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Markets opened lower on Thursday morning as investors digested a raft of economic data and looked ahead to a series of key economic indicators due for release later on. The IFO survey on the business climate in Germany during July is due out this morning, along with the first estimate of second-qua
Read moreBritish chemicals and precious metals company Johnson Matthey said profits grew in the first quarter as sales across all businesses rose. Sales, excluding precious metals, were up 13% to £745m with growth across all of the divisions. Operating profit climbed 10% to £116.1m while underlying pre-tax
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LONDON, July 25 (Reuters) - Catalyst maker Johnson Matthey said profit rose 8 percent in the first quarter of its financial year, boosted by stronger sales of catalysts for trucks, particularly in Europe ahead of new environmental regulations. The group said underlying profit before tax ca
Read moreMarkets rallied on Wednesday afternoon following comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke who said that quantitative easing (QE) is 'by no means on a pre-set course' and still depends on how the economic recovery plays out. "For markets, that's good news as the US economic recovery, thou
Read moreMinutes from this month's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting took markets by surprise on Wednesday morning, with the FTSE 100 slipping into the red after it was revealed that policymakers voted unanimously to leave the Bank of England's (BoE) bond-buying programme unchanged. Investors were lar
Read moreMarkets edged higher on Wednesday morning with strong gains in the mining and financial sectors providing a lift ahead of key announcements from central banks in the UK and US. The minutes of the latest Bank of England policy meeting are due out this morning with investors waiting to hear what Mark
Read moreAfrican Barrick Gold: Nomura lowers target price from 200p to 155p, while upgrading from reduce to buy. Barclays: Bank of America reduces target price from 410p to 370p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged. BHP Billiton: Investec ups target price from 1919p to 1926p maintaining a buy re
Read moreAlternative Networks: Westhouse Securities upgrades from neutral to add with a target price of 350p. Andes Energia: Westhouse Securities initiates with a target price of 60p and a buy recommendation. Andor Technology: Investec reduces target price from 525p to 360p downgrading from buy to hold. A
Read moreEquities dropped into the red for a third consecutive day on Wednesday with renewed political tension in Greece sparked another bout of market volatility. The FTSE 100 finished down 41 points at 6,299, the first time that it has closed below the 6,300 mark since April 22nd. London's benchmark inde
Read moreWater group Severn Trent dropped sharply on Wednesday after the consortium of foreign investors that had bid for the company withdrew its offer last night. LongRiver, after having had its earlier proposals rejected by Severn Trent, said that it would not put forward a further offer "in the absence o
Read moreM&A activity was the theme of the day in London on Wednesday as heavyweight stocks British Sky Broadcasting, Severn Trent and Vodafone grabbed the headlines. Nevertheless, after a choppy start, the FTSE 100 managed to register moderate gains by lunchtime. Helping sentiment this morning was UK unemp
Read moreASOS: HSBC Holdings increases target price from 3660p to 4380p and keeps an overweight rating. Bellway: Deutsche Bank raises target price from 1482p to 1503p and reiterates a hold recommendation. Betfair Group: Citi ups target price from 880p to 950p, upgrading from neutral to buy. Capco: UBS inc
Read moreAn in-line increase in US non-farm payrolls sparked an impressive surge on equity markets worldwide on Friday afternoon, as worries about the Federal Reserve scaling back its stimulus measures eased, for now at least. London's FTSE 100 finished up 76 points on the day (+1.2%) at 6,412. Nevertheless
Read moreNeil Carson, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of chemicals group Johnson Matthey, exercised share options and sold them immediately afterwards on the same day the company impressed the market with its full-year results. Carson, who joined the company back in 1980 and became CEO in 2004, exercised
Read moreSevern Trent surged this afternoon after the LongRiver consortium upped its cash offer for the water provider following the rejection of an earlier proposal by the group earlier this week. The consortium has offered 2,200p per Severn Trent share, including the 45.51p dividend announced in May, whi
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