Editor's Picks
London pre-open: Steep rise expected on euro hopes
Wednesday 07 Dec 2011
London's blue chip index is expected to open firmly in positive territory on Wednesday morning on reports that European leaders are in talks to propose an enlarged 'financial bazooka' at this weekend's summit.
SABMiller replaces Foster's CEO after acquisition
Wednesday 07 Dec 2011
Drinks giant SABMiller has announced that its managing director of Asia, Ari Mervis, will now become the chief executive officer of the newly-acquired Foster's business.
Shop price inflation fell in November
Wednesday 07 Dec 2011
British retail inflation fell to 2% in November from 2.1% in October as fierce supermarket discounting drives down shop prices at the start of the key holiday shopping period, figures from the British Retail Consortium showed.
Commodities: Crude ekes out gains
Tuesday 06 Dec 2011
Crude oil futures seesawed for most of the session, finally settling above $101 a barrel, as traders keep a close eye on developments in Europe.
FX round-up: Euro little changed in cautious trading
Tuesday 06 Dec 2011
The euro hardly budged against the dollar on Tuesday with many traders sitting by the sidelines as euro zone leaders try to make progress towards stronger fiscal integration.
Wednesday preview: DS Smith, KESA Electricals
Tuesday 06 Dec 2011
Wednesday will see the release of the first half results from FTSE 250 peers DS Smith, KESA Electricals, Stagecoach and Micro Focus International. Industrial and manufacturing production data are also due out at 09:30.
Wednesday tips round-up: easyJet and Salamander Energy
Tuesday 06 Dec 2011
The Telegraph’s Questor column takes a look at Salamander Energy. The company has significant oil and gas assets in Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Laos and produces up to 19,000 of barrels of oil equivalent per day.
Sector movers: Retailers sold off after gloomy data
Tuesday 06 Dec 2011
Retailers were the worst performers of the day on Tuesday, falling an average 2.4% after some gloomy comments from the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
FTSE 100 Movers: Wolseley on the rise
Tuesday 06 Dec 2011
Wolseley, a distributor of plumbing and heating products, hit the top spot after reporting that it has seen like-for-like revenue growth of 5% in the three months to the end of October, compared to the same period of 2010.
Vedanta, the asset 'ragbag' of the mining world
Tuesday 06 Dec 2011
A less-than-favourable description of mining giant Vedanta in today's Financial Times may offer a useful explanation as to why it is one of the morning's biggest fallers.
US preopen: Second thoughts on fiscal austerity in Congress?
Tuesday 06 Dec 2011
The main US equity benchmarks are now pointing to average gains of 0.2% at today’s “opening bell.”
London midday: Footsie in the blue despite S&P warning
Tuesday 06 Dec 2011
UK equities pushed into positive territory (albeit only slightly) by midday but trade was choppy in the morning session, as a Standard & Poor's warning over Eurozone ratings rattled markets' nerves.
US mid-morning: Stocks trade mixed after S&P comments on EFSF
Tuesday 06 Dec 2011
The main US equity benchmarks are now trading ‘mixed’ (Dow Jones: +25 to 12,123, Nasdaq Comp.: -9 to 2,646, S&P 500: -1 to 1,256).
'Worrying lack of cheer' for retailers ahead of Christmas
Tuesday 06 Dec 2011
Consumers are keeping "a tight rein on their spending, despite Christmas being so near", according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
France says 'non' to more austerity
Tuesday 06 Dec 2011
European markets were generally trading down this morning as the troubled region was battered by yet more bad news, this time in the form of a credit rating warning from Standard & Poor's.
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Cameron, French exodus, Spending
Tuesday 06 Dec 2011
David Cameron has threatened to veto a far-reaching deal to save the euro unless he wins safeguards for the City of London and the European single market. The Prime Minister raised the stakes on signing a new European Union treaty as the scale of the planned “fiscal union” became clear: it includes proposals for the EU to have “intrusive control” of national budgets. Germany and France have drawn
Tuesday broker round-up
Tuesday 06 Dec 2011
SABMiller: Nomura maintains buy recommendation and 2,500p target.
Tuesday broker round-up
Tuesday 06 Dec 2011
SABMiller: Nomura maintains buy recommendation and 2,500p target.
House prices fell in November
Tuesday 06 Dec 2011
The UK housing market continued its bumpy ride as prices fell 0.9% between October and November, according to figures from the Halifax.
BP accuses Halliburton of destroying Gulf of Mexico evidence, FT reports
Tuesday 06 Dec 2011
The legal battle over last year’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is turning increasingly bitter.
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