ShareCast News - Risers and Fallers

FTSE 250 movers: Ocado leaps on Morrison deal

Ocado Group shares leapt almost a third on Friday after Morrison Supermarkets confirmed the two are teaming up to launch its first shopping website in January next year. The partnership had been expected as the two have been in talks since Morrison announced it was moving online in its annual results in March. Online grocer Ocado will provide its technology, logistics and distribution operations to Morrison.
[Yesterday 15:30]

FTSE 100 movers: RBS rises into top spot on UBS comments

Banks were making a strong rise after UBS lifted its rating for the global banking sector from 'underweight' to 'overweight', saying that the operating environment is beginning to improve. In a research report titled 'Post-crisis banking', UBS said that the tone of its Global FID conference earlier this week was "neutral to slightly positive" and banks are starting to see "improving bottom-up trends". RBS led the risers, with Lloyds close behind.
[Yesterday 14:42]

FTSE 250 movers: Synthomer drops into bottom spot

Shares in chemicals company Synthomer dropped on Thursday after the company said demand in Europe was weaker than anticipated during March and April, driving the overall group performance lower.
[Thu 15:27]

FTSE 100 movers: Aviva leads the way higher on turnaround strategy

Insurance group Aviva, was leading the risers after it said it is delivering on its turnaround strategy.
[Thu 14:39]

FTSE 250 movers: Keller makes gains after beating expectations

Keller, the world's largest independent ground engineering specialist, sparked a share-price surge on Wednesday after saying that results so far this year have beaten its expectations despite mixed conditions worldwide. The company said that while economic conditions across global construction markets continue to be "varied", both revenue and profit in the first four months of 2013 was better than it expected at the time of announcing its full-year results in March.
[Wed 15:32]

FTSE 100 movers: easyJet rises after narrowing losses

easyJet narrowed its half-year losses as the low-cost airline took initiatives to boost revenues and cut costs.
[Wed 14:49]

FTSE 250 movers: ICAP rockets despite profits falling 20 per cent

ICAP's annual pre-tax profit fell 20 per cent to 284m pounds compared to the previous year as the broker was hit by the weak global economy, low interest rates and regulatory reforms. Nevertheless, that was 'in-line' with consensus expectations given company guidance in its recent trading statement. For their part, analysts at Credit Suisse saw "slightly better cost savings guidance for the fiscal year 2014", but expects only modest changes to consensus earnings as the compan
[Tue 15:26]

FTSE 100 movers: Severn Trent tops index after bid approach is confirmed

Severn Trent topped the leaderboard after it confirmed press speculation that it has received a bid approach from a consortium of investors, which is rumoured to value the UK utility company around 5.3bn pounds. In a statement released this morning, Severn Trent said it had received an approach with a view to making a proposal from Canadian infrastructure investor Borealis, the Kuwait Investment Office and Universities Superannuation Scheme.
[Tue 14:57]

FTSE 250 movers: Petropavlovsk rises on plans for cash savings

Petropavlovsk plans to make cash savings and cost cuts in response to volatility in gold prices. The Russia-focused miner said it has approved adjustments to its business plan this year, including estimated cash savings of 160m dollars to strengthen its financial position against falling commodity prices.
[Mon 15:54]

FTSE 100 movers: G4S in top spot after G8 contract win

G4S leapt into the top spot after winning a deal to provide security at the two day Northern Ireland G8 Summit in June. It will provide 450 staff members to give support to the police.
[Mon 15:23]



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