Stocks were posting meaty gains heading into the weekend after four Eurozone countries banned short-selling banking stocks and strong retail sales in the US.
[12 Aug '11]UBS has upgraded its rating on pharmaceutical firm Shire from neutral to buy, saying that the recent retreat in the share price is an "ideal buying opportunity".
[12 Aug '11]Prime Markets has reiterated its buy rating on newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror after the News of the World demise boosted Sunday paper sales.
[12 Aug '11]London's leading share index is posting strong gains now, in line with mainland European bourses following the short selling ban.
[12 Aug '11]Shares picked up after a steep decline in the opening minutes, but the FTSE 100 was still trading 0.7% down by 08.39am, as London looks set to experience another day of volatile trade.
[12 Aug '11]Newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror was playing it coy on Friday in its interim results, alluding to 'changes to the national Sunday newspaper market' prompting 'considerable circulation volume growth' for its Sunday titles.
[12 Aug '11]Newspaper groups have been struggling recently with the weak advertising outlook seemingly getting worse and this trend is likely to warrant a mention in Trinity Mirror's trading update, particularly with regard to its local papers, where classified advertising business is defecting to the internet.
[11 Aug '11]The insurance sector interim results stream continues with figures from Standard Life on Thursday. Panmure Gordon, which thinks Standard Life is in a "period of change" is predicting operating profits of £209m and an interim dividend of 4.6p a share.
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