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London close: Footsie finishes above 6,000

Fri, 24th Dec 2010 12:55

A late spurt by Footsie in the truncated afternoon trading session did the headline writers a favour and pushed the blue-chip index above the 6,000 level. Trading volumes were low, and corporate news was as thin as the veneer of snow still covering large parts of Britain.Struggling sportswear retailer JJB Sports did its best to inject a bit of excitement into proceedings with details of short term funding plans and changes at the top. It has the support of major shareholders for a placing and open offer of shares at 5p each to raise £31.5m. As reported in the press, restructuring specialist Mike McTighe, currently the chairman of Pace, Volex and WYG, will take over as chairman from John Clare, who has been in the chair for less than a year. Trading has remained tough, with the recent poor weather conditions adding to woes. On a like-for-like (excluding VAT) basis, revenue for the period 2 August 2010 to 19 December was 1.6% higher than for the same period last year. Total group revenue for the same period was up 1.0% year-on-year. Management has been encouraged, however, by the performance of six of its recently refurbished stores and, importantly, still has the support of major suppliers such as Adidas and Nike.Randgold Resources was the worst performer as it fell back in line with the price of gold.Lloyd's insurer Chaucer now expects to lose $20m (£13m) as a result of the New Zealand earthquake, up sharply from initial estimates.Property group Segro has completed the sale of the Treforest Industrial Estate near Cardiff to Hansteen Property Unit Trust (HPUT) for £27.7m. The Treforest Industrial Estate comprises 124 properties with a total lettable area of 85,300 sq m. It currently has a vacancy rate of 25% and a weighted average unexpired term certain of 4.2 years.Avocet Mining has signed a binding agreement for the conditional sale of its South East Asian assets to J&Partners, a private Cayman Islands company, for $200m cash.Media Corp has seen the best start to a year ever for its online advertising arm, Eyeconomy, with the company describing business as "exceptionally strong".Drug research group Cyprotex reports solid progress following the integration of Apredica and Cellumen, with full year results for the period ended 30 December to be in line with market expectations.Oil and gas company investor Westmount Energy is to return 45p per share or £3.4m in total through a B share issue. The cash return is worth more than half of its market value at last night's close.Indian investment group Hirco has confirmed chairman Niranjan Hiranandani has stepped down while enquiries by the Indian Central Bureau of Investigation into allegations of irregularities in the handling of employees' provident funds for other Indian companies are underway. Potash mining group Sirius Minerals has acquired a further 1445 net mineral acres of lease areas adjacent to its existing properties in North Dakota.FTSE 100 - RisersResolution Ltd. (RSL) 239.50p +2.00%Next (NXT) 2,047.00p +1.99%Smith & Nephew (SN.) 686.00p +1.93%Schroders (Non-Voting) (SDRC) 1,502.00p +1.56%Fresnillo (FRES) 1,607.00p +1.45%Schroders (SDR) 1,900.00p +1.39%International Power (IPR) 448.60p +1.29%Kingfisher (KGF) 267.00p +1.25%Tesco (TSCO) 439.00p +1.25%BG Group (BG.) 1,337.50p +1.21%FTSE 100 - FallersRandgold Resources Ltd. (RRS) 5,265.00p -4.27%GKN (GKN) 218.00p -3.54%African Barrick Gold (ABG) 582.00p -1.19%BT Group (BT.A) 186.00p -0.96%Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. (ENRC) 1,045.00p -0.85%Autonomy Corporation (AU.) 1,530.00p -0.84%Carnival (CCL) 3,008.00p -0.69%Invensys (ISYS) 358.00p -0.64%Hammerson (HMSO) 419.90p -0.62%Xstrata (XTA) 1,495.00p -0.60%FTSE 250 - RisersSt. Modwen Properties (SMP) 169.10p +6.22%Dixons Retail (DXNS) 23.11p +1.81%Heritage Oil (HOIL) 454.80p +1.72%Sportingbet (SBT) 59.75p +1.62%Impax Environmental Markets (IEM) 127.40p +1.51%BBA Aviation (BBA) 220.10p +1.24%Ocado Group (OCDO) 171.00p +1.06%Telecity Group (TCY) 479.80p +0.88%Millennium & Copthorne Hotels (MLC) 575.00p +0.88%National Express Group (NEX) 248.20p +0.85%FTSE 250 - FallersExillon Energy (EXI) 330.10p -5.42%F&C Commercial Property Trust Ltd. (FCPT) 100.50p -4.10%Intermediate Capital Group (ICP) 324.10p -3.28%Barratt Developments (BDEV) 87.20p -3.06%Avis Europe (AVE) 228.90p -2.76%Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) 50.85p -2.68%Travis Perkins (TPK) 1,002.00p -2.62%Henderson Group (HGG) 134.00p -2.47%Howden Joinery Group (HWDN) 98.25p -2.43%CPP Group (CPP) 292.70p -2.43%
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8 Feb 2013 14:45

UPDATE 1-Former JJB boss Jones charged over misleading market

* David Jones charged at Leeds Magistrates Court * Case to go to Crown Court * Jones chaired JJB Sports Jan. 2009 to Jan. 2010 * Jones is former boss of clothing retailer Next LONDON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - David Jones, one of Britain's best-known retail bosses, has been charge

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24 Sep 2012 12:15

London midday: Miners lead the fallers

Today's morning session has started the week off in much the same way as the weather has: gloomily. Investor sentiment has been knocked by renewed concerns over the single currency region following France and Germany's failure to agree a schedule for initiating shared oversight of the region's ban

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24 Sep 2012 09:03

JJB Sports shares suspended

Shares in JJB Sports were suspended this morning as the firm headed towards administration. The retailer had been searching for a buyer after it failed to raise the funds it needed to attempt a turnaround of the business. The firm said it had received offers to acquire certain of or substantially

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18 Sep 2012 16:50

London close: Late rally fizzles

A late rally which briefly looked like it might see Footsie venture into positive territory for the first time all day was nipped in the bud right at the death. Equities had a dull but fretful day, which started with concerns over China becoming involved in a trade war with the US and a military wa

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18 Sep 2012 14:47

Irish eyeing JJB Sports

Ireland's biggests sports shop chain could be looking to expand over the Irish Sea through the acquisition of cash-strapped JJB Sports. Sky News reports that Stafford Group, a family-owned private company which owns the Lifestyle Sports chain in Ireland, is among those companies in the running to b

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18 Sep 2012 12:06

London midday: Stocks pare losses after in-line macro data

Inflation data was in line with forecasts while the Spanish debt auction went as well as could be expected, prompting London equities to claw back some of the losses seen in early trading The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation dropped to 2.5% in August, down from 2.6% in July, helped

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16 Sep 2012 17:21

Sunday newspaper round-up: Regulation, Sun King, BAE

A former chairman of the Federal Reserve has warned that regulation in the UK may have gone too far in its efforts to separate high-street banks from their high-risk investment arms. Paul Volcker claimed the UK's proposals to ringfence retail banks from their speculative trading divisions go even fu

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30 Aug 2012 11:18

Broker tips: Kazakhmys, Antofagasta, Admiral...

Jefferies now prefers Antofagasta over copper peer Kazakhmys and has downgraded its rating for the latter from 'buy' to 'hold'. "Our preference this year for shares of Kazakhmys over shares of Antofagasta has been based entirely on relative valuations (Kaz is much cheaper). However, after reviewing

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30 Aug 2012 09:46

Broker snap: Little value left in JJB, says Charles Stanley

Charles Stanley reckons that troubled sports retailer JJB Sports will likely follow in the path of High Street shop Blacks Leisure which went into administration and was sold earlier this year. The company put itself up for sale on Thursday after having failed to raise the funds needed to attempt a

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30 Aug 2012 09:35

Thursday broker round-up

Admiral: Nomura keeps buy rating and 1,300p target. Antofagasta: Jefferies raises target from 1,050p to 1,200p, hold rating kept. APR Energy: Investec upgrades from hold to buy, target cut from 1,100p to 950p. Cape: Investec maintains buy recommendation and 300p target. Consort Medical: N+1 Brew

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30 Aug 2012 07:47

JJB Sports on the block after funding talks fail

Struggling sportswear chain JJB Sports has put itself up for sale after it failed to raise the funds it needed to attempt a turnaround of the business. It warned investors that debt levels meant any purchase could still mean shares would become worthless. In July the company announced that a deter

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15 Aug 2012 16:28

Dick's Sporting Goods scores own goal with JJB stake

JJB shares lost a fifth of their value on Wednesday after one of its biggest shareholders wrote off its investment in the struggling sports retails with an impairment charge. US-based Dick's Sporting Goods, which only made its £20m investment five months ago, blamed its decision on the company's o

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6 Aug 2012 09:52

Invesco wants to avoid penalties in JJB saga

US fund manager Invesco is tired of waiting for a turnaround at JJB Sports and is preparing a move to protect its investment in the struggling sportswear retailer, the Sunday Times claims. The group has tabled a proposal to buy JJB Sport's outstanding debt from Lloyds Banking Group. The scheme, whi

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5 Aug 2012 15:20

Sunday newspaper round-up: RBS, Tesco, HMV

One of Brazil's biggest banks is plotting a bid for the prized American business of Royal Bank of Scotland. Itau Unibanco is eyeing a move for Citizens, the Rhode Island-based retail bank built up through a series of acquisitions by Fred Goodwin, the former RBS chief executive. Citizens has more tha

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30 Jul 2012 14:28

Lingerie specialist is interim CEO at JJB

JJB Sports, the struggling sportswear retailer which shucked off its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Keith Jones last Friday, has announced retail veteran Beverley Williams as Jones's interim replacement. Williams, who has spent more than 25 years in senior executive positions in the retail trade, wi

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