The biggest movers of the day appear to be the gaming firms with Betfair and bwin.party unwanted. The latter is 14% under as of Thursday afternoon.
[7 Apr '11]Oil rig services group Lamprell has confirmed rumours that it is in talks to acquire Norwegian peer Maritime Industrial Services (MIS), pressuring shares lower on Thursday afternoon.
[7 Apr '11]Oil and gas engineer Lamprell was the best performer of the day after revenues rose by 18.4% in 2010, with the strength of the oil price contributing to unprecedented levels of enquiries.
[28 Mar '11]A second attempt to spring into life evaporated ahead of the close on Monday and the top share index finished just a few points higher.
[28 Mar '11]Footsie finished the morning clinging on to positive territory and not much changed over the lunch time trading session, with a mildly firmer start on Wall Street providing little additional impetus.
[28 Mar '11]Miners are holding back the FTSE 100, which is up by just a few points despite some well-received company updates.
[28 Mar '11]It's been a very quiet start with little company news and more concern over the state of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. Latest reports suggest extremely high radiation levels have been detected in some buildings near the plant's number two reactor.
[28 Mar '11]2010 was a year of strong recovery for Lamprell, the provider of engineering services to the international oil and gas industry, with the strength of the oil price contributing to unprecedented levels of enquiries.
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