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The early optimism faded in late morning trade, with the Footsie now trading nearly 1% lower despite a positive start early on, after an Italian bond sale saw significantly higher yields than last month's. Meanwhile, investors will still be digesting the latest shake-ups in Italian and Greek politic
Read moreBarclays: Goldman Sachs cuts to sell from neutral. BG Group: Evolution Securities keeps buy recommendation and 1,800p target. BG Group: Nomura maintains buy and 1,750p target. ITV: Peel Hunt retains buy and 73p target. ITV: Investec maintains hold rating and 55p target. Cairn Energy: UBS cuts
Read moreJust four stocks finished in the red in London as the Footsie closed 1.85% higher, near its highest levels of the day. Sentiment was given a lift around midday after positive newsflow out of Italy and some encouraging economic data from the US. ITALIAN YIELDS DOWN; US DATA PROVIDES A LIFT Italy's
Read moreLondon's blue chips were on the rise in the opening minutes following on from moderate gains seen on Wall Street last night and in Asian markets this morning. News of a new national unity government in Italy and the revealing of a new Greek prime minister has calmed fears slightly elsewhere in the E
Read moreBarclays Bank is to sell the management company and associated companies which form Barclays Capital's management buy-out business, Barclays Private Equity, to its management team. The management team will then re-launch the business as Equistone Partners Europe. In a statement, the firm said: "E
Read moreThe top share index in London finished at its lowest levels of the day on Wednesday afternoon, as worries over the dire financial situation in Italy caused a mass sell-off across all European markets. The same worries also dampened sentiment in the US, with the three Wall Street benchmarks dropping
Read moreDespite a modest start, the Footsie took a tumble during morning trade and stood at its lowest levels of the day by lunchtime, as the focus turned to Italy's soaring borrowing costs. Financials were leading the decline on the blue chip index. ITALIAN BOND YIELDS KEEP ON RISING Yields on benchmark
Read moreIn a speech on Thursday, Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond gave his strongest endorsement yet of the government's economic policy, saying it had saved Britain from having to pay far higher rates to borrow on international markets."I know it's oversimplified, but if the UK government had to pay 6%
Read moreBThe Footsie fell lower on Thursday morning, with investors keeping a cautious eye on developments in the Eurozone, as the G20 Summit begins to heat up in Cannes. GREEK ROWS ONGOING It's now make-or-break time for Greek prime minister George Papandreou, after German chancellor Angela Merkel and Fr
Read moreWith a surprise referendum vote on the Greek bail-out announced, a mass sell-off was seen in stock markets across the globe on Tuesday, not helped by some worrying manufacturing data at home and away. The Footsie may have finished some 78 points off its intraday lows, but that wasn't enough to pul
Read moreMan Group was heading lower despite Credit Suisse reiterating its outperform rating and 235p target on the stock. The stock has been contaminated by association with its former subsidiary, US futures broker MF Global, which applied for bankruptcy yesterday. Barclays was close behind after UBS downg
Read moreAfter factoring in a target price upgrade, UBS has downgraded its rating for Barclays from buy to neutral, saying that the upside is now more modest. "Post Q3, we have modestly upgraded our full year estimates (+2%) but subsequent years are broadly unchanged. While we exclude the pension fund defic
Read moreNews that Greece is to hold a referendum on its latest bailout package and some worrying economic data at home and away rattled the markets on Tuesday, with the Footsie dropping close to 3%, while other European benchmarks fell by between 4% and 5%. GREEK REFERENDUM SCARES MARKETS The decision by
Read moreAfter factoring in a target price upgrade, UBS has downgraded its rating for Barclays from buy to neutral, saying that the upside is now more modest. "Post Q3, we have modestly upgraded our full year estimates (+2%) but subsequent years are broadly unchanged. While we exclude the pension fund defic
Read moreMan Group: Credit Suisse reiterates outperform rating and 235p target. Barclays: UBS downgrades from buy to neutral, target raised from 208p to 215p. Barclays: Investec keeps buy rating and 330p target. Legal & General: Nomura keeps buy rating and 180p target. Legal & General: Investec keeps sel
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