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| FTSE 100 little changed as retail reporting blitz continues Blue-chip shares continued to look for direction early doors, leaving the Footsie little changed. The FTSE 100 was down one point at 7,730, while the FTSE 250 was down 24 at 20,629. NMC Health plc (LON:NMC), the private healthcare business, was doing its bit to bolster the Footsie, rising 1.5% to ...
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| FTSE 100 set for a subdued start in wake of US government shutdown The FTSE 100 looks set to open lower, though sentiment isn't expected to be unduly affected by the government shutdown in the US. The index of blue-chip shares will nudge just 10 lower to 7,720.79, according to the spread betting firms. The fall looks set to mirror the fleeting anxiety seen in Asia where ...
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| Analysts' winners turn out to be losers as 'sell' tips beat the 'buys' The ten blue chips with the largest proportion of "sell" ratings, in contrast, confounded the doom-mongers and outperformed the FTSE 100, rising by an average of 9.5 per cent. The stock most admired by analysts at the start of 2017 was Shire, the pharmaceuticals group, which was rated a "buy" by no ...
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| UK companies spend billions on legal costs The UK's top companies are still spending billions on legal costs as they continue to grapple with fines and disputes stemming from misconduct during the financial crisis. The FTSE 100 set aside £26.2bn in legal provisions in 2016 to meet the expected costs of litigation, fines levied by regulators and ...
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| In 2018, small could well be beautiful for investors According to the latest review of the Numis Smaller Companies Index, while the FTSE All Share delivered a total return of 13.1pc in 2017, and the FTSE 100 just 12pc, the smaller companies that represent the bottom tenth of the UK stock market by value returned 18.8pc. The mainly smaller companies ...
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| 5 top stocks set to beat the FTSE 100? HSBC Holdings plc, Next plc, Prudential plc, Boohoo.Com ... Beating the FTSE 100 remains one of my key goals when investing, which is why I'm taking a closer look at HSBC Holdings plc (LON:HSBA) (HSBA.L), Next plc (LON:NXT) (NXT.L), Prudential plc (LON:PRU) (PRU.L), Boohoo.Com PLC (LON:BOO) (BOO.L) and Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (LON:BKG) ...
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| LIVE MARKETS-European stocks futures slightly up Reach him on Messenger to share your thoughts on market moves: julien.ponthus.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net EUROPE'S STOCK FUTURES SLIGHTLY UP (0705 GMT) Futures have opened with slight gains overal but London's FTSE 100 is seen, as earlier indications from spreadbetters showed, ...
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| UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Jan. 22 Jan 22 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 13 points lower at 7,717.6 on Monday, according to financial bookmakers. * RIO TINTO: Rio Tinto RIO.L , RIO.AX will set up a new office in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar, separate from its Oyu Tolgoi mine division, to focus on ...
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| UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Jan 22 Jan 22 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 13 points lower at 7,717.6 on Monday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures FFIc1 down 0.14 percent ahead of the cash market open. * DIXONS CARPHONE: Dixons CarphoneDC.L tightened its full-year profit forecast range ...
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| Markets mixed ahead of Davos meeting and latest growth forecasts- business live Bookmakers' shares are showing losses on reports that the UK government is planning to cut the maximum stake on fixed odds betting terminals from £100 to £2. It said in October it would reduce the stake to between £50 and £2, to tackle the "crack cocaine of high street gambling." A consultation period ...
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| Engineering bid calls for experience In normal times, the appointment of a female chief executive to one of our blue-chip engineering companies might even have made the ten o'clock news. But these are not normal times at GKN. Not only has Anne Stevens, its new leader, quietly increased the number of women FTSE 100 CEOs by 16 per ...
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| Italy - Factors to watch on Jan. 22 Right-wing party Forza Italia pledges to keep Italy's public deficit below 3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), privatise state assets worth 3 percent of GDP and lower the debt to GDP ratio to "near" 100 percent in five years if it wins upcoming general elections on March 4, party's leader and former ...
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| LIVE MARKETS-European morning call: shares seen opening sideways Earlier, U.S. stock futures, Asian equities and the dollar pulled back slightly as the U.S. government is shut down amid a dispute between President Donald Trump and Democrats over immigration. London's FTSE 100 is expected to open 14 points lower, Germany's DAX 31 points higher and France's ...
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| US government shutdown sets cautious tone to trade "The US government shutdown provides the main theme of the international market this morning," says Chris Bailey, European Strategist, Raymond James. "historically the equity market is relatively unaffected by such an occurrence but the difference this time is that markets are kicking around record ...
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| Wrap up warm: it's the World Economic Forum The FTSE 100, which closed at 7,730.79 on Friday, is forecast to open down 12 points. At 7.36am Brent crude was trading at $68.80 a barrel and the pound was trading at $1.387 against the dollar and at €1.134 against the euro. Good morning: After confirming late on Friday that its chief executive would ...
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| Japanese Market Declines While the German DAX Index jumped by 1.2 percent, the French CAC 40 Index advanced by 0.6 percent and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 Index climbed by 0.4 percent. Crude oil prices continued to ease from recent four-year highs on Friday. February WTI oil declined $0.58 or 0.9 percent to settle at $63.37 a ...
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| Fast Europe Open: Spain industrial orders, UBS Germany took a big step towards forming a new government when the country's Social Democrats voted in favour of formal coalition talks that could give Angela Merkel a fourth term in office and break a four-month political deadlock. In a tighter result than party officials had predicted, 362 of 642 ...
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| Pound LIVE: Sterling up as May considers EU trade deal with 'Norway-style' payments Pound live GETTY. The Pound is up at breakfast a trade talks chatter intensifies. 9.02am - FTSE up at start of day. The FTSE 100 index is up 5.61 to 7,736.40 at the start of the week. Shire and NMC Health are the big risers so far today with Relax and Paddy Power the top of the fallers. 8.27am - Pound up ...
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| Europe, Wall Street Futures Drift Lower as US Government Shutdown Hits Third Day Britain's FTSE 100 gave back around 0.15% in the opening minutes, held down again by weaker retail stocks and a still-elevated pound, which was marked 0.24% higher from its Friday close against the dollar at 1.3883. Early indications from U.S. Futures suggest a weaker start on Wall Street, as well, ...
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| European Shares Set To Open Mostly Higher (RTTNews.com) - European stocks may open slightly higher on Monday after Germany's Social Democrats voted to enter coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel's government, helping end months of political uncertainty in Europe's largest economy. In another development, French President ...
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| 5 dividend shares set to beat the FTSE 350? Centrica PLC, Aviva plc, National Grid plc, Legal ... The stock has a 6% dividend yield at the moment, which is one of the highest in the FTSE 100. This could be appealing at a time when inflation continues to move higher. With a P/E of around 10 and what seems to be a sensible growth strategy, Legal & General could deliver share price growth in my ...
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| Is HSBC Holdings plc a better dividend stock than SSE plc? Today I'm comparing two of the highest yielding stocks in the FTSE 100 - HSBC Holdings(LSE: HSBA) and SSE (LSE: SSE). Is one a better dividend stock than the other? Dividend yield. Let's start with yield. HSBC paid out dividends of 51 cents per share last year. At the current share price, that's a yield ...
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| Technology will widen pay gap and hit women hardest – Davos report Mervyn Davies, the former senior banker and minister whose 2011 report set a 25% target for women on FTSE-100 boards, is not attending Davos this year. He applauds efforts to increase participation at the meeting, and believes any future progress will be led by "upwardly focused activism" rather than ...
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| Unilever forks out £600m to tackle £1.2bn DB deficit Total deficit funding among FTSE 100 company pension schemes rose to £10.6bn in 2016, up from £6.3bn the previous year, according to JLT Employee Benefits ... Consumer goods group Unilever came ninth in the research report's list of FTSE 100 companies that have made the largest deficit repair ...
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| Investments: Is big also beautiful for fund investors? ... fund, Invesco Perpetual Global Targeted Returns, launched in September 2013 and now managing £12 billion. This giant has also proven to be lumbering, growing just 4.6 per cent over the last three years, against 7.6 per cent across its benchmark and 33 per cent growth on the FTSE 100 in that time.
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| This is the most unloved bull market in history, says HARVEY JONES As a result this must be the most unloved bull market in history, with few celebrating even as the FTSE 100 hits a record 7700 and the Dow tops 26,000 for the first time. US stock valuations have been this heady only twice in history, in 1929 and during the dot.com boom in 2000, and we know what ...
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| Takeover fight receives extra charge from GKN electric tech The engineering group GKN sought to bolster its defences against a hostile assault by Melrose yesterday by highlighting the growing value of its automotive business on the back of record orders for its electric car technology. The FTSE 100 company, which has dismissed Melrose's £7 billion ... GKN's electric car division success boosts firm against hostile takeover by Melrose - Telegraph.co.uk National security concerns prompt government to scrutinise Melrose's hostile £7.4bn bid for GKN - City A.M.
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| Diageo half-year results reveal 30 per cent uptick in shares Analysts expect FTSE 100 drinks giant Diageo to uncork a seven per cent increase in earnings per share this Thursday when it releases full-year results. The owner of Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff and Guinness is also expected to post a seven per cent lift in its dividend per share for 2017. The company is ... Earnings per Share and Dividend per Share of Diageo Set to Bubble in Full-Year Results - Finance News (press release)
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| Three UK shares with a global exposure Each of the top ten FTSE 100 names are global giants that earn comfortably more revenue overseas than in the UK. This means investors looking for global exposure don't actually need to leave these shores. Here, I highlight three UK names the global investor might wish to consider. Please remember ...
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| PM signals action against executives who abuse pension schemes While almost all FTSE 100 companies have a pensions deficit, Carillion's deficit is higher than all but five of the top companies', despite being a fraction of the size. The company claims that its pensions deficit is only £587m and MPs have opened an investigation into the black hole amid suggestions that ... Sunday newspaper round-up: Customs union, PFI fallout, GKN, Dixons, banks - London South East (blog)
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| Equality progress labelled 'astonishingly poor' as number of female executives declines While there are seven female chief executives in the FTSE 100 there remain no female chief executives of listed businesses in Scotland. Ms Cadenhead, who also serves as Visiting Professor in Governance and Enterprise at Edinburgh Napier University (ENU), said businesses are doing no more than ...
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| Europe: Stock markets diverge at open [LONDON] Europe's main stock markets diverged in opening deals on Monday, with investors anxious over the US government shutdown. In initial trade, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index fell almost 0.2 percent to stand at 7,719.15 points. In the eurozone, the Paris CAC 40 index lost 0.1 per cent to ...
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| How to profit: listen to your broker, and then do the opposite "The cost of this research ultimately will be born by customers and a look back at 2017 suggests these ratings needs to be treated with kid gloves, especially when it comes to the FTSE 100. 'Ultimately, what the data does seem to show is the well-informed, diligent, expert broking community has little ...
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| World's richest 1% pocketed 80% of all new wealth last year, Oxfam report reveals In the UK, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the High Pay Centre – an independent non-party think tank established to monitor pay at the top of the income distribution – published a report last August showing that the average chief executive of a FTSE 100 company earned ... Oxfam Inequality Report Reveals Billionaires' Soaring Wealth Ahead Of Davos Conference - HuffPost UK
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| How to get started in investing with just £25 While this will ultimately depend on a sober evaluation of your financial goals, attitude to risk and how long you intend to stay invested for, an index tracker or exchange-traded fund — such as one that follows the FTSE 100 — can be a good place to start. As well as giving you exposure to, in this case, ...
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| Is Imperial Brands plc the best dividend stock in the Footsie right now? Let's start with the prospective yield for FY2018. At 6.2%, this is one of the highest in the FTSE 100. Occasionally, a high yield can signal trouble. You have to be a little careful as a dividend cut could be on the horizon. Yet, in Imperial's case, this does not appear to be the case. In my view, the stock just ...
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| LONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: Lower Call; Focus Ahead On BoJ, ECB Meetings LONDON (Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open lower on Monday, the FTSE 100 slipping further from a string of losses last week, while focus lies on central bank meetings in ... IG says futures indicate the FTSE 100 index of large-caps to open 14.49 points lower at 7,716.30 on Monday.
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| Yen May Rise as US Government Shutdown Sours Market Mood A quiet day on European and US economic data front is likely to put sentiment trends at the forefront as the trading week begins. Futures tracking the benchmark FTSE 100 and S&P 500 stock indexes are pointing lower before London and New York come online, hinting at an overall risk-off bias.
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| Get Enlightened by Gooruf – 22-01-18 The week has seen significant developments in the FTSE 100 market while global events affect the markets. Closing on a rally, the FTSE recuperates from initial losses due to falls in retail and mining. Standing at a robust level, this week will be interesting for the index as Royal Mail among others seek ...
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| Why I'd buy dividend stocks Lloyds and Johnson Matthey plc That's below the FTSE 100 average, but should be covered 2.6 times by earnings, making a cut unlikely and supporting future growth, even if earnings slow. Another positive is the group's net debt of £890m, which is fairly modest when compared to the group's profits. Nor is there a big pension deficit ...
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| FTSE seen lower as uncertainty in the US continues StockMarketWire.com - The FTSE 100 is expected to open around 9 points lower, according to the spread betting firms, as the political shutdown in the US influences global sentiment. US stock futures fell over the weekend as the Senate failed to come to an agreement over the latest finance bill, causing ...
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| LONDON MARKET OPEN: Bookmakers Fall On Betting Terminal Stake Fears Betting firms were the worst performers on Monday, with Paddy Power Betfair down 2.1% in the FTSE 100, while in the FTSE 250 William Hill dropped 14%, Ladbrokes Coral fell 12% and online gaming firm GVC Holdings - which has agreed an up to GBP4 billion takeover deal of Ladbrokes - was down ...
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| Smiths Group agrees around US$35mln sale of John Crane's Bearings business to private ... Smiths Group PLC (LON:SMIN) has reached an agreement to sell the Bearings business of its John Crane subsidiary to a private Austrian company, Miba AG for an enterprise value of US$35mln. The FTSE 100 listed engineer said the divestment is part of its "ongoing corporate programme to ...
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| International markets roundup The FTSE 100 rose 0.39 per cent to close at 7,730.79. It was down 0.8 per cent on the week, its first week of losses in seven, after a stellar start to the year riding the wave of rising global equities. Consumer staples companies whose profits are seen as less volatile to swings in consumer demand such as ...
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| Royal Mail pay and pension spat peters out as union boss says deal will be "nailed down" in next ... ... ago amid fears it would cost more than £1bn a year to keep it open. This, plus changes to pay, working hours and conditions prompted an industrial scrap, weighing on Royal Mail's share price so heavily it lost its prized place in the FTSE 100. Read more: Royal Mail is held back by out-of-date red tape ...
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| Markets likely to start on a cautious note ... Composite index surged 40 points to settle at 7,336 and the S&P 500 advanced 12 points to finish at 2,810. Europe's markets ended the trading session on Friday in the green. The DAX of Germany climbed 1.15%, CAC 40 of France ended higher by 0.58% and the FTSE 100 of the U.K. rose 0.39%.
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| Stocks vs Crypto for the Year Ahead Would it make sense to invest in bitcoin, or would you be better off putting your money into shares? Bitcoin are highly volatile at the moment - having gone from $15,000 down to around $9,100 and then bounced part of the way back in the space of a week. The FTSE 100, meanwhile, is also volatile - not ...
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| DB X-Trackers Dbx FTSE Vietnam (XFVT.L): Tracking the Indicators DB X-Trackers Dbx FTSE Vietnam (XFVT.L) presently has a 14-day Commodity Channel Index (CCI) of 40.61. Typically, the CCI oscillates above and below a zero line. Normal oscillations tend to stay in the range of -100 to +100. A CCI reading of +100 may represent overbought conditions, while ...
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| Dow industrials finish lower as Boeing shares weigh Oil and mining companies dragged Britain's FTSE 100 index to a negative close, tracking energy and metals prices lower, after gaining earlier in the session on a fall in sterling. "It's all about earnings right now", Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at First Standard Financial, said. "But the market ...
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| Equiniti Group's (LON:EQN) "Underperform" Rating Reaffirmed at Credit Suisse Group Equiniti Group logo Equiniti Group (LON:EQN)'s stock had its "underperform" rating restated by research analysts at Credit Suisse Group in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, January 11th. They currently have a GBX 270 ($3.66) price objective on the stock. Credit Suisse Group's target ...
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FTSE 100 Price forecast for the week of January 22, 2018, Technical Analysis The FTSE 100 had a negative week, but quite frankly it has been explosive to the upside over the last couple of months. That gives us an opportunity to go looking for value.
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| Primark Owner Shares Weigh On FTSE 100 After Bitter Results From… The FTSE 100 ended the day down 0.3% or 24.47 points at 7,700.96 points, marking the fourth straight session in the red for the index. It was dragged lower in part due to a near 3.6% drop in the ABF share price, which closed lower by 102p at 2,755p after warning that sugar revenues would suffer from ...
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| Ftse 100 total return declared dividend index Ftse 100 total return declared dividend index. image. This exposes income investors to the risk that just FTSE COMPANY REPORT: Immupharma 15 January 2018 3 of 4 Valuation Metrics Net Debt to Equity Dividend Payout (DP) Return on Equity (RoE) FTSE COMPANY REPORT: Centrica 15 January ...
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| FTSE 100 Technical Analysis for February 03 2017 by FXEmpire.com GBP/USD Technical Analysis for the week of January 22, 2018 by FXEmpire.com. The British pound has rallied again during the week, and it looks very healthy. Now that we have cleared the massive... For the full article go to https://www.fxempire.com/forecasts/article/gbp-usd... 20.01. 06:09, FX Empire
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| One mega dividend FTSE 100 stock I'd buy alongside Legal & General Group plc As of the end of December, the FTSE 100's average dividend yield had crept up to a very respectable 3.81%. But for income-hungry investors who prefer a larger bi-annual cheque from their...
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| Ftse 100 index historical data excel yahoo. Provides FTSE 100 chart. Downloading historical price and market information FTSE 100 - Yahoo Finance finance. Codible 109,099 views · 4:29. 79, 7,731. TimevalueVideos 4,236 views · 6:02 · Stock returns: average, variance, and standard deviation - Duration: 4:29. 82, 7,694. Each data point ...
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