Standard Chartered Share News (STAN)

Standard Chartered offloads aviation finance leasing business

(Alliance News) - Standard Chartered PLC on Monday said it has struck a deal to sell its aviation finance leasing business to the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund.

UK banking stocks are undervalued, says Shore Capital

(Sharecast News) - Shore Capital has reiterated its 'buy' ratings on six UK-listed banking stocks, saying the market is currently pricing in a "far worse outlook".

European shares gain on healthcare boost; miners, energy lag

Miners, energy stocks top sectoral losers

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LONDON MARKET CLOSE: FTSE 100 lags peers as miners fall on China woe

(Alliance News) - Worries for China's property market soured the mood at the start of the week, with the FTSE 100 hit badly thanks to its natural resources sector, although peers in Europe and equities in New York fared better.

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: FTSE 100 down amid Chinese property worries

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were lower at midday on Monday, as worries surrounding the health of China continued to mount amid trouble in its real estate sector.

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks weaken on China property fears; oil slips

(Alliance News) - In the absence of positive catalysts, stock prices in London took their cue from weak trading in Asia, starting the week in the red at Monday's market open.

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: FTSE 100 perks up despite troubling China data

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were higher at midday on Wednesday, shaking off more disappointing China data, while focus turns to Thursday's US inflation reading and what that could mean for future Federal Reserve decisions.

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Jefferies raises Domino's Pizza to 'hold'

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: FTSE 100 down on China growth worries

(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 was down at midday in London on Tuesday, with poor China data and lingering US interest rate worries souring the mood.

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Miners down as China trade data disappoints

(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 opened lower on Tuesday, dragged down by China-exposed stocks, as investors digest some disappointing trade data from the world's second-largest economy.

IN BRIEF: Standard Chartered executive sells over GBP900,000 in shares

Standard Chartered PLC - London-based, Asia-focused bank - Chief Executive Officer for Asia Benjamin Hung sells 125,000 shares at GBP7.377 each, worth GBP922,125, in London on Thursday.

UK dividends calendar - next 7 days

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Oddo BHF raises IAG to 'outperform'

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:

LONDON BRIEFING: BT names Kirkby as new CEO; Pearson profit up

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are called to start the week on the back foot, after new data showed that the Chinese manufacturing sector continued to slump in July.

At Europe's big banks, women make some gains despite Rose exit

ZURICH, July 28 (Reuters) - Alison Rose's resignation from NatWest leaves just one woman in charge of a major western European bank, highlighting an acute gender imbalance that persists across the sector despite pledges to increase female representation.