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Britain's FTSE supported by positive company updates

* FTSE 100 closes 0.2 pct higher * GKN rises after confident full-year outlook * BT Group up on Ofcom relief * Housebuilders down on price target cuts By Kit Rees LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index ended slightly higher on Tuesday, driven by gains

UPDATE 3-British oil major BP pursues new projects despite profit miss

* BP could sign off on three more projects this year -CEO * Q2 earnings $120 mln below analysts' expectations * Close to drawing a line under Deepwater Horizon liabilities (Recasts, add CEO comment, new projects, context, updates share price) By Karolin Schaps LONDON, Ju

WINNERS & LOSERS SUMMARY: BT Rises After Dodging Openreach Breakup

BUZZ-BP: Bottom of FTSE on Q2 miss

** Oil major BP's shares down 3 pct, bottom of the FTSE, after posting Q2 profit miss ** Q2 underlying replacement cost profit, co's preferred measure, falls 45 pct to $720 million, missing consensus of $840 mln ** Shares biggest drags on the FTSE and the Stoxx 600 in their worst day

Britain's FTSE boosted by BT and GKN

(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 0.2 pct * GKN rises after confident full-year outlook * BT Group up on Ofcom relief * Housebuilders down on p

BP profits plunge in second quarter

(ShareCast News) - BP underlying profits almost halved in the second quarter but the oil giant reduced the level of statutory losses for the first six months of the year and said it was drawing a line under the liabilities for the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster at $61.6bn. Maintaining its September

TOP NEWS: BP To Grow Production By 500,000 Barrels By End Of 2017

BP misses Q2 profit expectations as weak refining margins, oil price bite

LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) - British oil major BP reported lower-than-expected profit for the second quarter due to weak refining margins and oil prices, prompting another cut to its 2016 investment budget to below $17 billion. BP reported a second-quarter underlying replacement cost profit

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: FTSE 100 Drops As William Hill Supports FTSE 250

Sector movers: Oil companies and airlines under pressure

(ShareCast News) - London stock indices were held back on Monday as oil prices traded down towards their lowest levels in weeks. On the FTSE 100, Royal Dutch Shell and BP were lower as crude slumped below $44.00 on persistent oversupply concerns. Front-month Brent crude was down 1.4% to $45.03 b

Algeria's Tiguentourine gas plant ready for full production after 2013 attack

* Full production to coincide with Aug. 1 ceremony - source * Current production estimated at 16 mln cubic metres per day * Algeria a top gas supplier to Europe By Lamine Chikhi TIGUENTOURINE, Algeria, July 23 (Reuters) - Algeria's Tiguentourine gas plant is ready to come

PRESS: BP To Sell Stake In Major UK Pipeline As Part Of Shake-Up

UPDATE 1-Norway to examine competition conditions in oil industry

(Adds Statoil comment) OSLO, July 20 (Reuters) - Norway's competition watchdog will look into whether competition rules are being infringed in its oil industry, the industry ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry has asked the competition authority to provide a general description o

BP eyeing sale of U.K. oil terminals and pipeline stake -Telegraph

July 20 (Reuters) - British oil company BP Plc is selling off a string of fuel storage terminals as well as its stake in an big pipeline as part of a shake-up of its operations in the U.K. that affects around 350 jobs, The Daily Telegraph reported on Wednesday. The company is planning to of

Norway to examine competition conditions in oil industry

OSLO, July 20 (Reuters) - Norway's competition watchdog will look into whether competition rules are being infringed in the country's oil industry, the industry ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry has asked the competition authority to provide a "general description" of competitive con