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LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks Higher; Aviva Up But Smith & Nephew Down

Oil major Total looking to buy assets, as costs savings lift its profits

PARIS, Feb 9 (Reuters) - French oil major Total said it is hunting out opportunities to buy plumb assets from struggling rivals after it reported better-than-expected fourth quarter net profits, thanks to costs savings that enabled it to raise its dividend. Total rewarded shareholders with

Britain's FTSE steadies as housebuilders offset weaker commodities

* FTSE 100 ends flat * Housing stocks rally * Energy shares, miners weak (Recasts, adds detail and updates prices at close) By Kit Rees and Atul Prakash LONDON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index steadied on Wednesday, underperforming European peers, as a drop i

Sector movers: Drop in bond yields sees interest rate-sensitive names gain

(ShareCast News) - Homebuilders and food processors were again at the top of the leaderboard on Wednesday, alongside interest rate-sensitive issues such as telecoms outfit Vodafone and utilities. Banks on the other hand retreated precisely due to the fall in benchmark Gilt yields. To take note of i

Wednesday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - RBS: Deutsche Bank upgrades to hold with a target price of 220p. DCC: JP Morgan reiterates overweight, 8160p target. Rolls Royce: JP Morgan reiterates neutral with a 740p target. Ascential: Deutsche Bank stays at buy with a 300p target. Aberdeen Asset Management: RBC upgrades t

Britain's FTSE steadies as stronger miners offset weaker oils

(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 trades flat * Mining stocks track metals prices * Energy shares down as oil slips By Atul Prakash LONDON,

Strong earnings boost European shares, but France lags

* Pan-European STOXX 600 index ends up 0.3 pct * France's CAC falls 0.5 pct, led by BNP Paribas * AMS, GEA surge after well-received results * Q4 earning season delivered solid results so far - DB * Oil stocks fall after BP misses estimates (Adds details, closing prices)

Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Cracks weighed down by heavy Atlantic basin stocks

LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Gasoline refining margins in northwest Europe tracked lower U.S. gasoline prices, as rising stock levels in Atlantic basin weighed. * U.S. gasoline futures fell over 2 percent on Tuesday, outpacing declines in crude futures. * U.S. gasoline stocks rose by alm

Britain's FTSE rises, boosted by weak sterling, DCC

* FTSE 100 up 0.2 percent at close * UK mid caps mark record closing level * Services company DCC top of blue-chip index * BP flounders after profit slumps (Adds detail, updates prices at close) By Kit Rees and Helen Reid LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - British shares ro

Crude cargo lawsuit drags BP's oil trading division into the red

LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - BP's oil trading business, one of the biggest in the sector, reported a rare loss in the fourth quarter after it lost a $70 million lawsuit over an oil cargo delivered to a Moroccan refinery. BP's Chief Financial Officer Brian Gilvary said due to flat trading posit

Mining stocks upstage oil as investors scour for reflation trades

* Mining stocks began outperforming late 2016 * Fundamentals stronger for mining versus oil - analysts * European oil vs mining, monthly returns http://reut.rs/2jGqkBV * BP, Statoil shares hit by earnings disappointment By Vikram Subhedar and Barbara Lewis LONDON/CAP

REFILE-BUZZ-BP trading unit makes loss in fourth quarter

(Refiles to amend typo in final bullet point) Feb 7 (Reuters) - * BP's trading unit made a loss in Q4, mainly due to an unnamed disputed contract * Remarks were made by BP's Chief Financial Officer Brian Gilvary after Q4 results publication * Energy trading business exceeded

BP may 'incrementally' increase U.S. shale portfolio -CEO

LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - BP is looking at ways to incrementally increase its footprint in U.S. shale oil and gas production, its Chief Executive Officer Bob Dudley said on Tuesday. Dudley said the company will use "a lot of discipline" in investments in the sector as asset prices are high.

Britain's FTSE rises, boosted by weak sterling, housebuilders

(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 up 0.5 percent * Services company DCC top of blue-chip index * Housebuilders bounce back as government report expected

UPDATE 2-BP lifts break-even oil price after profit miss

* Lowest annual profit in at least a decade * Raises breakeven oil price to around $60 per barrel * Expects production to rise in 2017 * OPEC cuts to have limited impact on BP in Abu Dhabi (Recasts, adds details, analyst quote, share price) By Karolin Schaps and Ron Bous