Construction and material stocks were under the weather on Monday, with the sector being dragged lower by heavyweights CRH and Balfour Beatty. CRH, which is set to pick up assets worth €6.5bn from Holcim and Lafarge as part of the cement companies' planned merger, was trading 3.5% lower after weeken
Read moreAmlin, the British insurer and re-insurer, topped the fallers after reporting a drop in full-year pre-tax profit by 21%, as an environment of low interest rates and weaker investment return dented profitability. Broker Numis Securities cut its rating on the stock from' buy' to 'hold', noting the res
Read moreKeller Group has reported a decline in pretax profit for 2014 after experiencing a contract dispute. At the same time, adjusted pretax profit and revenue each recorded a rise despite the strengthening pound. The company's revenue increased from £1.44bn in 2013 to £1.6bn in 2014. Acquisitions that we
Read more(Adds details) March 2 (Reuters) - Keller Group Plc, a British ground engineering contractor, posted a 15 percent rise in full-year pretax profit, helped by a recovery in the U.S. construction industry. The company, which lays foundations for infrastructure and industrial projects, sa
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