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Lloyds Banking Group's shares surged as the company swung back to profit in the first half of the year. Chief executive António Horta-Osório said the sell-off of the taxpayers' stake in the bank was "now in the government's hands". Precious metals company Fresnillo edged higher as the price of gold
Read moreStocks were making decent gains on Thursday morning, helped by some dovish remarks from the Federal Reserve and some stronger-than-expected data from China, with Lloyds leading the FTSE 100 higher after its first-half results. It's been a busy week on the macro-economic calendar with policy decisio
Read moreCanaccord Genuity has placed its 'neutral' rating and target price for Lloyds under review, highlighting the possibility of a dividend next year given the bank's optimistic outlook in its first-half results. The broker said that its 'neutral' recommendation had been based on the assumption that the
Read moreCanaccord Genuity has placed its 'neutral' rating and target price for Lloyds under review, highlighting the possibility of a dividend next year given the bank's optimistic outlook in its first-half results. Lloyds' figures for the first six months of the year were "strong", Canaccord said, with in
Read moreUpbeat Chinese data and some impressive first-half results from Lloyds helped boost markets on Thursday morning, though the focus is likely to turn to central-bank decisions in the UK and Europe later on. "With the Bank of England and European Central Bank likely to announce uneventful policy decis
Read moreMarkets are expected to open higher on Thursday morning ahead of central-bank policy decisions from the UK and Europe this afternoon, with sentiment helped early on by some upbeat data from China. City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open up 20 points from yesterday's close of 6,621. Growth in
Read moreLloyds hailed a huge increase in underlying profits in the first half, helped by rising income and margins as well as reductions in costs and impairments. The bank reported an underlying profit of £2.90bn, up from just £1.04bn in the first six months of 2012. On a statutory basis, the bottom line s
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LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group said it is now in a position for Britain to start selling its 20 billion pound stake in the lender, although the timing is up to the finance ministry. "It is up to the government to decide how and when to do it. I believ
Read moreLONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - State-backed Lloyds Banking Group said it expects to meet its targets on cost savings, capital strength and margins earlier than expected, laying the groundwork for Britain to start selling its stake in the bank. Lloyds said it will start talks with regulators in
Read moreA fall in unemployment in Europe and some well-received corporate earnings pushed the FTSE 100 into positive territory on Wednesday morning, as traders showed optimism ahead of a policy announcement by the Federal Reserve later this evening. Some 24,000 fewer people were without a job in the Eurozo
Read moreMarkets in the UK opened broadly flat on Wednesday morning as investors adopted a wait-and-see approach ahead of a policy announcement from the Federal Reserve. All eyes will be on the Federal Open Market Committee as its two-day meeting comes to a close this evening. While few actually think that
Read moreCaution ahead of a number of central-bank policy decisions kept gains on equity markets to a minimum on Tuesday, with the FTSE 100 finishing slightly higher as traders digested a barrage of corporate earnings. The outcome of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting will be in focus on Wednesday, t
Read moreBy Chris Vellacott LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - A top Barclays investor has blasted financial regulators for a "lack of stability or consistency" in capital requirements, warning they could undermine efforts to sell off government stakes in bailed out lenders. David Cumming, head of eq
Read moreBy Kirstin Ridley and Steve Slater LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - Barclays said on Tuesday it was contesting the preliminary findings of a British regulatory probe into its commercial agreements with Qatari investors who led a rescue fundraising of the bank during the 2008 financial crisis.Read more
Markets edged higher on Tuesday morning as traders reacted to a barrage of corporate earnings and data which showed that German consumers were at their most optimistic in six years. The GfK's forward-looking consumer confidence survey for Germany rose from 6.8 to 7.0 in August, its highest levels s
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