Sunday share tips: Gulf Keystone Petroleum, Marks & Spencer, Lloyds Banking
17th Jul 2016 12:22
(ShareCast News) - Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares could be worth buying, said the Sunday Times' Inside the City column, if shareholders vote to accept a debt restructuring deal that will leave them just 14% of the embattled oil producer. Shares in the Kurdistan-focused company last week dipped below
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Antofagasta leads miners' rise and Barratt the builders' fall
13th Jul 2016 13:36
(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 100 index was scuttling crabwise on Wednesday, as markets held their powder dry as Britain appointed a new Prime Minister later in the day and a day ahead of the Bank of England expected policy tinkering. Commodities heavyweights Antofagasta, Glencore, BHP Billiton and
Read moreBarratt sees full year in line with expectations; Brexit could slow rate of building
13th Jul 2016 07:05
(ShareCast News) - House builder Barratt said full year profit before tax was to increase by around 20% to £680m, in line with market expectations, but told reporters it could reduce the rate at which it builds houses due to a possible slowdown from Brexit. Total completions, including joint venture
Read moreWednesday preview: Barratt Developments to report strong second half
12th Jul 2016 13:26
(ShareCast News) - Housebuilder Barratt Developments is expected to report strong demand in the second half in a trading update on Wednesday. "We expect Barratt to report that demand was strong in its second half and that it is in-line/above consensus expectations for the full year," said Numis anal
Read moreHopes of end to policy vacuum in UK lifts real estate stocks
11th Jul 2016 19:01
(ShareCast News) - Real estate-related stocks and miners paced gains at the start of the week, with the former deriving support from news that Theresa May was set to become Prime Minister on the following Wednesday, helping to lift a tad of the uncertainty which had been weighing on the UK market. R
Read moreSector movers: House builders and banks rally
8th Jul 2016 18:37
(ShareCast News) - House builders, banks topped the blue-chip winners' ladder at close of play on Friday, having last week and this suffered under the shadow of Britain's non-binding vote to quit the EU. Taylor Wimpey, Berkeley Group, Barratt Developments and Persimmon sprinted higher with gains of
Read moreLondon close: Banks, financials and property fly amid BoE rate-cut chatter
7th Jul 2016 16:38
(ShareCast News) - UK shares flew north with Associated British Foods leading blue chips on a chipper update and chased by a peloton of banking, financial and property stocks on rising expectations of a Bank of England rate-cut next week. "Today marks the first day since the (non-binding Brexit) ref
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: ABF ascends above rebounding real estate and housebuilders
7th Jul 2016 14:18
(ShareCast News) - London's blue chip index was boosted by a bevvy of rebounding financials and property stocks, though they were topped by a surging rise from Associated British Foods. AB Foods danced more than 10% higher after it said the significant weaking of the pound since the Brexit vote had
Read moreSunday newspaper round-up: Brexit, BoE, LSE, housebuilders, Rio Tinto, Go-Ahead
3rd Jul 2016 16:58
(ShareCast News) - A group of businesses is preparing a legal challenge to prevent the government from beginning Brexit negotiations without an act of parliament. The action, brought by law firm Mishcon de Reya, would potentially complicate Britain's path to leaving the EU, given that a majority of
Read moreLondon open: Housebuilders lead FTSE higher on Brexit confidence
22nd Jun 2016 08:41
(ShareCast News) - London stocks inched up on Wednesday morning as polls showed the EU referendum remained too close to call, though rallying housebuilding and financials stocks indicated investors were confident a Brexit will be avoided. The FTSE 100 was 0.09% higher at 6,232.19 just before 0900 BS
Read moreLondon midday: Financials pace gains as Footsie keeps climbing
20th Jun 2016 12:29
(ShareCast News) - Stocks in London were continuing to move higher come midday on Monday, alongside the largest gain the pound in three months, with investors taking their cue from strong gains in Asia as Brexit polls showed the Remain campaign was in the lead. As of 12:03 BST, the FTSE 100 was 183.
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Mining megalodons rise with metals prices as Brexit brakes housebuilders
6th Jun 2016 15:32
(ShareCast News) - Mining megalodons dominated the blue-chip winners' ladder as they advanced in correlation with firming precious and industrial metals prices, supported by Coca-Cola HBC's fizz higher. Anglo American led the pack by a good distance as it stacked on a hearty 11.25%. It was followed
Read moreSunday share tips: Homebuilders, Atlas Mara
5th Jun 2016 22:14
(ShareCast News) - Earnings at their cyclical peak for the country´s main homebuilders means investors would do best to steer clear of the sector, The Sunday Telegraph´s Questor said. Rounds of government funding and low interest rates - amongst other factors - have left the sector primed to perfect
Read moreBrexit poll support hits sterling and stocks
1st Jun 2016 11:42
(ShareCast News) - A new Brexit poll showing parity between the Remain and Leave votes saw sterling slip further to a two week low on Wednesday, also hitting equities as housebuilding stocks led the fallers. A YouGov poll for the Times found 41% support for Remain and the same for the Leave camp wit
Read moreDefensives lead bounce in stocks
20th May 2016 19:03
(ShareCast News) - Defensive issues led the market's bounce higher at the end of the week, with those sectors which stood to gain the most from a vote by Britons to remain in the UK pacing gains on the top flight index. Although low inflation boosts consumers' spending power, it is of scant benefit
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