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Leading shares have continued yesterday's rally after decent economic data out of China this morning. China's official purchasing managers' index rose to 51.7 in August from a 17-month low of 51.2 in July, causing an improvement in commodity prices and overall sentiment. Australian stock markets w
Read moreTroubled oil giant BP has raised more than $400m (£260m) through the sale of two of its interests in Malaysia to help meet its bill for the Gulf of Mexico disaster. The oil group's 15% interest in downstream businesses Ethylene Malaysia and 60% stake in Polyethylene Malaysia are being sold to Petro
Read moreFears of a new slide in house prices emerged yesterday amid signs that the economy is sagging again, the Times reports. First-time buyers are finding it harder to get on to the property ladder than at any point for a quarter of a century because they need to raise larger deposits and borrow more mo
Read moreLeading equities trod water for the afternoon session consolidating strong gains made in the morning. Hopes that the US Federal Reserve will introduce new economic stimulus measures this week played well with the financial sector, with the likes of fund managers Schroders and St. James's Place and
Read moreFootsie hit its peak at around 10:00am and has been moving sideways ever since on a relatively quiet day for corporate news. In a buoyant insurance sector Prudential is firmer prior to Thursday's results while Aviva is lifted by Panmure Gordon raising its price target from 496p to 535p. Reboundi
Read moreFootsie is powering forward on the back of strong performances from financials and miners. Lonmin and Kazakhmys are the best performing miners, while among financials the stand-out stocks are spread around the insurance (Legal & General, Prudential), banking (Barclays), fund management (Schroders )
Read moreA late rally in the US on Friday has helped Footsie rebound through 5,400 again. International Power is the best performer on widespread reports it will reveal a merger with French utility GDF Suez. That should trigger a £1.3bn windfall for International Power shareholders. The deal is expected to
Read moreA late rally in the US on Friday should be enough to get London back within spitting distance of 5,400. Wall Street added almost 100 points after the FTSE 100 stopped trading for the weekend. Futures prices indicate an early 59-point advance. BP's "static kill" and cementing procedures at the brok
Read moreBP's "static kill" and cementing procedures at the broken MC252 well have been "successful", stopping oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico, the company confirmed Monday as the cost of the spill topped $6bn. The first of two relief wells should also make contact with the original well on 15 August,
Read moreThe Bank of England has warned Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland that they could face penalties from Brussels if there was an extension of the special funding scheme put in place during the financial crisis. The Bank believes that such an extension could break European Union state aid rules, becaus
Read moreThe disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has cost BP's top five executives £30m, an analysis of the oil group's accounts shows. The personal losses have been triggered by the plunge in the group's share price, which has fallen by a third since the Gulf well ruptured. The fall has wiped out t
Read moreLondon's leading share index gave up a brief rally to close in the red after a jittery day in which well-received company results were overshadowed by disappointing US unemployment figures. The economy shed 131,000 jobs in July, according to figures from the Labor Department, with 143,000 public se
Read moreBP moved another step closer to ending the Gulf of Mexico oil spill by completing cementing operations at the MC252 well, part of the "static kill" procedure. The oil giant, which began the operation earlier this week by pumping mud into the broken well, was given clearance to begin cementing yeste
Read moreRoyal Bank of Scotland is today expected to announce the sale of the UK's leading credit card payment processing business to private equity in a £2bn ($3.18bn) deal expected to generate an £800m to £900m book gain. People close to the transaction said RBS hoped to announce the sale of its Global Me
Read moreBlue chips closed lower on a mixed day for company results. Insurers rose on the back of figures from Aviva and RSA, but banks slipped back on Barclays' numbers. Disappointing unemployment data from the US also undermined confidence, while the decision from the Bank of England and ECB to keep inter
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