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London open: Miners weigh down Footsie

Mon, 31st Oct 2011 08:58

Banking giant Barclays is a rare bright spot in London after a better than expected third quarter update, as stocks head lower.Miners Vedanta Resources, BHP Billiton, Xstrata and Rio Tinto are the biggest fallers among the top-share index constituents, as metal prices head south.Barclays said its statutory profit before tax jumped to £2,422m from £327m the year before in the third quarter. Analysts had been expecting a figure of around £1.7bn. Adjusted profit before tax, which excludes exceptional items such as the impact of the bank's own credit and the impairment on its investment in Blackrock, rose to £1,337m in the three months to the end of September from £1,273m in the corresponding quarter of last year.BG Group, oil and gas company, has announced its plans for the succession of current chairman Sir Robert Wilson. He will be replaced by Andrew Gould, the current Chairman of the oil and gas services company Schlumberger.Capital Shopping Centres, the real estate investment trust, has seen no increase in footfall in the three months to the end of October compared to the equivalent period of 2010. Capital, which specialises in regional shopping centres has, however, seen occupancy remain at 97% and the "year to date" footfall numbers are up 2% on the equivalent period of 2010.Half year losses widened at sports retailer JJB Sports and revenue plunged nearly 23% as UK retail conditions deteriorated towards the end of its second quarter. The beleaguered retailer warned that full year expectations were likely to fall short of company expectations.HomeServe, the company which provides emergency repair services, is another stock under the cosh. It shed almost a third of its value in early trading after it said it is to suspend its telesales operation after an independent review found "processes that did not meet the company's required standards." FTSE 100 - RisersBarclays (BARC) 205.05p +1.91%International Power (IPR) 343.00p +0.79%Vodafone Group (VOD) 175.15p +0.49%United Utilities Group (UU.) 610.00p +0.41%National Grid (NG.) 625.00p +0.40%BT Group (BT.A) 188.50p +0.32%GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) 1,387.00p +0.22%FTSE 100 - FallersVedanta Resources (VED) 1,351.00p -3.77%BHP Billiton (BLT) 2,029.50p -3.45%Xstrata (XTA) 1,095.00p -3.31%Rio Tinto (RIO) 3,513.00p -2.96%ICAP (IAP) 420.00p -2.91%Aviva (AV.) 353.40p -2.64%Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) 25.64p -2.47%Kazakhmys (KAZ) 992.00p -2.46%Burberry Group (BRBY) 1,374.00p -2.35%Lonmin (LMI) 1,139.00p -2.32%FTSE 250 - RisersPremier Foods (PFD) 4.35p +9.02%Drax Group (DRX) 559.00p +2.95%Pace (PIC) 84.00p +2.38%Salamander Energy (SMDR) 204.30p +2.15%FTSE 250 - FallersHomeserve (HSV) 337.70p -30.41%New World Resources A Shares (NWR) 547.00p -8.53%Supergroup (SGP) 595.50p -6.07%Mothercare (MTC) 170.20p -4.92%Daejan Holdings (DJAN) 2,732.00p -4.81%Halfords Group (HFD) 326.20p -4.00%
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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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