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  • FTSE 250 movers: Essar rebounds while Aquarius plummets

    Monday 30 Apr 2012

    Essar Energy saw its share price jump by nearly a tenth today with analysts pinning the stock’s performance to a simple correction following its recent slump. Even after taking today’s rise into account, the stock is still worth less than half off its six-month high of 312.1p.

  • Lloyds takes bigger PPI hit but profits up

    Monday 30 Apr 2012

    Profits at Lloyds Banking Group were back in the black in the first quarter but the bank has had to set aside more money to cover the mis-selling of payment protection insurance (PPI).

  • Eurozone inflation eases in April

    Monday 30 Apr 2012

    Eurozone inflation ticked down in April although it still came in above consensus expectations, barring the area’s central bank from further steps for quantitative easing.

  • London midday: Footsie down as Man Group provides a drag

    Monday 30 Apr 2012

    - Spain joins the UK in recession - Man Group volatile ahead of Q1 IMS - Aberdeen up after solid first half

  • Broker snap: Investec downgrades Severn Trent after recent spike

    Monday 30 Apr 2012

    As part of its review of the utilities sector, Investec has downgraded its rating on water group Severn Trent from buy to hold and cut its target price from 1,718p to 1,664p.

  • Broker snap: Nomura downgrades Randgold to reduce

    Monday 30 Apr 2012

    Nomura has downgraded its rating for gold miner Randgold Resources from neutral to reduce, saying that the recent sector 'de-rating' has left the stock exposed.

  • Small caps round-up: Westminster Group, Angle, Asterand

    Monday 30 Apr 2012

    Also includes: Coms, Motive Television

  • London open: Markets cautious early on, Spain in focus

    Monday 30 Apr 2012

    - Aberdeen leads risers after solid first half - Randgold falls after broker downgrade - Spain focus ahead of Thursday's bond auction

  • Monday broker round-up

    Monday 30 Apr 2012

    Anglo American, Astra, BSkyB, Carphone Warehouse, CSR, Daisy, Fenner, Fidessa, Hikma, Morgan Crucible, Ophir, Randgold, Severn Trent, Spirent, WPP

  • Barclays in Qatar asset management team-up

    Monday 30 Apr 2012

    Barclays Natural Resource Investments, a division of Barclays Bank, is to team up with the Qatar Asset Management Company to form a joint investment partnership.

  • R and D spend to slow short-term growth at Fidessa

    Monday 30 Apr 2012

    Fidessa, the software provider focused on the financial community, reckons things will remain tough for its clients for some time, and expects some of them to leave the market altogether.

  • Aviva to review executive pay

    Monday 30 Apr 2012

    Insurance giant Aviva is the latest firm to sit up and take note of disgruntled shareholders as it announced a review of executive remuneration practises.

  • London pre-open: Stocks expected to open higher

    Monday 30 Apr 2012

    London's benchmark index is expected to start trading with moderate gains on Monday morning following on from a strong performance for Asian stocks overnight.

  • Commodities: Crude settles up 38 cents

    Saturday 28 Apr 2012

    Crude oil futures ended 0.4 percent higher on Friday, in a four-day winning streak, as official data showed February US oil demand was stronger than initially estimated.

  • Aberdeen sees risk appetite increase in first half

    Saturday 28 Apr 2012

    Fund manager Aberdeen Asset Management has reported a solid rise in revenue and profit in its first half which it says it down to a return of investor appetite for risk assets in 2012 and an ongoing desire for yield.

  • Monday newspaper round-up: Loans, India, Social unrest

    Saturday 28 Apr 2012

    Losses on corporate loans will hit their highest level since the 1990s recession this year, fuelled by a weak consumer sector and further crippling lending according to a leading group of economists. The Ernst & Young ITEM Club said lending to businesses would not return to pre-crisis levels until 2016, exacerbating the funding squeeze faced by small and medium-sized companies. It also forecast a

  • London close: Footsie finishes week strongly, Man Group soars

    Friday 27 Apr 2012

    - Footsie finishes up five points on the week - Stocks rise despite US GDP data, Spanish downgrade - Man Group jumped 14% after upgrade

  • Barclays vows to tilt rewards balance towards shareholders

    Friday 27 Apr 2012

    Barclays chairman Marcus Agius was heckled at the bank's annual general meeting (AGM) as he talked about the controversial issue of executive pay.

  • Schroders extends reach in India

    Friday 27 Apr 2012

    Asset manager Schroders is to take a substantial stake in the Indian asset management business of Axis Bank.

  • FTSE 250 movers: AZ Electronic down after revenue falls

    Friday 27 Apr 2012

    Speciality chemicals producer AZ Electronic Materials took a hit after saying that group revenue was 4% lower in the first quarter after the challenging trading conditions experienced towards the end of 2011 continued, as expected.

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