Editor's Picks
Sector movers: Miners tank on payrolls data, Australian GDP forecasts
Friday 04 May 2012
Miners were suffering from a sell-off on Friday afternoon after some gloomy labour market data from the US and concerns over the Australian economic outlook sent stocks tumbling.
The impact of elections on market volatility
Friday 04 May 2012
"Worried about how political uncertainty will impact the stock market in this election year?" asks Mark Hulbert on MarketWatch. The concern is understandable, he says, because elections are not only coming up in the United States but also in several European countries.
Small caps round-up: Brainspark, Sky High, Plexus
Friday 04 May 2012
Sky High, a data collection and analysis group, has been awarded a three year framework agreement by Transport Scotland. The agreement, for an undisclosed sum, is for the collection and collation of a range of transport and land use data. Sky High has partnered IBI Group for the contract, although Sky High is the lead partner and it is expected that 80% of services will be delivered by Sky
US jobless data disappoints
Friday 04 May 2012
US non-farm payrolls increased by 115,000 in April, disappointing economists who had expected an increase of around 165,000.
Tories suffer local election pain, but may win London
Friday 04 May 2012
The electoral consequences of implementing austerity are becoming apparent to the Conservative party this morning after it received a pistol-whipping in local elections across the UK.
London midday: Stocks lower before US non-farm payrolls
Friday 04 May 2012
- Miners drop on macro concerns, Australian growth - RBS rises after Q1 update - Markets await US non-farm payrolls
Broker tips: RBS, BG Group, Rentokil
Friday 04 May 2012
Nomura has maintained its reduce rating and 26p target price for part-nationalised lender Royal Bank of Scotland, but acknowledges that the first-quarter results were in line and 'modestly better than Lloyds'.
Trinity Mirror boss leaves on the sly
Friday 04 May 2012
Sly Bailey, one of the highest profile British Chief Executives of the last decade, is to leave her post as boss of Trinity Mirror after bearing the brunt of shareholder anger over pay.
Trinity Mirror boss leaves on the sly
Friday 04 May 2012
Sly Bailey, one of the highest profile British Chief Executives of the last decade, is to leave her post as boss of Trinity Mirror after bearing the brunt of shareholder anger over pay.
RBS makes large stride on road to recovery
Friday 04 May 2012
Royal Bank of Scotland's quest to escape from bottomless perdition received a boost as first quarter profits came in ahead of market expectations.
Broker snap: Operating environment still tough for RBS, says Nomura
Friday 04 May 2012
Nomura has maintained its reduce rating and 26p target price for part-nationalised lender Royal Bank of Scotland, but acknowledges that the first-quarter results were in line and 'modestly better than Lloyds'.
Storm over the Parthenon: Experts warn of Greek election risks
Friday 04 May 2012
Greece is holding parliamentary elections this coming Sunday and an inconclusive outcome is the scenario which holds the largest risk for financial markets, according to several experts.
UK House prices drop 2.4% in April, Halifax says -UPDATE
Thursday 03 May 2012
House prices in the United Kingdom fell by 2.4% month-on-month (-0.5% year-on-year) in April, to 159,883 pounds, according to mortgage lender Halifax.
Core RBS operating profit rises sharply
Thursday 03 May 2012
Nationalised lender Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is to repay the final tranche of notes issued under the government's Credit Guarantee Scheme (CGS) next week, after posting a profit of more than a billion pounds in the first quarter of 2012.
Sector movers: Antofagasta, Randgold lead miners lower
Thursday 03 May 2012
Falling metals prices and some disappointing trading updates from Antofagasta and Randgold Resources were weighing on the mining sector today.
Friday newspaper round-up: RBS, Horizon, Italy
Thursday 03 May 2012
Royal Bank of Scotland will on Friday confirm it has all but repaid the £163bn in emergency loans it received from British and US taxpayers during the financial crisis. The part-nationalised lender, which is 82pc state-owned following a £45bn taxpayer bailout, will complete the loan repayments next week. An announcement will be made during the company’s first-quarter update on Friday, where RBS’
Friday tips round-up: Smith and Nephew, Millenium and Copthorne
Thursday 03 May 2012
In the Times, Tempus won’t be drawn on whether Smith and Nephew is a good buy.
Rolls-Royce maintains full-year guidance
Thursday 03 May 2012
Power systems group Rolls-Royce didn't give much away in its first-quarter interim management statement on Friday but reassured that trading since the start of the year has been consistent with previous guidance.
US open: Investors opt for caution ahead of ISM
Thursday 03 May 2012
The major US equity benchmarks have begun the session slightly underwater, after futures spent the better part of the morning flittering in and out of the blue.
ECB stands pat
Thursday 03 May 2012
Faint hopes that the European Central Bank (ECB) would cut its key lending rate from its already historically low rate have been dashed.
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