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Sector movers: Aerospace & Defence and Oil & Gas drag market lower

Thu, 16th Feb 2017 14:53

(ShareCast News) - Stocks in the aerospace and defence space bore the brunt of selling after Cobham warned on profits for the fifth time in just over a year.The FTSE 250 aerospace and defence group took a total of £179m in charges, including £150m from the KC-46 air tanker contract with Boeing, which together reflect increased estimates of costs to complete contracts and, in some cases, lower recovery from customers.The news sent its shares crashing lower by 15.36%.In parallel, BP and Royal Dutch Shell weighed on the Oil&Gas space after going ex-dividend.Going the other way, interest rate-sensitive defensive issues were in greatest demand as markets came under pressure from profit-taking following their recent strong run.Pharmaceuticals led the pack, with stock in Shire putting in the best performance after the drugs firm reported fourth quarter sales and earnings that printed ahead of analysts' forecasts.Revenues for the quarter came in £3.81bn, versus the consensus $3.77bn, while earnings per share of $3.37 beat the forecast $3.24.Shares in Vectura also did well after the firm said it hit its royalty cap on sales of GlaxoSmithKline´s Ellipta range of products in 2016, one year ahead of forecasts.The value of the cap was equivalent to £9.0m.Among non-life inusrers, it was Lancashire Holdings which did best after it reporting that its bottom line held up in 2016.Lancashire did caution that "market conditions remain difficult for the foreseeable future" but said it was confident about 2017.As of 1605 GMT the yield on the benchmark 10-year Gilt was off by three basis points to 1.27%.Top performing sectors so far todayPharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 13,935.14 +1.00%Forestry & Paper 19,905.47 +0.98%Fixed Line Telecommunications 3,585.48 +0.74%Insurance (non-life) 2,816.43 +0.61%Mobile Telecommunications 4,451.25 +0.58%Bottom performing sectors so far todayAerospace and Defence 4,608.01 -2.01%Oil & Gas Producers 7,886.91 -1.57%Automobiles & Parts 8,103.74 -1.08%Chemicals 12,543.89 -1.02%Electricity 9,029.89 -0.92%
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17 Aug 2016 08:28

UPDATE 2-Cobham CEO to be replaced by Laird boss by end of year

(Adds analyst comment, share price) LONDON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Struggling British aerospace and defence company Cobham said on Wednesday that Chief Executive Bob Murphy would step down by the end of the year and be succeeded by David Lockwood, current boss of technology company Laird. Read more

17 Aug 2016 07:43

Cobham CEO to step down, to be replaced by Laird boss

(ShareCast News) - Aerospace and defence group Cobham said chief executive officer Bob Murphy will step down from his role by the end of 2016 to pursue other opportunities and will be succeeded by David Lockwood no later than 1 January 2017. Lockwood is currently CEO of FTSE 250 technology company L

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17 Aug 2016 06:15

Cobham CEO to be replaced by Laird boss by end of year

LONDON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - British aerospace and defence company Cobham said on Wednesday its chief executive Bob Murphy will step down by the end of the year and be succeeded by David Lockwood, the current boss of technology company Laird . Cobham said Murphy was leaving "to pursue other o

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17 Aug 2016 06:13

TOP NEWS: Cobham Replaces Chief Executive With Laird Boss

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16 Aug 2016 11:38

Tuesday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Investec: UBS reiterates buy with a target price of 550p. Hastings: Berenberg maintains buy with a 234p target. Auto Trader: Goldman Sachs reiterates buy with a 445p target. Smiths Group: HSBC stays at hold with a 1300p target. Rightmove: Goldman Sachs keeps at neutral with a t

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15 Aug 2016 10:25

Broker tips: Persimmon, Restaurant Group, Cobham

(ShareCast News) - UK housebuilding shares have fallen 25% since Britain voted to leave the European Union and the sector has priced in a 5% drop in house prices, J.P. Morgan Cazenove said on Monday "However, while we think it's prudent to assume that transaction numbers will fall during 2017 (altho

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15 Aug 2016 09:10

Barclays downgrades Cobham to 'equalweight'

(ShareCast News) - Barclays downgraded Cobham to 'equalweight' from 'overweight' saying it expects several unquantifiable bumps along the way in the next six months and sees cleaner yet equally compelling value to be had elsewhere in its coverage. The bank said that while the logic behind rebalancin

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15 Aug 2016 07:11

LONDON BRIEFING: William Hill Rejects Another Rank-888 Takeover Bid

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10 Aug 2016 11:00

Broker tips: Cobham, Worldpay, Rolls-Royce

(ShareCast News) - Exane BNP Paribas downgraded Cobham to 'underperform' from 'neutral' and cut the price target to 140p from 143p, highlighting lingering doubts following the company's first-half results last week. The bank said sales and trading profit in H1 were broadly in line with consensus. "

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10 Aug 2016 09:11

Exane downgrades Cobham after H1 results

(ShareCast News) - Exane BNP Paribas downgraded Cobham to 'underperform' from 'neutral' and cut the price target to 140p from 143p, highlighting lingering doubts following the company's first-half results last week. The bank said sales and trading profit in H1 were broadly in line with consensus. "

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10 Aug 2016 08:35

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: Panmure Raises RSA Insurance To Buy From Hold

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5 Aug 2016 08:31

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: S&P And Shore Upgrade Aviva After Strong Half

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4 Aug 2016 09:57

UPDATE 1-Cobham seen facing battle to hit full-year targets

* H1 trading profit sinks 36 pct, as expected * Says on track to meet FY expectations * Counting on H2 to deliver 70 pct of annual trading profit * Shares fall as much as 9 pct (Adds CEO comments, analyst comments, share price) By Sarah Young LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters

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4 Aug 2016 08:36

Cobham slumps as it swings to first-half loss

(ShareCast News) - Shares in Cobham tumbled on Thursday after the FTSE 250 aerospace and defence group said it swung to a loss in the first half and cut its interim dividend. For the six months to the end of June, the company posted a pre-tax loss of £38m from a profit of £4m the year before as reve

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4 Aug 2016 07:40

BUZZ-Cobham: H1 profit drop hurts stock

** Aerospace and defence company Cobham's shares down 7.6 pct, near the bottom of the Stoxx, after saying H1 trading profit fell ** Co says H1 trading profit fell 36 pct to 102 mln stg, reiterates FY outlook ** Worst day for shares since April, when co launched an emergency rights is

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