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London close: Shares applaud Mubarak exit

Fri, 11th Feb 2011 16:51

Shares rallied sharply in the afternoon following strong confidence figures from the US, but it was the announcement that Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is stepping down that really stirred up excitement.One stock in particular reacted strongly to the announcement. Shares in gold miner Centamin Egypt had been in the doldrums following last night's damp squib when Mubarak said he was staying put, but were up more than 5% at the close of trading.Turning to more mundane matters, it was the US confidence figures that really sparked shares into life here though. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary index of consumer sentiment for February climbed to 75.1 from 74.2 in January.Insurer Legal & General (L&G) was in demand on the back of a positive broker note from Nomura Securities. "We highlight our preference for L&G over Prudential (Reduce), given that we expect Pru to go ex-growth in the US this year," the Japanese broker said."We have raised our price target by 14% to 171p to reflect our increasingly optimistic view of L&G's growth prospects, and raised our earnings forecasts by 7% for 2010 and by 11% for 2011. Our dividend for 2010 is raised by 3% to 5.19p," Nomura said.Elsewhere in the financial sector Barclays was laid low by a "sell" recommendation from Evolution Securities ahead of the banking giant's results next week. Marks & Spencer and fellow fashion retailer Next were under pressure, with the rise in cotton prices to a new high adding to their woes. Online delivery service Ocado has tumbled after it confirmed that the department store John Lewis's pension fund, an 11% shareholder, has sold its stake now that the lock-up period following last July's float has ended. Shares in Ocado had risen 50% over the last month prior to the John Lewis sell-off. Cairn Energy moved higher after it pledged to shareholders it will not put up with any interference from the Indian government in the $9.6bn sale of its oilfields in Rajasthan to Vedanta.Support services group Carillion has agreed to pay £306.5m for green support services business Eaga. In a deal recommended by Eaga bosses, shareholders will get 118.79p a share in cash and receive the 1.21p interim dividend, taking the total to 120p.Emergency repair service provider Homeserve is still predicting a year of strong growth with profit matching City expectations. Customer and policy numbers were both 14% higher at the end of 2010 than at the same time the previous year, up to 4.8m and 10.9m respectively. Pubs group Mitchells and Butlers has named senior independent director Simon Burke as its new chairman, taking over from John Lovering who steps down today. Burke has been on the board as non-executive deputy chairman since January 2010. He's also chairman of HobbyCraft and a non-executive director of the BBC Executive Board. Shaftesbury, the property company focused on London's theatre-land district, said demand for its properties has remained healthy since the end of September. Investment activity in the area is on the up and is predicted to increase over the next 12 months. A sharp rise in pre-tax profits in the half year to 30 November sent shares in Fiske higher, even as the stockbroker warned that 2011 will be "difficult."Pre-tax profits jumped to £369,000 from £286,000 over the same period the previous year on revenues that rose to £2.23m from £2.04m.Struggling sportswear group JJB Sports has warned it could go bust unless landlords agree to cut rents on 95 stores it has earmarked for possible closure. JJB's plan comes just two years after it did a similar deal, called a company voluntary agreement or CVA, on 140 stores.Shares in Renovo lost nearly three-quarters of their value after the scar treatments developer admitted that its main treatment Juvista has failed to meet its goals in the phase III trial in Europe.Real estate investment trust McKay Securities has received an uplift of 32p in net asset value per share from favourable movements in long term swap rates.FTSE 100 - RisersTullow Oil (TLW) 1,452.00p +3.79%Lonmin (LMI) 1,845.00p +3.77%BG Group (BG.) 1,524.00p +3.50%Anglo American (AAL) 3,421.50p +3.42%International Power (IPR) 339.40p +3.41%Legal & General Group (LGEN) 122.70p +3.28%Centrica (CNA) 344.60p +3.24%Resolution Ltd. (RSL) 273.00p +2.86%SABMiller (SAB) 2,144.00p +2.81%Cairn Energy (CNE) 419.10p +2.72%FTSE 100 - FallersNext (NXT) 2,000.00p -3.05%Schroders (Non-Voting) (SDRC) 1,407.00p -1.40%ICAP (IAP) 541.00p -1.19%Serco Group (SRP) 551.00p -1.08%InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) 1,374.00p -1.08%Schroders (SDR) 1,802.00p -1.04%Marks & Spencer Group (MKS) 368.00p -0.97%Burberry Group (BRBY) 1,176.00p -0.93%British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSY) 752.50p -0.86%International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (IAG) 249.00p -0.80%FTSE 250 - RisersCentamin Egypt Ltd. (CEY) 149.00p +6.43%Gem Diamonds Ltd. (DI) (GEMD) 296.10p +4.63%JPMorgan Indian Inv Trust (JII) 410.20p +4.09%SDL (SDL) 656.50p +4.04%Fidessa Group (FDSA) 1,700.00p +3.98%AG Barr (BAG) 1,126.00p +3.78%Berkeley Group Holdings (BKG) 980.00p +3.54%BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM) 807.00p +3.33%Aquarius Platinum Ltd. (AQP) 416.40p +3.33%John Wood Group (WG.) 572.50p +3.25%FTSE 250 - FallersOcado Group (OCDO) 255.00p -10.53%Exillon Energy (EXI) 340.50p -3.27%F&C Asset Management (FCAM) 86.50p -2.86%Imagination Technologies Group (IMG) 349.50p -2.65%Domino's Pizza UK & IRL (DOM) 523.50p -2.60%Supergroup (SGP) 1,773.00p -2.58%Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) 46.20p -2.49%Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) 568.00p -2.07%Brown (N.) Group (BWNG) 274.30p -2.00%Big Yellow Group (BYG) 311.00p -1.99%
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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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