiscal cliff concerns; Spain said to be nearing bailout request; banks fall after broker downgrades.
[14 Nov '12]AB Foods, Balfour, BG, BSkyB, Burberry, bwin.party, CWC, Cookson, Croda, Dixons, Endace, Faroe, FirstGroup, Galliford, Halfords, HSBC, IHG, JD Wetherspoon, Jupiter, Lloyds, M&S, Meggitt, Micro Focus, M&C, Morrisons, N Brown, Pennon, Playtech, Regenersis, Restaurant Group, Shell, Ryanair, S&N, Spirent, Sportech, Tate, Tullow, Weir
[2 Nov '12]City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open down 10 points from yesterday's close of 5,862, despite a strong rise in the US and broadly higher stocks in Asia overnight.
[2 Nov '12]Better-than-expected US data bolsters gains late on; corporate earnings from Lloyds, BT, BSkyB and others impress; Chinese manufacturing figures beat estimates.
[1 Nov '12]Banking giant Lloyds rose strongly after an 'in-line' third-quarter statement. The lender said that it is making progress despite delivering a statutory loss before tax of £583m for the first nine months of the year, including a further Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) provision of £1bn in the third quarter.
[1 Nov '12]Results impress from BT, BSkyB, Lloyds...; Markets await barrage of economic data Stateside; Chinese manufacturing beats expectations.
[1 Nov '12]Nomura has maintained its 'reduce' rating and 35p target price for Lloyds, saying that while the bank's third-quarter figures were in line with estimates, they are not going to drive upgrades for the core.
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