(ShareCast News) - Every one of the FTSE 100 shares were in the red on Monday, as stock markets all belly flopped the world over, sparked by a dismal finish last week and a bad start from China on Monday morning. After falling more than 5% at one stage, the FTSE pared losses latter in the London
Read more(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 250 showed a few green islands of buoyant investor sentiment, compared to the red sea of the FTSE, though the index was well in negative territory on Monday like all its counterparts around the globe. By 1600, London's the mid-cap index was down 3.44% at 16,295.98 points.
Read more(ShareCast News) - Analysts at Societe Generale have upgraded Coca-Cola HB to 'hold' from 'sell' after the beverage company posted strong first half results. In a note, analyst Andrew Holland said Societe Generale has a 1,460p 12-month price target on the stock. Margin growth was forecast by Societ
Read more(ShareCast News) - The Financial Times' Lex said investors don't need to worry about bad publicly from Nestle's Indian noodle recall - yet. Lex said Nestle's locally listed subsidiary's shares had already recovered by about a third of their initial fall. At group level, the impact is heavily dilute
Read more(ShareCast News) - London's top flight index was up 0.3% at 6,593 at 1415 BST, recovering from two consecutive days of losses as worries about a slowdown in China abated. Coca-Cola HBC was the standout gainer after the bottling firm posted a 31.7% rise in first-half net profits to €125.2m, even as s
Read more(ShareCast News) - UK equities were on the front foot as China's central bank defended its devaluation of the yuan and as Greece delivered surprise economic growth in the second quarter. The People's Bank of China devalued the yuan for the third consecutive day on Thursday. The Bank set the parity r
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