Saturday, 25 May 2013

London Stock Exchange

LSE Top 10 by Value Traded
CodeNameLastVolumeChange
XTAXstrata963.5014,141,040659.50216.94%
HSBAHsbc Hdg726.0025,724,37015.802.13%
BUPFBupa Finance Plc10,6321,500,0001821.74%
HFDHalfords Group Ord 1p304.769,383,81828.548.56%
BGBG Group1,1949,772,693231.85%
BARCBarclays Bank317.0048,466,9804.451.38%
RIORio Tinto (reg)2,8673,998,315461.58%
RBSRoyal Bank of Scotland327.0016,241,89010.203.02%
LLOYLloyds-tsb60.08238,789,2000.540.89%
VODVodafone Group194.55122,251,6001.000.52%
Latest News
  • Highlights from this week's Investors Chronicle

    04:52 | 25/5/13
    Financial Times
    Analysts at UBS are so worried about volumes that they've issued sell advice on Croda, Dutch paints group Akzo Nobel and, most recently, Victrex. more»
  • The week ahead...

    04:47 | 25/5/13
    Interactive Investor
    Barr AG, Victrex, Medicx Fund, Renold, Volex Group, Seadrill Partners LLC. Wednesday 29 May. On Wednesday, we should learn more about the progress of Silence Therapeutics plc (SLN), one of those biotechs that can blind you with science - in its case ... more»
  • Rio Tinto Plc (NYSE:RIO), BP Plc (NYSE:BP), InterOil Corporation (NYSE:IOC ...

    04:21 | 25/5/13
    SBWire
    Rio Tinto plc (NYSE:RIO) a company that engages in finding, mining, and processing mineral resources worldwide is currently down (-1.79%) on 1,538,116 shares traded after Rio Tinto Reaffirmed at Neutral. more»
  • Go-Ahead Group Given Neutral Rating at Goldman Sachs (GOG)

    03:56 | 25/5/13
    Daily Political
    The Go-Ahead Group plc is principally engaged in the provision of passenger transport services. The Company has four segments: Deregulated Bus division consists of bus operations outside London; Regulated Bus division consists of bus operations in ... more»
  • Oil & Gas Sector: Caza soars on financing for New Mexico drill programme

    03:26 | 25/5/13
    Stock Market Wire
    And Xtract Energy [LON:XTR] was also down despite more than halving its pre-tax loss to £1.6 million, from a loss of £3.4 million. more»
  • First online publication of oil price fixing US lawsuit against Shell, BP ...

    03:07 | 25/5/13
    Royal Dutch Shell plc .com
    You may have seen reference on this website to the class action lawsuit launched in the USA by Prime International Trading, Ltd against Royal Dutch Shell, BP and Statoil, for alleged oil price-fixing. We are the first ... Street Journal. DISCLAIMER ... more»
  • Bill Ackman Strikes Again: P&G's McDonald Out, Lafley In

    03:01 | 25/5/13
    Yahoo! Finance (blog)
    Under McDonald, P&G's profit margins, market share and stock price lagged relative to peers such as Unilever PLC (UL), Colgate-Palmolive Co. more»
  • Mother Love

    02:50 | 25/5/13
    My New Orleans (blog)
    It was a cheaply framed, mass-produced image of a split-level house, and it said, around the border: “I hear your footsteps on the stairs. more»
  • Go! Calendar of Events

    02:36 | 25/5/13
    Coos Bay World
    Guest: Bob Bradock, Jordon Cove Energy Project. RSVP at 541-266-0868. No host luncheon. Thursday, May 30. 2013 Texaco Country Showdown Qualifying Round 7 p.m. more»
  • The Stock Picker's Guide to BP plc (BP)

    02:10 | 25/5/13
    Insider Monkey (blog)
    BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) LONDON -- Successful investors use a disciplined approach to picking stocks, and checklists can be a great way to make sure you've covered all the bases. more»
  • State Investigating Rock Wall at Montauk Shores

    02:07 | 25/5/13
    East Hampton Star
    The revetment is blocking access by beachcombers and to a popular fishing site called Cavett's Cove. The Concerned Citizens of Montauk and the ... That the expanded revetment will cause sand to move offshore for some distance due to the wave energy ... more»
  • Co-Op Bank Halts Loans to New Business Clients After Downgrade

    02:03 | 25/5/13
    Businessweek
    Co-Operative Bank Plc said it will halt loans to new business customers, two weeks after Moody's Investors Service cut the British lender's rating to junk. more»
  • Some statin drugs do seem to raise users' risk of diabetes, study suggests

    01:48 | 25/5/13
    Windsor Star
    "If a patient has a really high LDL" - the dangerous form of cholesterol - "then maybe you do need the high powered stuff like Lipitor and rosuvastatin or Crestor and you can actually go a bit higher on the dose," said Mamdani, director of the ... more»
  • Merryn Somerset Webb

    01:41 | 25/5/13
    Financial Times
    It isn't good for them for us to be sitting around with our money in savings accounts losing money to inflation, as opposed to being in investment funds and losing money on fees. Hence the regular press ... The trust hasn't had a great year relative to ... more»
  • Ruthless and bad behaviour at the top of Royal Dutch Shell

    01:40 | 25/5/13
    Royal Dutch Shell plc .com
    Well Phil Watts, Tony Hayward of BP, Fred Goodwin of RBS and all too many others will tell you. They did not “Do the ... of The Wall Street Journal. DISCLAIMER: This is not a Shell website nor is it officially endorsed by or affiliated with Royal Dutch ... more»
Global Indices
CodeLastChange
NZ504,526621.36%
COMP3,45940.11%
DJI15,295130.08%
SP5001,64820.14%
DAX7,789911.15%
FTSE6,6971432.10%
NI22512,494220.18%
TWI76.220.160.21%
Currencies
CodeLastChange
EURUSD1.2930.0000.03%
NZDUSD0.80840.00220.27%
AUDUSD0.96500.00940.96%
NZDAUD0.83780.00210.25%