Lloyds Share News (LLOY)

TOP NEWS: Lloyds Banking profit virtually flat as announces buyback

(Alliance News) - Lloyds Banking Group PLC on Wednesday reported a nearly flat profit for 2022, due to credit impairments, but it announced a share buyback programme and a GBP300 million acquisition by a subsidiary.

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Miners fall; mood sombre before Fed minutes

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened lower, with mining stocks leading the decline, as a risk-off mood swept over global equities after a sell-off on Wall Street.

LONDON BRIEFING: Shares to follow US down; Lloyds sets share buyback

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London were called lower on Wednesday, after Wall Street succumbed to selling pressure amid renewed fears about higher-for-longer interest rates.

European futures head lower

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LLoyds Bank posts flat profit on higher impairment charge

(Sharecast News) - Lloyds Bank reported flat annual profits with higher net income and lower costs were offset by impairment charges due to the worsening economic outlook.

Wednesday preview: Fed meeting minutes, Lloyds in the spotlight

(Sharecast News) - Investors' attention on Wednesday would be on the minutes of the US central bank's 31 January-1 February policy meeting.

NatWest outlook drags down shares despite profit leap

Bank guides interest margins may soon peak

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IN BRIEF: Civitas Social Housing closes GBP70.9 million debt facility

Civitas Social Housing PLC - Exeter, England-based healthcare real estate investment trust - Closes new five year term debt facility of GBP70.9 million with a "major European bank lender." Says the facility has been used in full to redeem the company's existing GBP60 million facility with Lloyds Banking Group PLC, as well as providing additional liquidity.

UK earnings, trading statements calendar - next 7 days

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: RBC cuts Severn Trent, likes National Grid

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:

NatWest to stop reserve-based lending for oil, gas projects

LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - British bank NatWest said on Thursday it would immediately stop all reserve-based lending for new customers financing oil and gas exploration and extraction, before phasing it out entirely by the end of 2025.

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: FTSE 100 outperforms thanks to record BP profit

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London were mixed at the close on Tuesday, though London's flagship index, the FTSE 100, finished higher thanks to strong results from oil major BP.

HSBC says the 'headwinds are ahead' for UK mortgage holders

LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Many mortgage borrowers could struggle to manage more expensive home loans this year, one of Britain's top bank bosses said on Tuesday, as the cost of living crisis deepens.

Bosses of major banks defend branch closures to UK MPs

(Alliance News) - Bosses of Britain's biggest banks have insisted they remain committed to physical branches, after a string of recent closure announcements.

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Barclays raises Lloyds Banking and cuts NatWest

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning: