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London midday: Footsie clings on

Fri, 25th Mar 2011 12:08

Footsie just about kept its head above water in the morning session but index heavyweight BP was a major drag after last night's news about the blocking of its $16bn joint venture with Rosneft.Broker commentary is behind the share price movements of the Footsie's best and worst performers.Reckitt Benckiser is wanted after Bank of America Merrill Lynch upgraded the stock of the Cillit Bang maker to "buy" from "neutral", while Autonomy is in the red after JP Morgan issued a note in which it opined that the software giant's earnings quality is "poor and deteriorating".George O'Connor at Panmure Gordon remains a fan, however, pointing to a read across from US database software colossus Oracle which, in O'Connor's words, "came out with a blistering set of third quarter results after the US close yesterday"."The results bode well from the enterprise software sector generally, with Autonomy as the prime candidate for a positive read-across. Autonomy is closing the period (end March) and shares should begin the traditional 'lift' - Oracles results are a likely catalyst for the 'lift' to begin. Shares are trading on a current year P/E of 20.3x - the bottom end of the traditional range - and are pretty much where they normally are given the intra quarterly pattern," O'Connor says.African Barrick Gold has had further successes with its drilling programme on the Nyanzaga project in Tanzania. Infill drilling continues to show good continuity of gold mineralisation throughout the Tusker deposit with further wide zones encountered on several sections.Euromoney Institutional Investor, the business publisher and exhibitions organiser, is trading in line with expectations and will make at least £40m in the half-year to 31 March. "Sales trends over the past three months have been broadly positive, particularly for the events businesses for which the third quarter is the most important of the year," the firm said Friday.Canary Wharf owner Songbird Estates' recovery continued in the second half of last year as property values picked up and occupancy rose to 97.1%. Online gaming company 888 said that the Nevada Gaming Commission has approved the relationship between Dragonfish, 888's business-to-business arm, and Caesars Interactive Entertainment. The ruling relates to state law in Nevada that covers Nevada gaming companies conducting gaming outside the state of Nevada.Online gaming software specialist Cryptologic has launched a full strategic review, which will include whether to put itself up for sale.Europe-focused Aurelian Oil & Gas has run into problems at the Siekierki multi-frak well Trzek-2 where the stabilised flow rate is now likely to be less than originally expected. The firm, which had been predicting a flow rate of about 8m standard cubic feet per day of gas, said the test had been delayed by two weeks due to mechanical problems.North Sea oilfields operator Xcite Energy is not fazed by tax changes in the Budget this week. According to the company's calculations, the increased benefit of the heavy oil tax allowances will have a material offsetting effect on the increased supplemental corporation tax charge. Xcite's loss before tax in 2010 widened to £2.45m from £0.78m in 2009 as the company invested heavily in its drilling programme. HMV, the entertainment media retailer, had bears rushing to cover their short positions as it confirmed press speculation that is exploring strategic options in respect of Waterstone's and HMV Canada. FTSE 100 - RisersReckitt Benckiser Group (RB.) 3,158.00p +3.07%GKN (GKN) 199.70p +2.89%Invensys (ISYS) 350.80p +2.81%International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (IAG) 230.10p +2.49%WPP (WPP) 770.50p +1.85%Schroders (Non-Voting) (SDRC) 1,403.00p +1.67%Lonmin (LMI) 1,697.00p +1.62%Johnson Matthey (JMAT) 1,870.00p +1.36%Investec (INVP) 470.80p +1.36%Schroders (SDR) 1,766.00p +1.32%FTSE 100 - FallersAutonomy Corporation (AU.) 1,610.00p -1.95%G4S (GFS) 247.90p -1.47%ITV (ITV) 81.40p -1.33%Kingfisher (KGF) 258.20p -1.22%Marks & Spencer Group (MKS) 354.10p -1.12%Resolution Ltd. (RSL) 286.20p -1.07%Inmarsat (ISAT) 599.50p -0.99%Next (NXT) 2,023.00p -0.98%Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. (ENRC) 932.50p -0.96%BP (BP.) 476.50p -0.91%FTSE 250 - RisersAfrican Barrick Gold (ABG) 549.00p +3.78%Savills (SVS) 369.10p +3.33%Lamprell (LAM) 315.00p +3.28%SVG Capital (SVI) 246.10p +2.97%CPP Group (CPP) 290.00p +2.91%Sports Direct International (SPD) 195.80p +2.89%Travis Perkins (TPK) 1,037.00p +2.67%FTSE 250 - FallersTaylor Wimpey (TW.) 42.07p -2.86%Persimmon (PSN) 467.10p -2.48%CSR (CSR) 369.80p -2.20%Bovis Homes Group (BVS) 455.40p -2.00%Barratt Developments (BDEV) 114.50p -1.72%Bellway (BWY) 698.00p -1.62%Homeserve (HSV) 442.90p -1.62%- - -jh
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15 Oct 2012 09:33

Monday broker round-up

Anglo American: Goldman Sachs downgrades to sell. Antofagasta: Goldman Sachs downgrades to neutral, target cut from 1,150p to 1,100p. Asian Plantations: Panmure Gordon cuts target from 400p to 380p, buy rating kept. AVEVA: Panmure Gordon keeps hold rating and 1,878p target. Bellzone Mining: Gold

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20 Sep 2012 08:59

Xcite Energy fails to please despite well test beating expectations -UPDATE

Xcite Energy, an AIM-listed North Sea oil and gas group, saw its shares fall on Thursday morning, despite its pre-production well test results on the Bentley Field exceeding management expectations. During the well test the firm produced around 147,000 barrels of crude oil, and significantly impro

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7 Sep 2012 07:49

Xcite sells Bentley crude for better-than-expected price

Xcite Energy, the AIM-listed North Sea oil and gas group, said on Friday that it had sold in excess of 135,000 barrels of crude from its Bentley field for a better-than-expected price. Through the marketing and offtake agreement with BP Oil International, Xcite sold the oil to an unnamed "major ref

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8 Aug 2012 08:12

Xcite Energy issues unsecured loan notes

Oil and gas producer Xcite Energy has closed on the issue of 10m dollars worth of unsecured loan notes to a fund managed by West Face Capital. The notes have an initial term of 236 days and may, subject to West Face's approval, be extended by Excite for a further 360 days. They have an interest of

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3 Aug 2012 08:58

Xcite's flow test on Bentley field progressing well

Xcite Energy's 9/03b-7 well in the Bentley field, North Sea, is now producing at a stabilised rate of around 3,200 barrels per day with no associated basic sediments or water, well within the operational performance of the reservoir, the firm said. Bentley crude oil collected so far in the Scott Sp

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19 Jul 2012 10:53

Xcite Energy closes second stage of private placing

Oil and gas producer Xcite Energy has closed the second stage of its private placing with Global Resource Funding Partners, with which it has placed 12.5m units rather than the orginally planned 10m. The overall number of units placed is now 32.5m, prividing the company with gross proceeds of arou

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22 Jun 2012 09:41

Xcite secures loan for North Sea development

Xcite Energy, the oil company looking to develop the Bentley field in the North Sea, says it has agreed a loan facility with a group of lenders that ought to pay for much of the project. The $155m facility has a five year term and is dependent on a series of project milestones - all but one of whic

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13 Jun 2012 09:34

Xcite Energy making progresss in North Sea

Drilling on its Bentley Field in the North Sea is going well for AIM-listed oil and gas firm Xcite Energy. The group reported that its 9/3b-7z well on the Bentley Field has reached target depth of 9,646 feet (ft) measured depth and a reservoir section in excess of 2,000 ft has been drilled with 100

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12 Jun 2012 07:39

Xcite receives more support from BP

AIM-listed oil and gas firm Xcite Energy has amended an agreement with BP Oil International (BPOI) which will see BPOI provide more funding for Xcite's flagship Bentley field in the North Sea. The agreement, originally announced in January 2010, will see BPOI provide the offtake services to market

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29 May 2012 09:33

Resource round-up: Angel Mining, Xcite Energy, Roxi Petroleum

Angel Mining shares fell on Tuesday despite announcing a new monthly gold production record that gave it confidence its Nalanuq mine would soon hit commercial production targets. Investors pushed the shares down 3.5% after the firm also announced it had discovered a fault running just above the gol

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8 May 2012 13:00

Excite Energy acquires tanker vessel

Excite Energy, a North Sea focused oil company, has signed a time charter contract with Teekay Navion Offshore Loading for a shuttle tanker vessel. The tanker, known at the Scott Spirit, is to be used as the in-field storage and offtake facility for Bentley crude oil during the Phase 1A of the Ben

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27 Apr 2012 11:48

Xcite ponders options for next Bentley phase

North Sea focused oil company, Xcite Energy, says it has secured funding for the first phase of development of its wholly-owned Bentley field. The group said it is seeking external sources for second phase work. Xcite is also talking to banks about securing lending facilities against proved reserv

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2 Apr 2012 07:49

Xcite making progress on Bentley block

North Sea-focused oil group Xcite Energy said that good progress is being made in drilling its Bentley field. The Bentley 9/3b-7 well, which was spudded on March 18th, is currently being drilled for a 36" hole and to set the 30" conductor pipe. "The 26" hole has been directionally drilled and the 2

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19 Mar 2012 07:20

Xcite Energy finally spuds Bentley

Xcite Energy has finally started drilling at its Bentley Field in the North Sea. The oil company announced on Monday morning that it has "spudded" the 9/3b-7 well. This is a big step for Xcite, which had faced concerns that it didn't have the finance to bring the site to production, despite there

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14 Dec 2011 10:55

Xcite gets tanker but still waiting on approvals

Xcite Energy, the North Sea focused oil company, has managed to secure a storage tanker as it battles to bring its Bentley field to full production. Xcite is under mounting pressure from its shareholders over when (or whether) it will extract some of the 115m barrels of probable reserves claimed fo

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