Marks & Spencer Share News (MKS)

Ex-divs to take 6.4 points off FTSE 100 on June 2

LONDON, May 31 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100 companies will go ex-dividend on Thursday, after which investors will no longer qualify for the latest dividend payout. According to Reuters calculations at current market prices, the resulting adjustment to prices by market-makers would take

Sunday newspaper round-up: AstraZeneca, oil IPOs, M&S, Exova, Tesco

(ShareCast News) - AstraZeneca, the UK's second-biggest drug developer, will this week outline its next big hope in the battle against cancer by unveiling new data on a class of treatments, known as DNA damage response (DDR) medicines, at a conference in Chicago. The drugs work by stopping cancerous

Broker tips: M&S, Capita, Softcat

(ShareCast News) - Societe Generale downgraded Marks & Spencer to 'hold' from 'buy' and cut the price target to 424p from 545p following the retailer's full-year results earlier in the week. The French bank said M&S was certainly worth holding for the total dividend yield. It said the company remain

SocGen cuts M&S but says worth holding onto for dividend yield

(ShareCast News) - Societe Generale downgraded Marks & Spencer to 'hold' from 'buy' and cut the price target to 424p from 545p following the retailer's full-year results earlier in the week. The French bank said M&S was certainly worth holding for the total dividend yield. It said the company remain

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: SocGen Downgrades M&S To Hold From Buy

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks Flat As Brent Oil Falls Back Below USD50

LONDON BRIEFING: Yellen Awaited As Market Prices In US Rate Hike

Thursday newspaper share tips: Dixons Carphone, Serco

(ShareCast News) - Dixons Carphone's drive to close its weakest stores helped its comparable-stores sales growth in the April quarter, but there is much more to its success, writes the Financial Times' Lex column. The mobiles, appliances and computers purveyor posted April-quarter comparable-store s

Thursday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Great Portland States: Jefferies downgrades to underperform with a 650p target. Electrocomponents: RBC upgrates to sector perform with a 270p target. Marks & Spencer: Jefferies downgrades to underperform with a target price of 300p, Exane BNP Paribas downgrades to underperform wi

UK Dividends Calendar - Next 7 Days

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: Jefferies And Exane BNP Downgrade M&S

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Resource Stocks Support Flat FTSE 100

BUZZ-Marks and Spencer: Brokers cut ratings after turnaround plan

** Retailer Marks and Spencer's shares down 0.9 pct, vs a marginally higher FTSE, as brokerages cut ratings, PTs on stock a day after CEO Rowe unveiled turnaround plan ** Jefferies, Exane BNP Paribas cut rating to "underperform", at least five other brokerages cut PT ** Shares fell 10

LONDON BRIEFING: Investor Bramson Named CEO Of Electra Private Equity

Financials, big oil, miners pace gains in London

(ShareCast News) - Financials and big oil continued to power ahead at the middle of the week as the threat from two of the market´s most recent bugbears appeared to receed a little. On Wednesday, Athens managed to clinch a deal to relieve the government´s lack of financial liquidity, while in the UK