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LondonMetric buys warehouses for £18m

(ShareCast News) - LondonMetric Property has bought two warehouses in Hull and Dartford for £18m and have been let to DIY stores, Wickes and B&Q. The Metric Income Plus Limited Partnership, a joint venture with the Universities Superannuation Scheme, has bought a B&Q warehouse in Hull and a Wickes w

Kingfisher Q3 sales growth driven by UK and Poland

LONDON, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Kingfisher, Europe's largest home improvement retailer, reported growth in third-quarter underlying sales with strong demand in Britain and Poland more than offsetting weakness in France. The firm, which trades as B&Q and Screwfix in Britain and Castorama and Bric

TOP NEWS: Kingfisher On Track With Plan As Third-Quarter Sales Rise

Kingfisher remains on track despite drag from France

(ShareCast News) - Home improvement retailer Kingfisher sales kept improving in the third quarter, though like-for-like sales growth slowed due to further softness in France. Driven by strong sales in Poland, the restructuring of the B&A chain and continued rapid growth from Screwfix, group sales gr

Tuesday preview: October public borrowing figures in focus

(ShareCast News) - The economic agenda for Tuesday was exceedingly light although the corporate news-flow was set to pick-up noticeably. Thus, the focus was expected to be on October´s official public finance figures from ONS, particularly as they would be the last set of data ahead of the Chancello

Thursday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Kingfisher: HSBC reiterates hold with a target price of 380p. Astrazeneca: Berenberg reiterates buy with a 55p target. Aggreko: Jefferies stays at hold with a 750p target. Easyjet: Barclays reiterates equal-weight rating with a 1000p target. Amec Foster Wheeler: UBS keeps at ne

Thursday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Debenhams: JP Morgan keeps at underweight with a target price of 54p. AA: Berenberg stays at buy, 315p target. National Express: RBC reiterates outperform with a 405p target. LLoyds: UBS reiterates buy with a 67p target. GlaxoSmithKline: Credit Suisse reiterates neutral with a

Credit Suisse equity strategists see pound falling further vs euro

LONDON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Credit Suisse equity strategists said on Wednesday they expected sterling, which has been hit by concerns over Brexit, to fall further against the euro , and tipped buying UK stocks with earnings in Europe. "The house view is GBPEUR 1.16 in 12 months' time. Howeve

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Monday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - N Brown: HSBC downgrades to hold with a target price of 205p. Kingfisher: UBS downgrades to neutral, 390p target. Morrison: Credit Suisse keeps at neutral with a 200p target. WPP: Jefferies downgrades to hold with a 1850p target. Wolseley: Exane BNP Paribas keeps at underperfor

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks Down Amid Broker Changes, With Focus On Oil

Moody's views suspension of Polish retail tax positive for Tesco and others

WARSAW, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The suspension of Poland's new retail tax by the European Commission is positive for Tesco , Carrefour, Kingfisher, Metro and Jeronimo Martins, which all operate in Poland, ratings agency Moody's said on Thursday. "The European Commission did not question Poland

Wednesday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Barclays: HSBC upgrades to buy with a target price of 190p. Reckitt Benckiser: UBS keeps at buy, 8000p target. Go-Ahead: Deutsche Bank keeps at buy with a 2330p target. Kingfisher: HSBC reiterates hold with a 365p target. BHP Billition: Barclays keeps at equal-weight with a 990

Newspaper round-up: BoJ, RBS, BHP Billiton, Hinkley contract bonanza

(ShareCast News) - The Bank of Japan has launched an unprecedented new kind of monetary easing as it set a cap on 10-year bond yields and vowed to overshoot its 2 per cent inflation target on purpose. Its decision demonstrates that even eight years after the global financial crisis, central bankers

Newspaper round-up: BoJ, RBS, BHP Billiton, Hinkley contract bonanza

(ShareCast News) - The Bank of Japan has launched an unprecedented new kind of monetary easing as it set a cap on 10-year bond yields and vowed to overshoot its 2 per cent inflation target on purpose. Its decision demonstrates that even eight years after the global financial crisis, central bankers