(ShareCast News) - The day after Icap gained final approval to sell its voice broking arm, finance director Stuart Bridges showed his confidence in the deal with a £118,425 purchase of shares. Bridges, who joined the interdealer broker from the same role at specialist insurer Hiscox in September
Read more(Repeats Friday's story without changes) * Negative bets against Berkeley rise sharply * Sector faces slowing construction growth * Brexit fears seen hurting sentiment further By Atul Prakash LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - British housebuilders might be witnessing more
Read more* Negative bets against Berkeley rise sharply * Sector faces slowing construction growth * Brexit fears seen hurting sentiment further By Atul Prakash LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - British housebuilders might be witnessing more signs that their share prices are overheating
Read more(ShareCast News) - OneSavings Bank's shares surged on Thursday as Investec reiterated its 'buy' rating and target price of 380p after the company reported a jump in full year profits. The company reported underlying profit before tax was up 52% to £105.9m in 2015, and loans and advances grew 31% to
Read more(ShareCast News) - HSBC initiated coverage of UK housebuilders saying the sector offers exposure to an area of real undersupply, with the UK government "largely pulling out all the stops to help". It started Barratt Developments, Bellway, Berkeley, Bovis Homes, Crest Nicholson, Galliford Try, McCart
Read more(ShareCast News) - The 2016 Budget left analysts divided about whether the Chancellor would be able to meet his targets for reducing the public deficit in this parliament, but for diversified financials St.James's Place and Hargreaves Lansdown the new measures he unveiled were a clear positive, acco
Read more(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 100 was higher in afternoon trading on Wednesday, as investors digested the Chancellor's lunchtime Budget statement. Wealth manager St James's Place led the risers, after Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne set out measures in the Budget to boost home ownership and
Read more(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 100 closed in the red on Thursday following a batch of downbeat economic data. UK services activity declined much more than expected in February as economic growth slowed to its weakest for almost three years, according to Markit/CIPS data. The Markit/CIPS services purch
Read more(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 100 was back in the red on Wednesday afternoon, led by ITV and a fall from the larger housebuilding companies. ITV was one of the biggest losers of the day, even as the commercial broadcaster reported a surge in underlying pre-tax profits, which were up 18% to £843m. Whi
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