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Tue, 18th Aug 2009 16:36
A poor performance from mining and financial stocks ensured that Footsie ended with triple-digit losses. Insurer Prudential, which saw a surge in US business but posted a fall in UK sales, was a heavy faller. The Pru lifted group-wide retail sales by 10% to £699m in the third quarter thanks largel
Read moreThe list of blue chip fallers is littered with miners as the dollar's ongoing recovery sends commodity prices lower. Xstrata, Lonmin, Kazakhmys and Rio Tinto are nursing losses, while a fall in oil prices towards $78 a barrel has hurt Petrofac, BP and Shell. Insurer Prudential fell as a 22% dive i
Read moreMiners and financials remain a dead weight around Footsie's neck, but elsewhere, leading shares are slowly beginning to claw back losses. Prudential, which saw a surge in US business but posted a fall in UK sales, is still among the heaviest fallers. The Pru lifted group-wide retail sales by 10% to
Read moreA poor performance from US shares dragged Footsie into the red and the leading index finished the day with substantial losses. Retailers were out of sorts despite some moderately optimistic news from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) concerning retail sales. The BRC said annual retail sales growt
Read moreLeading shares remain mixed, with the Footsie easing back into the red over the lunchtime session. Retailers are out of sorts despite some moderately optimistic news from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) concerning retail sales. The BRC said annual retail sales growth in September accelerated to
Read moreThe Footsie has crawled into positive territory, helped by miners recovering from their weak opening. Kazakhmys is the pick of the sector after revealing it is in talks with the China Development Bank and JSC Sovereign Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna regarding a potential corporate loan facility of aroun
Read moreFootsie closed near a session high on Wednesday as London's top stocks continued to add to gains in afternoon trade, with banks among the best performers. Lloyds Banking finished up more than 6%, closely followed by fellow part-nationalised lender Royal Bank of Scotland . The FSA unveiled a new co
Read moreLondon is clinging onto positive territory as Wall Street gears up for a slow start ahead of tonight's Federal Reserve policy statement. Banks continue to do well. Royal Bank of Scotland agreed to sell its Pakistan unit to MCB Bank for $87m (£53m). The UK lender, 70%-owned by the British governmen
Read moreFriends Provident has finally succumbed to the overtures of Clive Cowdery's consolidation vehicle Resolution, but investors are already trying to guess who the insurance guru will target next. Although it took several attempts to nail the £1.86bn deal with Britain's sixth-largest life group, the f
Read moreStrong results from International Power have jolted the electricity sector higher. The power generator reported a rise in profit in the six month period, thanks to improved contributions from Australia and Asia. It is the strongest riser in the sector, with fellow electricity stocks such as Scottis
Read moreLondon's blue chips have opened stronger than expected higher on a couple of decent results and the confirmation of Friends Provident's and Resolution's tie-up. Clive Cowdery's insurance investment vehicle Resolution will be catapulted into the FTSE 100 index after life insurer Friends Provident ac
Read moreLondon's top stocks look set to open marginally higher with traders expecting Footsie to add 5 points in early trading. Clive Cowdery's insurance investment vehicle Resolution will be catapulted into the FTSE 100 index after life insurer Friends Provident accepted a new £1.86bn bid on Tuesday. Fr
Read moreClive Cowdery's insurance investment vehicle Resolution will be catapulted into the FTSE 100 index after life insurer Friends Provident accepted a new £1.86bn bid on Tuesday. Friends shareholders will get 0.9 Resolution shares for every Friends share held and may elect to receive 79.4p in cash for
Read moreFootsie fought to lift itself into the blue all day but remained in the red as banks and miners weigh on the index. Lloyds Banking, which is apparently mulling a £15bn fundraising to keep down the cost of insuring toxic debt with the Government, fell. Reports in the weekend press suggest the Treasu
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