

Leading shares are firmer on balance, helped by consumer confidence data that was not as bad as feared. Consultancy GfK´s consumer confidence gauge f...


African Barrick Gold: Canaccord Genuity cuts target from 440p to 380p, hold rating kept. Amlin: Morgan Stanley keeps overweight and 414p target. Che...


- Stocks surge on Chinese data - JPMorgan reports profit despite big trading loss - Moody's downgrades Italian credit rating Better-than-expected gro...


Electronics and maintenance products distributor Electrocomponents was higher after saying that sales in the three months to the end of June were at a...


- Chinese GDP beats forecasts - Moody's downgrades Italian rating - US stock futures edge higher on China European markets were trading broadly highe...


Aegis: Exane BNP Paribas downgrades to neutral, target upped from 220p to 240p; UBS downgrades to neutral, target upped from 195p to 240p; HSBC downgr...


- Chinese GDP beats forecasts - Moody's downgrades Italy - Mining stocks gain on improved demand outlook Burberry and the miners were performing well...


City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open up 28 points from yesterday's close of 5,608, gaining recently lost ground after China's latest GDP figure...