Next shares slide after a note from Morgan Stanley "encouraged" investors to take profits and invest in competitor Marks & Spencer.

European shares fell on Friday, marking their first weekly loss in a month, led by financials on concern over earnings prospects in Asia and the potential scaling back of U.S. monetary stimulus. The FTSEurofirst ...

Aveva: Panmure Gordon ups target price from 2076p to to 2091p keeping a hold recommendation. Investec takes target price from 2450p to 2500p and retains its buy recommendation. Credit Suisse increases ...

Mortgage lending fell for an unprecedented fourth month running in April and companies repaid £2bn, as Britain’s ongoing credit squeeze showed little sign of abating, figures from the British Bankers’ ...

Better-than-expected economic data; NOAA forecasts active or extremely active hurricane season

LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100, which had raced to its highest level in nearly 13 years this week, fell sharply for the second straight session on Friday as a decline at major bank HSBC hit the market. ...

Hedge funds hungry for trade ideas after the success of their bets on Japan's recovery have been turning their attention to the Australian dollar, betting the end of the commodities boom will drive down ...

UKIP founder Nigel Farage is courting powerful City donors amid increasing anti-Europe sentiment among the UK’s business elite.

European shares fell for a second consecutive session on Friday, led by financials on concern over growth in Asia and the potential scaling back of U.S. monetary stimulus. The FTSEurofirst 300 provisionally ...

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(Reuters) - News Corp set the distribution ratios for the spinoff of its publishing business and said the spinoff may start buying back stock right away. The board of the publishing business, which will ...

3i Group PLC is to buy the European infrastructure fund management business of British bank Barclays as part of a drive to boost its fee income from public-private partnerships and renewable energy projects. ...

Investec has maintained its 'buy' rating and 1,900p target price for emerging markets-focused lender Standard Chartered, saying that the stock remains its top pick in the banking sector.

LONDON (Reuters) - A tighter oil market in the second half of 2013 will boost some energy stocks, which have trailed the rest of the equity market though the rally, said Charles Whall, co-manager of Investec's ...

Investec has maintained its 'buy' rating and 1,900p target price for emerging markets-focused lender Standard Chartered, saying that the stock remains its top pick in the banking sector.

Old Mutual Fund management firms such as Old Mutual thrive in bull markets. This does not seem to have been reflected in the Old Mutual share price. With the FTSE 100 ahead by 13.6% this year, Old Mutual ...

Markets opened tentatively on Friday morning with sentiment still fragile following a plunge the day before as traders reacted to concerns about stimulus measures in the US and a slowdown in China.

LONDON (Reuters) - As Britain's stock market watchdog pores over the implications of scandals at mining companies ENRC and Bumi, the role of sponsor banks who helped lead their listings is coming under ...

UK small caps are up 0.2 percent and AIM is 0.1 percent higher , outperforming flat mid-caps and blue chips. S&U adds 4.5 percent after the niche loans provider says trading remains in line with overall ...

FTSE 250-listed specialist financial services group Close Brothers Group has unveiled strong results for the third quarter relating to the period from February 1st to April 30th, underpinned by growth ...

British IT equipment supplier Computacenter Plc said it planned to return 75 million pounds , or 10.8 percent of its market capitalization, to shareholders. Computacenter shares rose 3 percent to 456.7 ...

Sir Mervyn King has called for "common sense" in the debate over austerity as London's FTSE 100 gives up its early gains.

3i Group PLC is taking over the European infrastructure fund management business run by Barclays as part of a plan to boost fee income from public-private partnerships and energy investment projects. The ...

Australian shares reversed early gains to fall 0.9 percent as faltering banks and market volatility hit investor sentiment on Friday, sending the benchmark index tumbling further from one-month lows touched ...

Mining and banking stocks were weighing on the FTSE 100 on Friday morning as the index extended losses following yesterday's dramatic sell-off.

Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, has issued a plea for a more co-operative Britain to stay in Europe.

The blue-chip index tumbled as markets around the world plunged.

ARM shares fell for a third consecutive day in a stormy session for the FTSE 100

Some of the biggest private equity firms in the City are preparing to do battle over a stake in the £800m motor insurer Hastings, Sky News understands. A pack of potential investors, led by Advent International, ...

The recent bullish mood on equity markets quickly faded on Thursday as mixed messages from the Federal Reserve and a slowdown in China sparked a heavy sell-off on the FTSE 100, which lost more than two ...

Markets take a hit over Fed stimulus fears; US new home sales rise; ECB urged to take action as Eurozone contracts; Chinese manufacturing slumps

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Salamander Energy plunged after it issued a disappointing update on its Bedug-1 exploration well in the Bontang production sharing contract. Although the well was found to be a gas discovery, exploration ...