
Travel stocks were among the best performers as investors continued to search for bargains after recent Ebola-related weakness in the sector. TUI Travel, Intercontinental Hotels, Carnival, IAG and Easyjet were putting in decent gains, with the latter two being helped by positive comments from Morgan
Lloyds may have passed the Europe-wide stress tests, but the UK's own bank-health checks may be an issue, according to broker Jefferies which downgraded the stock from 'hold' to 'underperform' on Monday. The broker reckons that Lloyds is now "at risk" ahead of the Prudential Regulation Authority's f
UK stocks had erased early gains by Monday lunchtime as ongoing concerns about Germany and the health of the wider Eurozone economy weighed on sentiment. The FTSE 100 was down 0.2% at 6,377 by midday, pulling back sharply after having touched an intraday high of 6,443.76 in early deals. News that G
Despite ongoing concerns about the spread of Ebola and its effect on tourism, Morgan Stanley has recommended investors to buy shares of UK-listed airline peers Easyjet, Ryanair and IAG, hailing the companies' fundamentals. The bank has reiterated its 'overweight' rating on each stock, and lifted its