Lloyds Banking Group ShareCast News (LLOY)

Monday broker round-up UPDATE

Aggreko: JP Morgan takes target price from 1845p to 1870p, while reiterating a neutral rating.
[4 Mar '13]

Sunday newspaper round-up: Bankers´ bonuses, Lloyds, Sterling

Banks are furious. Last week they were caught off guard after Germany, under pressure from negotiators at the EU parliament, changed sides in the debate over bankers´ bonuses. A compromise agreement had been struck in Brussels. Now however the European Union wants the caps to extend to employees of European banks abroad. That would leave those who compete with Europe´s financial institutions as the sole beneficiaries. Aware of this France and Germany are said to be softening
[3 Mar '13]

Sunday share tips: BHP Billiton, Lloyds, Greencoat

New management sometimes tries to leave its mark when it enters a company and so it will be with Andrew Mackenzie at miner BHP Billiton. However, as opposed to Marius Klopper, whom he will substitute, he is unlikely to unveil a world-beating takeover a few weeks into the job, points out The Times´s Danny Fortson. Rather, last week he announced to investors and employees that he will be 'battening down the hatches' ahead of what is likely to be a rough voyage.
[3 Mar '13]

London close: Strong US data prompts late rally...again

For a third day in a row, the FTSE 100 index rallied in afternoon trade on the back of strong economic figures from America, as investors temporarily shrugged off concerns about the automatic spending cuts which kick in later today.
[1 Mar '13]

FTSE 100 movers: Capita leads the risers

Outsourcing group Capita continued to be a high riser having said that it has acquired debt recovery specialists iQor Holdings UK and subsidiaries (iQor UK) for an enterprise value of 42m pounds.
[1 Mar '13]

Lloyds sees shares drop as government prepares to offload stake - UPDATE

Lloyds was one of the worst performing constituents on the FTSE 100 on Friday afternoon on speculation that the government is looking to sell its stake in the lender at a lower price than when it bailed out the bank five years ago.
[1 Mar '13]

London midday: Risk appetite declines as US budget cuts loom

After an initial stint in positive territory, UK stock markets swung sharply into the red by Friday lunchtime as concerns about budget cuts in the US take their toll on risk appetite.
[1 Mar '13]

Broker tips: Lloyds, Man Group, William Hill

Canaccord Genuity has retained its 'hold' rating and 35p target price for UK banking group Lloyds after a mixed set of full-year results on Friday morning.
[1 Mar '13]