Barclays Share News (BARC)

Britain's FTSE falls as banks, miners slide

(G(ADVISORY- Follow European and UK stock markets in real time on the Reuters Live Markets blog on Eikon, see cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets)) * FTSE 100 down 0.2 pct * Banks, miners under pressure * Downgrades hit Ashtead, Carnival By Kit Rees LONDON, Dec

UPDATE 2-Deutsche Bank to pay more than $40 mln to settle dark pool cases

(Adds background on case, SEC comment) By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - A unit of Deutsche Bank AG conceded that it misled investors and violated securities laws and will pay more than $40 million to settle charges that it misinformed clients about how it routed order

Britain's FTSE ends higher led by banks, Centrica

(ADVISORY- Follow European and UK stock markets in real time on the Reuters Live Markets blog on Eikon, see cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets) Adds closing prices) * FTSE 100 up 0.7 pct * Precious metals miners slump * Banks rally after Fed rate hike * Centrica jum

Britain's FTSE slips as gold miners drop, banks firm

(ADVISORY- Follow European and UK stock markets in real time on the Reuters Live Markets blog on Eikon, see cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets) * FTSE 100 down 0.2 pct * Precious metals miners slump * Banks rally after Fed rate hike * Centrica jumps after lifting ear

Wednesday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Hargreaves: Barclays reiterates overweight with a target price of 1560p. Barclays: Exane BNP Paribas downgrades to neutral, 245p target. Domino's Pizza: Berenberg reiterates buy with a 425p target. Booker: Goldman Sachs reiterates buy with a 200p target. Paysafe: Barclays keeps

BoE raises prospect of lower capital requirements for small banks

By Huw Jones LONDON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Britain's new banks are likely to obtain relief on the amount of capital they must hold to cover the risk of default on home loans, a top Bank of England official said on Wednesday. Though 20 so-called challenger banks have entered the market in

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Stocks End Down; Fed Expected To Lift US Rates

Broker tips: B&M, Capita, Barclays

(ShareCast News) - B&M European Value Retail's shares received a boost on Wednesday after Canaccord Genuity raised its rating on the stock to 'buy' from 'hold' and lifted the target price to 295p from 265p. Canaccord said it remains positive on the variety retailer's UK prospects and is "sanguine" o

Barclays slumps as Exane downgrades rating to 'neutral'

(ShareCast News) - Barclays shares were under pressure on Wednesday as Exane downgraded the stock to 'neutral' from 'outperform' but raised the target price to 245p from 228p. Exane said it had become more positive on Barclays earlier in the year due to an improved capital outlook after being "cau

LONDON BRIEFING: Micro Focus And Dixons Carphone Top And Tail FTSE 100

Monday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Greencore: Berenberg reiterates buy with a target price of 350p. Talk Talk: UBS reiterates neutral, 160p target. Barclays: JP Morgan reiterates neutral with a 215p target. Bunzl: Deutsche Bank reiterates buy with a 2450p target. Old Mutual: Barclays downgrades to equal-weight w

UPDATE 2-Britain's finance watchdog checks on home loan market competition

(Adds industry reaction) By Huw Jones LONDON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Britain's financial watchdog has launched a full review of the 1.3 trillion pound ($1.6 trillion) mortgage market to see if customers could get better deals and whether links between industry players limit choice. Read more

Barclays sells French retail banking business to AnaCap

(ShareCast News) - Barclays has agreed to sell its French retail banking, wealth and investment management business to private equity group AnaCap for an undisclosed fee. AnaCap, which has been in exclusive talks over the disposal since the end of April (http://www.digitallook.com/news/news-and-anno

Private equity firm AnaCap to buy Barclays' French retail banking business

PARIS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners said on Monday it had signed an agreement with Barclays to acquire its French retail banking business after the bank completed consultations with employees. AnaCap Financial Partners said it aims to build a leading inde

UPDATE 1-UK watchdog defers decision on deadline for PPI claims against banks

(Adds Bailey interview) By Huw Jones LONDON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Britain's financial services industry regulator has delayed its final decision on setting a deadline for consumers to claim compensation for being mis-sold debt repayment insurance. Banks including Lloyds and RBS hav