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MRSWed, 24th Mar 2010 16:49
Oil explorer JKX Oil saw the lower oil prices crimp profits for the half-year but said its second half performance is expected to be in line with expectations. Pre-tax profit slumped to £44.6m from £83.5m before revenues fell to $78.5m versus $116.8m in the same period last year. Revenues were wei
Read moreWall Street's inability to hold onto new home sale-inspired gains was the final nail in the coffin for London, bringing to an end a six-day winning streak. Much of the blame lay with the UK-listed miners who hogged the list of largest losers on weaker metal prices. Antofagasta was among the worst
Read moreEquity prices are mixed with a lower bias. The Footsie continues to drift lower, weighed down by underperforming resource stocks. Pre-tax profits plunged at Tullow in the first half of the year as the firm felt the pinch of the slide in oil prices. The oil company posted a pre-tax profit of £34.
Read moreGiven that resource stocks are in the dog-house the Footsie is doing well to be only moderately in the red on a day of mixed results for blue chips. Pre-tax profits plunged at Tullow in the first half of the year as the firm felt the pinch of the slide in oil prices. The oil company posted a pre-t
Read moreOil and gas firm Melrose Resources saw first half revenue and profit tumble as a result of lower oil prices and the planned cessation of production from its Galata field. Revenue in the six months to 30 June 2009 fell to $97.6m from $234m the year before. The company achieved an average price per
Read moreLondon's top stocks look set to open marginally higher with traders expecting Footsie to add 5 points in early trading. Clive Cowdery's insurance investment vehicle Resolution will be catapulted into the FTSE 100 index after life insurer Friends Provident accepted a new £1.86bn bid on Tuesday. Fr
Read moreMelrose Resources said gas samples obtained from its Kaliakra No.2 well in Bulgaria confirmed that the reservoir has very good properties, with an average porosity in excess of 30% high gas productivity. Given the quality of the reservoir, it was not necessary to run flow tests in the well and it h
Read moreThe sun shines, ergo, the drinks companies do rather nicely. When the group in question, Britvic, owns the Robinson squash brand and Wimbledon turns out to be more entertaining than usual, you would expect it to release good news to the market. Britvic is likely to have a good time of it over the
Read moreTraining software provider NetDimensions traded in lien with expectations in the first half of 2009. Cash balances at the end of June stood at $6.8m, up from $5.3m at the end of 2008. The company said its cash balance is equivalent to 16.5p in cash per share, a few pence above the current share pric
Read moreThe decline of the Footsie gathered pace in the final hour as miners, which had provided some measure of support for the blue-chip index for most of the day, turned lower. As global equity markets continue to retreat life assurance stocks were the main losers. Aviva, Legal & General and Prudential
Read moreThe majority of blue-chip stocks remain lower on the day, though heavily weighted miners are limiting the extent of the fall on Footsie after positive broker comment this morning. Investec has upgraded Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, advising its clients to take advantage of recent share price weakne
Read moreOn another directionless day with little in the way of company news to guide sentiment, Footsie sits just in the blue. Heavily weighted miners are limiting the extent of the fall on Footsie after positive broker comment this morning. Investec has upgraded Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, advising its c
Read moreFootsie has slipped in early dealings after a three-digit fall on Wall Street last night. Miners are going well despite the fall on Wall St overnight led by Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Antofagasta. Banks will be in focus later on when Chancellor Alistair Darling unveils the government's White Pape
Read moreOil and gas firm Melrose Resources is proceeding as expected at its oil and gas fields in Egypt, although recent government elections have held things up in Bulgaria. Production averaged approximately 16,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) on a net entitlement basis versus current full ye
Read moreOil and gas firm Melrose Resources has raised its production forecast for 2009 by around 5%, reflecting continued strong performance of its Egyptian assets and the earlier than expected start of production at its South Zarqa and North East Abu Zahra projects. The net entitlement production forecast
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