Advertisement
UK markets close in 1 hour 6 minutes

  • FTSE 100

    8,437.20
    +55.85 (+0.67%)
     

  • FTSE 250

    20,653.43
    +122.13 (+0.59%)
     

  • AIM

    789.62
    +5.92 (+0.76%)
     

  • GBP/EUR

    1.1620
    +0.0009 (+0.07%)
     

  • GBP/USD

    1.2513
    -0.0011 (-0.09%)
     

  • Bitcoin GBP

    49,873.43
    +1,021.14 (+2.09%)
     

  • CMC Crypto 200

    1,301.97
    -56.04 (-4.12%)
     

  • S&P 500

    5,225.89
    +11.81 (+0.23%)
     

  • DOW

    39,537.58
    +149.82 (+0.38%)
     

  • CRUDE OIL

    79.67
    +0.41 (+0.52%)
     

  • GOLD FUTURES

    2,375.40
    +35.10 (+1.50%)
     

  • NIKKEI 225

    38,229.11
    +155.13 (+0.41%)
     

  • HANG SENG

    18,963.68
    +425.87 (+2.30%)
     

  • DAX

    18,768.58
    +81.98 (+0.44%)
     

  • CAC 40

    8,230.00
    +42.35 (+0.52%)
     
PROPERTY:

Homes with investment potential

These residential properties could bring in a good ROI

BUZZ-Ophir Energy: Falls after H1 results misses estimates

Reuters - UK Focus

** Oil producer Ophir Energy (Other OTC: OPGYF - news) down 6.4 pct at 106.0 pence after H1 pretax loss and rev missed estimates

** Co reported H1 pretax loss of $123.3 mln and rev of $86.5 mln

** Stock biggest loser on FTSE-250 midcap index with 25 pct of daily avg volume traded in first hour

** Stock also biggest drag on the FTSE 350 oil & gas index

** Westhouse analyst Mark Henderson said Ophir's strong balance sheet should help co weather current environment, but that co has "yet to deliver a truly transformational transaction that alters the balance of the portfolio"

** Co bought Salamander Energy (Other OTC: SALDF - news) last year, giving it a firmer footing in southeast Asia and a number of producing assets (abhiram.nandakumar.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)