Jefferies has downgraded its rating for pay-TV and broadband provider British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) from 'hold' to 'underperform' and slashed its target price from 700p to 650p.
[29 Nov '12]UK equities opened strongly on Thursday morning with mining stocks leading the risers on the back of optimism that US policy-makers will eventually agree on a deal to avert the 'fiscal cliff'.
[29 Nov '12]Aberdeen Asset Management: Morgan Stanley raises target price from 365p to 375p; keeping an overweight rating.
[29 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]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]Antofagasta, Avocet, Bank of Georgia, Barratt, BG, BSkyB, BT, CWC, Circle, Continental Coal, Cookson, Debenhams, Dixons, Domino's, Eros, Hunting, Kier, Lloyds, M&S, Mondi, Morrison, New Britain, Next, Restaurant, Shell
[1 Nov '12]