Johnson Matthey Share News (JMAT)

MARKET COMMENT: UK Stocks Aimless As Central Banks Confuse, Euro PMI's Disappoint

Johnson Matthey Interim Profit Jumps 12%, Exceeding Company Expectations

Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

Aggreko: Liberum Capital initiates with a target price of 1500p and a hold recommendation. Antofagasta: UBS reduces target price from 965p to 870p and downgrades from buy to neutral. APR Energy: Liberum Capital starts with a target price of 890p and a sell recommendation. Ashtead Group: Liberum C

London open: FTSE falls on Fed minutes and Chinese data

- Fed to wind down QE in 'coming months' - Chinese PMI slows - UK car manufacturing up - Nikkei at six-month high techMARK 2,629.93 +0.14% FTSE 100 6,652.29 -0.43% FTSE 250 15,181.11 +0.02% The FTSE fell early on, as investors digested the minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting, which rev

London pre-open: Fed minutes to dampen sentiment

City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open around 21 points lower than yesterday's close of 6,681.08, after minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting seemed to suggest that the central bank might be moving closer to tapering. More specifically, the fact that for the first time the Fed inclu

Johnson Matthey profit up 13 percent on rising car, truck output

LONDON, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Johnson Matthey, the world's largest maker of catalysts to control car emissions, posted a 13 percent rise in first-half profit, helped by increased global production of cars and trucks and demand for its speciality catalysts. The British specialty chemicals firm

Johnson Matthey revenue surges 31 per cent

- Strong first-half on catalysts demand - Final quarter to be hit by expiry of Anglo American Platinum contract - Dividend lifted 10 per cent Speciality chemicals company Johnson Matthey reported a robust set of half-year results, powered by a strong performance in Emission Control Technologies ah

MARKET COMMENT: UK Stocks Close Mixed, Markets Await FOMC Minutes

FTSE 100 movers: Burberry bombs as CEO announces departure plans

High-end luxury brand Burberry dropped today after the surprise exit of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Angela Ahrendts and appointment of Chief Creative Officer Christopher Bailey. Ahrendts is to leave the company in mid-2014 and move to Apple to take up a newly created position. The news came as the

London close: Markets rise despite debt-ceiling uncertainty

Markets finished at their highest levels in two and a half weeks on Monday despite the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the US debt ceiling, as a deal to raise the borrowing limit still remains elusive. The FTSE 100 finished 20.46 points higher at 6,507.65, its best level since September 27th when i

FTSE 100 movers: Johnson Matthey tops leaders after upgrade

The share price of chemicals group Johnson Matthey jumped on Monday after the stock was upgraded by JPMorgan Cazenove from 'neutral' to 'overweight'. The US bank hiked its target price for the shares from 2,800p to 4,000p, saying that it sees "major potential from a swathe of new global industrial c

Broker tips: Johnson Matthey, SABMiller, Escher

The share price of chemicals group Johnson Matthey jumped on Monday morning after the stock was upgraded by JPMorgan Cazenove from 'neutral' to 'overweight'. The US bank hiked its target price for the shares from 2,800p to 4,000p, saying that it sees "major potential from a swathe of new global in

London midday: Markets pause on US stalemate, mixed Chinese data

Markets paused at a two-week high on Monday as investors refrained from building as concerns over the US debt ceiling and mixed data from China weighed on risk appetite. London's benchmark FTSE 100 was trading with small gains by midday after finishing Friday's session at 6,483.79, its highest clos

MARKET COMMENT: Global Markets Flatline As Debt Ceiling Looms

Broker snap: Johnson Matthey upgraded to 'overweight' by JPMorgan

The share price of chemicals group Johnson Matthey jumped on Monday morning after the stock was upgraded by JPMorgan Cazenove from 'neutral' to 'overweight'. The US bank hiked its target price for the shares from 2,800p to 4,000p, saying that it sees "major potential from a swathe of new global in