Barclays Share News (BARC)

Wednesday tips round-up: Barclays, Merlin Entertainments

Sentiment may have turned on shares of Barclays. The stock has risen 15% over the last six months, outperforming other UK banks and its universal European peers. Hence, the lender's stock now changes hands at 0.8 times book value, versus 0.6 times before. But a vote of confidence from investors woul

Broker tips: StanChart, Barclays, ITV, Rightmove

Standard Chartered's annual results missed analysts' forecasts by a long way on Wednesday, though the market gave a warm welcome to the 2014 report with Shore Capital choosing to keep its 'buy' recommendation. Analyst Gary Greenwood said: "The introduction of more aggressive action on costs and capi

UBS cuts Barclays target price but re-rating still expected

UBS has trimmed its target price for Barclays from 305p to 295p following the bank's results this week, but kept a 'buy' stance on the stock telling investors to expect a "continued re-rating". The stock's current valuation remains "unchallenging", according to UBS. It said Barclays delivered a mix

Wednesday broker round-up

Electrocomponents: Peel Hunt takes up to a buy. Pearson: Morgan Stanley keeps at overweight, target reiterated at 1,500p. StanChart: Shore Capital stays at buy. Moneysupermarket: UBS lifts to buy, raises target to 260p from 240p. Rightmove: Citi raises to neutral. Barclays: Deutsche keeps at buy

Share PLC Profit Down As Predicted, But Buoyed By New Barclays Contract

UK BROKER RATINGS: Numis Upgrades ITV To Buy From Add

MARKET COMMENT: London Pointed Higher, ITV Proposes Special Dividend

MARKET COMMENT: London Stocks To Open Higher Ahead Of Services PMI

UK Dividends Calendar - Week Ahead

3RD UPDATE: Barclays Hit By New Provisions, Investment Bank Shrinkage

London close: Mixed data, weak earnings pull FTSE below 6,900

A mixed batch of economic data and weak corporate earnings gave investors the excuse to take profits on Tuesday, as markets continued to retreat from their recent record highs. London's FTSE 100, which had started the day in positive territory, swung sharply into the red by mid-morning and extended

UK Dividends Calendar - Week Ahead

UPDATE 3-Barclays will cut investment bank again if performance doesn't improve

* Bank takes 750 mln stg extra provision for FX probe * 2014 profit including charges, costs down 21 pct at 2.3 bln stg * Aiming for FX deal with as many agencies as possible * Shares down 3 pct (Recasts with CEO comments) By Steve Slater and Matt Scuffham LONDON,

Bank of England hires lead managers for 2015's 3-year USD bond

LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - The Bank of England said on Tuesday that it had hired Barclays, J.P. Morgan , Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley as lead managers for a three-year U.S. dollar bond issue. The BoE said in a statement it expected to execute the transaction in the coming weeks. The sa

UPDATE 1-UK to introduce new senior banker vetting rules from March 2016

(Adds detail, background) By Huw Jones LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - Britain's new rules for vetting and making senior bankers directly accountable for their actions will take effect from March next year, financial services minister Andrea Leadsom said on Tuesday. The new rules, t