ISTAT sees double digit Italian export growth through 2014; Schaeuble: Low ECB rates are justifiable; Banks deposited 81.75bn euros overnight at ECB

Minutes from the latest Bank of England (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting have revealed meeting voted unanimously to maintain the interest rate at 0.5 per cent.

Shares in chip designer ARM Holdings were under heavy selling pressure on Wednesday following the group's investor day this week, with a number of brokers choosing to remain cautious on the name given ...

Jubilee Platinum said unaudited revenue in the first three months of the year was 32 per cent higher than the previous quarter as the company achieved growing rates of power sales.

UBS has downgraded its rating for Kazakhstan-focused miner Kazakhmys from 'buy' to 'neutral', saying that the prospects regarding a bid for fellow miner ENRC (in which it holds a large stake) have deteriorated....

Afferro Mining: Panmure Gordon reduces target price from 279p to 100p, while keeping its buy recommendation.

Tangiers Petroleum's shares edged higher Wednesday after the oil and gas company said it executed its farm-out agreement with CWH Resources and Ansbachall.

UK retail sales volumes fell sharply in April, by 1.3 per cent month-on-month (0.5 per cent year-on-year) as the poor weather continued to lead shoppers to forego purchases of seasonal goods, especially ...

On Tuesday GBP/USD closed below technical support at 1.52 by a significant margin, according to technical analysts at Digital Look.

Stocks in Tokyo ended the day higher on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan lifted its assessment of the economy based on an improved outlook.

Alkane Energy has agreed to acquire coal mine methane (CMM) assets from Maltby Colliery, a subsidiary of Hargreaves Services.

Afferro Mining has confirmed International Mining & Corporation (IMIC) is taking over the African-focused iron ore company.

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) left its monetary policy unchanged as expected on Wednesday while upping its assessment of the economy based on an improved outlook.

Shares in chip designer ARM Holdings were under heavy selling pressure on Wednesday following the group's investor day this week, with a number of brokers choosing to remain cautious on the name given ...

Corporate travel services firm Hogg Robinson reported flat full year profit in what it described as a resilient performance in testing conditions.

Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) reported earnings slightly ahead of expectations and has identified major ongoing cost-cutting measures.

Quindell Portfolio has secured a five-year contract to supply one of the top 10 UK motor insurers with its ICE Challenger software suite.

Great Portland Estates, the Central-London property investor, saw a near-11 per cent rise in net asset value (NAV) and a strong increase in profits last year, as it said it expects to continue outperforming ...

London West end property owner Shaftesbury booked higher first half profit, lifted net asset value per share and said it is confident in its future prospects.

The European Council is set to hold yet another summit and unsurprisingly make little definitive progress as European Union heads of state meet on Wednesday in Brussels.

HICL Infrastructure Company reported a 50.1 per cent increase in annual pre-tax profit, bolstered by rising secondary market prices and contributions from new investments.

Lloyds Banking Group said it will be able to meet new heavier capital requirements from its existing business and selective disposals.

Aberdeen Asset Management announced Wednesday that it has completed the acquisition of Artio Global Investors, a US publicly listed asset manager.

Energy group SSE enjoyed a strong increase in profits in the year to March thanks a rise in prices and a cold and long winter period.

Soft drinks firm Britvic served up a strong set of interim results, after an improved underlying performance across the business, but cautioned market conditions remain challenging.

Despite the falls evident in yesterday´s quarterly results, in what has traditionally been its main performance metric -organic service revenues - any weakness in Vodafone´s share price looks like it would ...

UK construction company Carillion has been selected as the preferred bidder to deliver the 400m pounds first phase of redevelopment at London's Battersea Power Station.

City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open down 11 points from yesterday's close of 6,804, after it yesterday smashed through the 6,800 mark, just 130 points short of its all-time high, not seen since ...

FTSE 250-listed asset manager Intermediate Capital, otherwise known as ICG, has unveiled record assets under management (AuM) for 2012/13 but profits dropped sharply as the company didn't exit as many ...

Rolls-Royce, the FTSE 100 engineering giant, has won an order from US leasing company CIT Aerospace for Trent XWB engines to power ten Airbus A350 XWB aircraft and Trent 700 engines to power 13 Airbus ...

The dollar rose against major rivals on Wednesday as markets look ahead to the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's view on US economic progress and implications for the central bank's quantitative ...

The Bank of Japan has held off on new monetary easing, according to the Financial Times, "judging that the huge stimulus unveiled in April will be enough to spur price gains in the world's third-largest ...

A report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) into the UK economy has said the country is a long way from recovery and needs to rebalance.