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Investors pocketed gains after an impressive autumn rally, though the decision was made easier by some disappointing corporate news, weak miners and negative broker comment on the insurance sector. The top 100 index fell back sharply from six-month highs, dropping below 5,680 at one point although
Read moreWith Wall Street tipped to open lower London's leading shares fell back further over the lunch time period, resulting in the Footsie subsiding below 5700. Cairn Energy tops the list of fallers after it failed to find a commercial discovery at either the T8-1 or T4-1 wells offshore Greenland. The c
Read moreFlowers and gifts retailer Flying Brands delivered a 12% hike in third quarter sales, helped by strong web sales, but warned that it continued to experience difficult trading conditions in its core bedding plants business. The group said it expected its unit Flowers Direct to post a small loss in
Read moreExpectations of a weak start on Wall Street have put the kybosh on any hopes of a recovery in London over the lunch time session, after leading shares endured a tough morning in the wake of downbeat statements from the Federal Reserve (last night) and the Bank of England (this morning). The Bank of
Read moreLondon has lurched lower still after the Bank of England lowered its forecasts for economic growth in 2011 while raising inflation expectations. The Bank is now predicting economic growth of 2.5% in 2011, down from a previous forecast of 3.4%. He predicted that inflation would remain above the 2%
Read moreFlowers and gifts retailer Flying Brands has cheered investors with half-year profit in line with expectations and the resumption of dividend payments. The company, which bought flower delivery firm Flowers Direct for nearly £3m in May, has also announced the purchase of London florist Drake Algar
Read moreMarketing services group Chime Communications expects operating income and operating profit to be ahead of both budget and market expectations. Image technology group OMG reported slightly higher half year pre-tax profits of £1.4m compared with £1.2m last time and said it is cautiously optimistic t
Read moreHuntsworth non-executive director Eugene Beard has taken his spending on the marketing services company's shares in the past year to nearly £186,000. Beard has bought a further 100,000 shares at 72.91p each. This is the highest price he has paid for the shares in the past year. The lowest buying p
Read moreLondon brought its two day losing streak to an end today, despite a mixed reception to the day's major company announcements and a disappointing set of inflation figures. A sharp rise in fuel costs was responsible for much of the acceleration in the inflation rate, which climbed to 3.4% from 3% in
Read moreThe blue-chip index shuffled sideways over the lunch time session with not even expectations of a firm opening on Wall Street encouraging buyers to commit further. Earlier in the day sentiment had received a knock from worse than expected inflation data. A sharp rise in fuel costs was responsible f
Read moreWorse than expected inflation figures gave the market pause for thought but leading equities have since recovered their poise and ended the morning session on an upward trend. A sharp rise in fuel costs was responsible for much of the acceleration in the inflation rate, which climbed to 3.4% from 3
Read moreFootsie has moved higher as retailers come into focus on a busy day on the company news front. Tesco reaffirmed its position as the UK's supermarket powerhouse as profits last year surged to nearly £3.2bn with underlying growth of more than 10%. Total sales in the year to end February rose by 6.8%
Read moreShares in flowers and gifts retailer Flying Brands slumped 26% after it warned that meeting company profit expectations for the year will be a considerable challenge, after continued pressure at its Garden division. The Jersey based mail order company reiterated that while trading overall had got o
Read moreFlowers and gifts retailer Flying Brands posted a profit before tax of £2.67m in 2009 compared to a loss of £11.91m. Like-for-like revenue in the Garden division rose 6% to £15.9m, with underlying operating profit up to £1.81m (2008: £1.31m). In the Gifts division, there was a little changed loss o
Read moreFootsie ended the day firmly in the red with low commodity prices helping to offset positive broker coverage. With the oil price below $80, oil titans Royal Dutch Shell and BP found themselves on traders' sell lists. BG Group also slipped even after HSBC upped its price target for the stock from 13
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