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London has got off to a quiet start, with investors adopting a wait-and-see attitude ahead of today's completion of the meeting of the US Federal Reserve's policy making committee. "It seems hope and sentiment for further stimulus from the US Fed Chairman and the ECB [European Central Bank] Preside
Read moreStrong growth in Next's online and catalogue business helped the retailer achieve sales that were at the top end of its expectations. Total sales for the first half were up 4.5% against last year, the firm said, topping its prediction of growth between 1% and 4%. Like-for-like sales came in at 2%,
Read moreBanks have had a torrid time of it this year and, for that matter, the previous three or four years as well, but emerging markets focused operator Standard Chartered has emerged from the 'baker-bashing' era largely unscathed. Just over a month ago the bank indicated that it had made a strong start
Read moreAfrican Minerals: Goldman Sachs upgrades to buy. AG Barr: Investec reiterates buy recommendation and 485p target; Shore Capital downgrades to hold; N+1 Brewing downgrades to hold. AstraZeneca: Nordea downgrades to sell. Barclays: Investec maintains buy rating and 240p target. BG Group: UBS cuts
Read moreCredit Suisse has downgraded its rating for natural gas giant BG Group from 'outperform' to 'neutral', saying that the market has yet to full appreciate the transitional challenges that the group faces in the upstream cycle. "We are particularly concerned about the key area of growth - Brazil - giv
Read moreUBS has raised its target price for High Street fashion and homeware retailer Next from 3,250p to 3,500p and reiterated its 'buy' rating on the stock ahead of its second-quarter results. "We believe Next may have escaped the worst impact of the weather in Q2. Budgets and stock levels are traditiona
Read moreAfren: JP Morgan Cazenove reiterates overweight. Avocet: Westhouse Securities upgrades to buy. Barclays: Goldman Sachs upgrades to neutral, target cut from 250p to 220p. BG Group: Credit Suisse downgrades from outperform to neutral, target cut from 1,660p to 1,500p. British American Tobacco: Inv
Read more- US data fuels buying late on - EU summit in focus tomorrow - Xstrata appeases shareholders, Barclays rises despite 'market manipulation' London's blue chip index surged in afternoon trade on Wednesday after some upbeat housing data from the US lifted sentiment ahead of the crucial two-day EU summ
Read more- Markets still nervous ahead of summit - Chinese stimulus fuels stocks - Shire and banks lead Footsie higher UK stocks rose on Wednesday as investors hoped that the upcoming EU summit in Brussels will answer some of the uncertainties that continue to cloud the global economic outlook. The summit
Read more- Caution ahead of the EU summit - Merkel still against eurobonds - Chinese stimulus speculation does the rounds Stocks rose moderately on Wednesday morning though the mood was still cautious with the focus on the upcoming EU summit in Brussels. "With European equity markets having been confined t
Read moreBurberry: Nomura maintains buy recommendation and 1,530p target. Chariot Oil & Gas: Merchant Securities keeps buy rating and 232p target. Home Retail: HSBC downgrades to neutral, target cut from 110p to 100p. Imagination Tech: UBS cuts target from 480p to 470p, neutral rating unchanged. Internat
Read moreSAB Miller: Credit Suisse reiterates outperform; Societe Generale upgrades to buy from hold, while raising target to 2,800p from 2,600p. ITV: Investec downgrades to sell from hold, lowers target to 60p from 90p. BP: Jefferies reiterates buy recommendation and 525p target. Enterprise Inns: Peel
Read moreLast week's update from retailer Next was solid, with a fall in sales at its high street stores offset by sales at its home shopping business. Store sales fell 3.9pc in the 13 weeks to April 28, hurt by the recent bad weather. This was slightly worse than consensus expectations. Next Directory sales
Read more- US ADP data well below expectations - Eurozone manufacturing, employment figures weigh on sentiment - Banks, miners among worst performers in London The Footsie finished close to its lowest levels of the day on Wednesday, nearly erasing its impressive rise the day before, as some worse-than-expec
Read moreFashion chain Next rose into the top spot after sticking with full-year guidance given in March after first quarter sales showed a small year-on-year improvement, helped by contributions from new stores. Broadcaster and broadband group BSkyB was also making gains after reporting record nine-month
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