UK shares end softer as energy stocks lick wounds of regulator’s price cap plan
London shares closed softer on Wednesday after energy stocks absorbed news that regulators plan a price cap – knocking sideways the benefit of a surge in banking stocks
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Standard Chartered PLC
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Standard Chartered is a banking group with operations in many of the world's fastest growing markets, and derives over 90 per cent of its profits from the emerging trade corridors of Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
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Stocks slide as higher US oil stockpiles eclipse positive industry updates
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Deutsche Bank downgrades Standard Chartered
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FTSE 100 storms back above 6,000
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Lloyds reported a 5% rise in underlying profit to £8.1bn
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Main share price risers and fallers in London at 4.15pm
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City analysts upbeat on (some) financial stocks
Standard Chartered, Investec, Provident Financial, Henderson, Berendsen, and UDG Healthcare are all in Friday’s broker spotlight.
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RBS and Santander hit by new PPI provisions and writedowns
RBS also put aside £1.5bn in relation to various US residential mortgage-backed securities litigation claims
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Brokers: Shops and housebuilders to the fore
Retail, housebuilders, Wolseley, Elementis, Standard Chartered...
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FTSE100 plummets 150 points as China weighs
The FTSE 100 dropped over 2%, ending the day around 150 points lower at 6,093.
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Risers & Fallers: Randgold Resources, Evgen Pharma, Work Group and Standard Chartered
Below are the main news-driven share price movements at 3.30pm.
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FTSE 100 makes headway despite miners millstone
It was a bad day for mining companies as mineral prices crumbled, but a good one for UK oil & gas players
FTSE100 climbs; Paddy Power-Betfair gets the green light
Leading the way on the index was Standard Chartered
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FTSE100 rises following the Fed's interest rate hike
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FTSE100 ends higher as Standard Chartered leads the risers
The FTSE 100 ended the day 43 points, or 0.7%, higher to 6,061
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FTSE 100 buoyed by banks
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The FTSE 100 Index increased 32.8 points to 6388.89 at lunchtime
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Banks boost London's blue-chips
RBS and Standard Chartered rose despite failing to meet all the stress test targets
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European Wealth Groups boosts board with private banking specialist
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Shire acquisition divides opinions
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FTSE 100 closes out Tuesday slightly higher
The FTSE 100 Index subsided 6.12 points to 6355 by lunchtime
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Market rises as traders brush off downbeat company data
FTSE 100 Index lifts 15.6 points to 6377 in the first hour of trading
Standard Chartered falls into red and cuts 15,000 jobs
Asia-focused bank raises £3.3bn through 2-for-7 fully underwritten rights issue
FTSE 100 set to fly despite mammoth Standard Chartered rights issue
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Banking results season is imminent, prompting a few brokers to take stock.
UK dividends hit record but 2016 to see drop
Headline dividends totalled £27.2bn in third quarter of 2015, up 6.8%
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London shares close higher as oil price buoys stocks
London shares closed over 41 points higher, with mining stocks once again among the risers, as metals and the oil price gained ground.
Standard Chartered ticks higher as chief outlines management job cuts
Shares in Standard Chartered ticked higher Friday as it emerged the troubled bank was planning to slash up to a quarter of its senior staff - underlining the scale of its cost cutting drive. k.
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London palm oil stocks are under-priced, broker says
MP Evans, DekelOil, Tullow, Cairn, EnQuest, SOCO, Standard Chartered, and Marks & Spencer are in Thursday’s broker spotlight
Broker spotlight: Wolseley takes a bath
Companies featured in the broker spotlight: Wolseley, SABMiller, Coca-Cola, UK banks, Tullow Oil
Wolseley takes a bath
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The banks settled with US investors, agreeing to a payout which takes the overall total paid to the investors to US$2bn (£1.28bn) from nine banks.
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Asia-focused stocks take hit from Chinese currency turmoil
Miners fall as Beijing's move sparks commodity demand fears
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FTSE 100 flies as Glaxo becomes latest subject of bid gossip
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Economic data and rising oil prices lift London blue-chips
Footsie breaks through 6,700 barrier as oil prices rise
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Most followed: Cohort, Macfarlane Group, Polypipe, Restore, Ryanair, Standard Chartered
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London shares rise on China services cheer
Chinese service sector racked up its quickest growth in 11 months
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FTSE 100 higher despite miners struggling
The FTSE 100 was 14 points to the good, at around 6,789.
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Risers & Fallers, including Rambler, Petro Matad, PeerTV , Strategic Minerals , Optibiotix and more
Rambler Metals rose after it completed its pre-feasibility study.
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FTSE100 ends higher as new Greek proposal creates optimism
FTSE100 closed out the week over 91 points higher as traders cheered latest moves in Greece.
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FTSE 100 up 76 as Osborne promises a 'pay rise'
London’s stocks rallied strongly as George Osborne delivered the first Conservative Party Budget for twenty years.
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FTSE 100 up 22 despite stock market chaos in China
Footsie was 22 points higher at 6,454 despite another torrid night for shares in Asia and more uncertainty over Greece.
FTSE closes 58 points higher after Osborne Budget
George Osborne delivered the first Conservative Party budget for 20 years.
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FTSE 100 ends 1% lower as Greece default fears weigh on markets
The FTSE 100 eased 74 points to 6,710 with budget flier EasyJet one of the index’s biggest fallers.
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US stocks fall on Grexit fears ahead of this week's Fed meeting
All thirty members on the Dow Jones were lower as the index opened 185 points, or 1%, down to 17,715.
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FTSE100 tumbling at lunch as potential Grexit looms large
FTSE100 was down 46 points at lunch as Greece worries intensify after a breakdown of talks and easyJet shares (LON:EZJ) flew lower, weighing on the blue chip index.
US stocks fall on Grexit fears ahead of this week's Fed meeting
All thirty members on the Dow Jones were lower as the index opened 185 points, or 1%, down to 17,715.
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Risers & fallers: Altona Energy, Regency Mines, Inspired Capital, Milestone Gp, Mosman, LGO Energy
Inspired Capital shot up after Joe Lewis, the Bermuda-based trader, made a bid for the company.
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Risers & Fallers: Black Sea Property, Trap Oil, Best of the Best, Afren, Emerging Metals Minerals
Below are some of the main news-driven share price changes at 12.00pm.
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FTSE100 closes 1.13% higher as investors come back to shares; Osborne in focus
FTSE 100 closed 1.13% higher, rebounding from recent lows, to finish at 6,830 as investors appeared to come back to equites again.
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US stocks look to end slide, open higher
The Dow Jones, which is aiming to break a six day losing streak, was 134 points to the good at 17,898 while the Nasdaq put on 25 points and the S&P 500 gained 14.
FTSE 100 up 25 at lunch; Toumaz teams up with Google
London's blue chip stocks were higher at lunch, led higher by Sainsbury's and Standard Chartered.
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FTSE 100 up 25 at lunch; Toumaz teams up with Google
London's blue chip stocks were higher at lunch, led higher by Sainsbury's and Standard Chartered.
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Most followed, including George Osborne, Mansion House, Sainsbury's, Boohoo, Standard Chartered
There was plenty of news for investors to sink their teeth into this morning, with George Osborne's Mansion House speech later, supermarkets and Boohoo making waves as traders surfed the net.
FTSE 100 flat; Sainsbury's leads the risers on the index
In the UK, the FTSE 100 eked out a 2 point gain to 6,755
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FTSE flat in early trading as investors await Osborne speech
George Osborne’s annual Mansion House speech will command much of the attention today.