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UK MORNING BRIEFING: Shares Mixed As BAT Weighs On FTSE 100

PRESS: BP Scores Rare Win In Gulf Of Mexico Legal Battle - Telegraph

UK Earnings, Trading Statements Calendar - Week Ahead

UK Earnings, Trading Statements Calendar - Week Ahead

London midday: ECB stimulus hopes lift stocks, but earnings reports mixed

Decent gains in the financial, energy and retail sectors helped the FTSE 100 rise strongly on Tuesday, despite some mixed blue-chip earnings and economic data from China. Also helping sentiment were reports that the European Central Bank is considering buying corporate bonds on the secondary market.

BUZZ-Total returns

** Buying and holding Total shares since the day Christophe de Margerie took over as CEO would have pocketed a 23.3 pct return, assuming dividends were re-invested. Chart: http://link.reuters.com/zyb33w ** de Margerie's reign covered the spike in crude oil to nearly $150/brl, the 2008 fina

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: ASOS Back In Style Despite Profit Fall

London midday: Oil stocks lead UK markets lower

Anyone hoping for a positive start to the week on the stock market following the recent volatility would have been disappointed on Monday as UK equities suffered more steep falls. London's FTSE 100 was trading 0.8% lower at 6,259 by midday with energy stocks leading the fallers as oil prices weakene

Azerbaijan sees fall in oil sector's contribution to GDP

BAKU, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Oil-rich Azerbaijan has calculated next year's budget based on an oil price of $90 per barrel, down from $100 this year, and predicted a significant fall in the sector's contribution to gross domestic product. The draft 2015 budget approved by the government and sub

UPDATE 1-BP to restart North Sea gas field half-owned by Iran

(Adds background) LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - BP will restart the Rhum gas field in the UK North Sea, half-owned by Iran's National Oil Company, four years after the field was shut down due to Western sanctions, a BP spokesman said on Friday. Production from the field, which supplied 4

BP to restart North Sea gas field half-owned by Iran

LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - BP will restart the Rhum gas field in the UK North Sea, half-owned by Iran's National Oil Company, four years after the field was shut down due to Western sanctions, a BP spokesman said on Friday. Production from the field, which supplied 4 percent to 5 percent of

London midday: Oil stocks boost markets as sentiment recovers, Rolls-Royce drops

UK stocks staged a partial recovery on Friday following a turnaround in sentiment on Wall Street, with oil producers leading the upside after a bounce in oil prices from their recent lows. The FTSE 100 was up 0.8% at 6,245 by midday. On the face of it, a 0.8% gain on the FTSE 100 would otherwise be

UPDATE 1-Rosneft says projects economically viable even if oil price slips further

(Adds details, background) MOSCOW, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Russia's Rosneft, the world's biggest listed oil producer by output, said on Friday the fall in oil prices was not critical for the company and it saw "no reason for concern". "The company's projects remain economically viable at p

London open: UK stocks attempt to rebound after recent falls

UK stock markets recovered slightly on Friday morning as investors looked for bargains in the aftermath of recent volatility, which sent equities to a 16-month low the previous session London's FTSE 100 index was up 0.7% at 6,242 in early deals. Rolls-Royce and Travis Perkins were both trading in th

Rosneft says projects economically viable even if oil price slips further

MOSCOW, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Russia's Rosneft, the world's biggest listed oil producer by output, said on Friday the fall in oil prices was not critical for the company and it saw "no reason for concern". "The company's projects remain economically viable at prices much lower than current lev