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- Financials, ex-div stocks weigh down Footsie - BoE's Miles alone on more QE - Italy may delay achieving balanced budget by a year The Footsie finished firmly lower on Wednesday afternoon despite some positive domestic jobless figures, as concerns over the Eurozone continued to dampen sentiment. S
Read moreMiners were among the best performers on the Footsie with precious metals group Fresnillo rising strongly. The group this morning hailed a strong start to 2012 with gold production beating its own expectations and silver output being on target. BHP Billiton was wanted after iron ore production at
Read more- Ex-div stocks weigh on Footsie - MPC minutes: Miles calls for more QE - Eurozone swings to deficit in February - UK jobless rate falls for first time since May 2011 London's FTSE 100 index was trading slightly lower by Wednesday lunchtime following a strong showing from the benchmark yesterday, a
Read more- Supermarkets rise after Tesco's results - BHP, Fresnillo lead miners higher - Markets await MPC minutes London's blue chips opened broadly flat on Wednesday morning despite a strong rise by supermarket and mining stocks. Stocks rose strongly on Tuesday, with the Footsie gaining nearly two per ce
Read moreFund manager Ashmore was bucking the downward trend of the financial sector after UBS raised its rating on the stock from neutral to buy. The broker said that its recent under-performance, combined with the strong fund performance and record inflows at industry level, was the reason behind the upgra
Read more- BoE holds rates, QE - UK manufacturing in surprise decline - Financials lead Footsie lower, Ashmore bucks trend After a cautious start, the Footsie found its direction by mid-morning, falling steeply after some worse-than-expected domestic manufacturing data. Meanwhile, the Bank of England's po
Read moreRichard Hartman, a Non-Executive Director of FTSE 250 firm Millennium and Copthorne Hotels, sold 132,694 shares in the company on April 3rd at a price of 478.00p each. The £634,277 transaction followed the vesting of around 479,000 shares under the firm's long term incentive plan on March 30th 200
Read moreAntofagasta: Exane BNP Paribas upgrades from neutral to outperform, target lifted from 1,200p to 1,450p; Nomura cuts target to 1,500p from 1,650p, buy rating unchanged. AstraZeneca: Goldman Sachs cuts target from 3,350p to 3,306p, neutral rating kept. Barclays: UBS raises target from 240p to 272p,
Read moreNomura has today raised its target price on Legal&General to 182p from 180p, adding that they continue to be buyers. They begin their research note by calling attention to the success of its so-called ´capital-light strategy´ at growing its asset management and unit-linked savings business, which
Read moreNomura analysts have this afternoon issued an up-beat assessment of Legal&General´s 2011 full-year results. They begin by calling attention to the success of its so-called ´capital-light strategy´ at growing its asset management and unit-linked savings business, which contributed the major part of
Read more- Miners outweigh financials to drag Footsie lower - Fed expects 'moderate' growth in 2012 - Osborne considering 100-year gilts UK stocks finished the day slightly lower on Wednesday despite an earlier rise as steep falls in the mining sector offset a strong performance by the banks and insurers. T
Read moreThe mobile telecommunications sector was the worst performer of the day with stocks falling an average 1.96%. Vodafone was a major reason, with the telecoms giant falling 2.2% before the close of trade on Wednesday after being downgraded by Exane BNP Paribas from neutral to underperform. The broker
Read moreThe legion of income investors holding shares of Legal and General were cheered by the insurance leviathan's decision to bump up the 2011 dividend by more than a third, well ahead of market expectations. The final dividend in respect of fiscal 2011 has been increased by a whopping 39% to 4.74p per
Read moreNomura has reiterated its buy recommendation and 180p target price for insurance group Legal and General after its 2011 results came in ahead of consensus expectations in key areas. Nomura says the focus of the results was on the dividend, which was raised by 35% to 6.4p, surpassing expectations of
Read more- UK unemployment on the rise - Banking stocks lifted by US stress test results - Legal and General beats forecasts in 2011 Stocks held on to earlier gains by lunchtime on Wednesday despite some gloomy jobs data. Financials were leading the rise, buoyed by the results of the stress tests in the US
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