Thursday's agenda: BAE Systems looking for a boost
A number of big dividend payers (Astra, Glaxo, Shell) are going ex-dividend, which will depress the Footsie.
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Centrica PLC
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Centrica plc is an integrated energy company operating predominately in United Kingdom and North America. In the United Kingdom, it operates three segments: upstream, downstream and storage.
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Week ahead - UK housing under the spotlight - again
Some big names report next week, including house builders Barratt Developments, Bovis and High Street bookies Ladbrokes.
British Gas and EDF Energy cut gas prices
British Gas and EDF Energy have both anniunced price cuts of around 5%
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Footsie closes lower after US jobs report
FTSE100 closed 50 points down as traders were put off equities....
Investments and investor services
London shares dip as traders await US job data
The FTSE 100 Index fell 5.7 points to 5893 as miners dropped
Risers and Fallers: Lakehouse, Wishbone Gold, Motive Television
Here are some significant movers at 2.30pm on Friday....
Centrica nets £115mln from wind farm sale
Disposal is part of company's drive to quit wind power generation
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FTSE100 falls as oil hopes rise; Glaxo bid talk swirls
Britain's blue chips closed the afternoon session lower after uninspiring UK economic data and as energy powerhouse Centrica weighed.
FTSE100 dips as Osborne acknowledges market turmoil
FTSE 100 was 36 points lower at 5,954 as US markets pointed to a flat start
FTSE 100 steady as resources recover
FTSE 100 was 3 points higher at 5,993 as oilers and mines perked up
E.On bows to pressure to cut UK energy bills
Cut of 5.1% is equivalent to £32 off the average UK household bill
Npower handed record fine by regulator
Energy regulator Ofgem has fined Npower a record £26mln for misbilling and treating customers badly as the state of Britain's energy supply business continues to take a battering.
Oil giants rise as crude prices bounce back
The price of a barrel of Brent crude rose 1.4% to US$38.5
UK fracking safe and should go ahead, says task force
There is no more risk to public from fracking than other comparable industries, study said
FTSE100 drops for the fourth straight day
The index had lost around 23 points by lunch to 6,103
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FTSE100 slips as companies release mixed earnings reports
The FTSE100 slipped around 20 points to 6,106 this morning
Centrica takes hit from lower household bills
Centrica said it had made good progress despite continued commodity price weakness
Thursday's agenda - Marshalls to pave the way?
There's a veritable flurry of corporate releases on Thursday......
Week Ahead: MPC unlikely to rock the boat
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee is expected to leave its base rate unchanged; the question is, how many committee members will vote for change?
The government to have final say on Cuadrilla fracking appeal
Shale gas explorer Cuadrilla had an application initially turned down in June on traffic grounds