The latest Investing Matters Podcast with Jean Roche, Co-Manager of Schroder UK Mid Cap Investment Trust has just been released. Listen here.

Less Ads, More Data, More Tools Register for FREE

Pin to quick picksPVCS.L Share News (PVCS)

  • There is currently no data for PVCS

Watchlists are a member only feature

Login to your account

Alerts are a premium feature

Login to your account

UK Stocks-Factors to watch on March 15

Thu, 15th Mar 2018 05:25

March 15 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 2points higher at 7,135 on Thursday, according to financial bookmakers. * SHELL: Royal Dutch Shell is close to bagging a deal to supplyHong Kong with liquefied natural gas (LNG), beating out major competitors forthe right to be the first company to supply LNG to the area. * GLENCORE: Glencore Plc, the world's biggest producer of cobalt,has agreed to sell around a third of its cobalt production over the next threeyears to Chinese battery recycler GEM Co Ltd, according to a filingby GEM on Wednesday. * BHP: BHP's Escondida copper mine in Chile, the world's largest,said on Wednesday that it has invited its powerful workers' union to start earlytalks on a new collective labor contract. * GOLD: Gold prices edged higher early Thursday and hovered near one-weekhighs hit in the previous session, as concerns over trade tensions weighed onshare markets. * OIL: Oil prices held steady on Thursday, supported by healthy globaldemand but capped by the relentless rise in U.S. production that is underminingefforts led by producer cartel OPEC to cut supplies and prop upmarkets. * EX-DIVS: Anglo American and Hammerson will trade withoutentitlement to their latest dividend pay-out on Thursday, trimming 1.37 pointsoff the FTSE 100 according to Reuters calculations. * The UK blue chip FTSE 100 index closed down 0.09 percent at7,132.69 points on Wednesday, as shares gave up early gains and finished innegative territory as points gained by Prudential and mining stocks wereoverturned by simmering fears of a global trade war that pushed Wall Street intothe red. * For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets * UK CORPORATE DIARY: Phoenix Group Full Year 2017 Earnings Release OneSavings Bank Full Year 2017 Earnings Release Amryt Pharma PLC Q4 2017 Trading Statement Release Spirax-Sarco Engineering Full Year 2017 Earnings Release PV Crystalox Solar Full Year 2017 Earnings Release Old Mutual PLC Full Year 2017 Earnings Release Kier Group PLC Half Year 2018 Earnings Release Just Group PLC Full Year 2017 Earnings Release Savills Plc Full Year 2017 Earnings Release Cineworld Group plc Full Year 2017 Earnings Release TODAY'S UK PAPERS > Financial Times > Other business headlines Multimedia versions of Reuters Top News are now available for: * 3000 Xtra : visit http://topnews.session.rservices.com * For Top News : http://topnews.reuters.com (Reporting by Siju Varghese)
More News
19 Aug 2009 08:20

London open: Ex-divs weigh

Footsie is in the red following yesterday's good gains and despite decent performance on Wall Street overnight. Former Bank of Ireland governor Richard Burrows is to be the new chairman of Lucky Strike maker British American Tobacco when Jan du Plessis steps down from the position on 1 November. B

Read more
19 Aug 2009 07:57

PV Crystalox profit halves

Silicon wafers supplier PV Crystalox Solar is confident of a "robust" performance in the second half despite reporting a 57% slump in earnings for the first six months of 2009. Earnings before interest and tax for the half year ended 30 June fell to €21.5m from €50.5m a year earlier on revenue down

Read more
14 Jul 2009 17:09

London close: Stocks pull out of tailspin

Indecision on Wall Street prompted a spell of profit taking in the UK in the middle of the afternoon session which threatened to wipe out the morning's gains, but London's blue-chips rallied at the death to keep the Footsie in the blue. Mining stocks were the best performers with silver miner Fresn

Read more
14 Jul 2009 14:10

London afternoon: Footsie climbs despite weak retailers

London's leading shares continue to edge higher, with sentiment given a boost in the afternoon by expectations of a moderately firm start on Wall Street and a strong set of second quarter results from US bank Goldman Sachs, which announced record revenues. Mobile phone giant Vodafone, the third lar

Read more
14 Jul 2009 12:11

London midday: Early gains are consolidated

The Footsie is trading sideways, holding on to gains after a bright start. Inflation data was much as expected, with the inflation rate falling below the Bank of England's 2% target for the first time since September 2007 last month. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed a drop in consu

Read more
15 May 2009 16:29

London close: Footsie ends on low note

London closed lower after a lacklustre afternoon session with losses on properties and travel companies outweighing gains on miners. Shocking figures from property giant Land Securities on Wednesday still cast a shadow over the real estate investment trusts (REITs). LandSecs leads the sector lowe

Read more
15 May 2009 14:10

London afternoon: Travel companies trip Footsie

London continues its gentle downward drift, with losses on properties and travel companies outweighing gains on miners. The market seems unlikely to get any sort of lift from Wall Street which is expected to open moderately weaker. Shocking figures from property giant Land Securities on Wednesday

Read more
15 May 2009 13:41

FTSE 250 movers: Renishaw in focus

Microscope maker Renishaw says cost cutting will offset the impact of tough market conditions and claims an operating loss for the second half is expected to be "somewhat less" than the £10m flagged in March. The company, which supplies microscopes, scanning probes and other devices, has already a

Read more
15 May 2009 12:15

London midday: Rally stalls

Weak properties and oils have pitched the Footsie into the red, despite the continued strength of banks and miners. Shocking figures from property giant Land Securities on Wednesday are still casting a shadow over the real estate investment trusts (REITs). LandSecs leads the sector lower but Hammer

Read more
15 May 2009 08:48

London open: Banks give Footsie a boost

Banks have helped Footsie make a bright start with reports that Barclays is considering new offers for its iShares arm boosting the whole sector. Barclays may backtrack on a deal to sell its iShares unit to CVC, the private equity group, and instead offload its entire asset management division for

Read more
15 May 2009 07:08

PV Crystalox revenues on the slide

PV Crystalox Solar, which produces silicon wafers for use in solar power generation systems, expects first half revenues to take a 10% dive from last year's half-yearly revenues. The company has seen a further decline in demand for its products since its preliminary results announcement at the end

Read more

Login to your account

Don't have an account? Click here to register.

Quickpicks are a member only feature

Login to your account

Don't have an account? Click here to register.