(ShareCast News) - UK stocks finished the session with slight gains, tracking the ebb and flow of trading Stateside as analysts continued to weigh in with their opinions on the US Federal Reserve's decision on 17 September to stay put. Investors were also digesting remarks from various Fed officials
Read more(ShareCast News) - After a slow morning on Monday, the FTSE 250 was up 0.25% or 43.22 points to 16,993.95. Kier Group has started to bounce back after last week's fall from grace. The stock slumped despite reporting a jump in pre-tax profit for the year ended 30 June as revenue rose thanks to a soli
Read more(ShareCast News) - UK stocks declined on Friday as the Federal Reserve decided to hold interest rates steady amid low inflation and global pressures. The Federal Open Market Committee announced it would keep rates at 0.25% overnight. The move came as concerns over China's economic slowdown has weigh
Read more(ShareCast News) - Overnight, the US central bank kept rates as many observers - but by no means all - had been expecting but left the door open to an interest rate hike come October, leaving almost everyone in equity markets dissatisfied. That saw Wall Street close on a mixed note in hectic trading
Read more(ShareCast News) - Petra Diamonds on Friday reports its full-year results following a challenging year for the sector. In July, the company said it expected annual production to rise 2% to 3.2m carats but that revenues would be hurt by lower diamond prices. The group's guidance is for a 10% drop in
Read more** Shares in UK miners among top FTSE 100 fallers as prices of metals continue to be battered by yuan devaluation ** Glencore down 5.5 pct at record lows, second-largest loser in Europe's benchmark Stoxx 600 ; JP Morgan cuts pt to 210p from 230p, keeps rating "underweight" ** Glencore
Read more(Updates shares) ** Shares in miners of precious metals Randgold, Fresnillo, Acacia and Centamin up 2.3-3 pct as gold rallies back to 3-wk highs ** Randgold also helped by PT raise by Citigroup to 4745p from 4644p ** Shares in London's major base metals miners BHP, Rio Tinto, An
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