MARKET REPORT: Shares in Hastings soar after car insurer emerges as a takeover target By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:27 BST, 29 July 2020 | Updated: 22:28 BST, 29 July 2020 Shares in Hastings soared after the car insurer emerged as a takeover target. Finland’s Sampo and South Africa’s Rand Merchant Investment … Read more
Help to Buy hearsay boosted shares in some of Britain’s biggest housebuilders. Ministers are preparing to extend the controversial scheme aimed at getting young people on the property ladder beyond its December deadline, reports say. Introduced in 2013, the loan programme allows people to buy a new-build house with a small deposit, and developers say … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Kainos shares soar 25% after dividend promise, as investors cheer sign that payout downswing could be turning a corner By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:58 BST, 27 July 2020 | Updated: 21:58 BST, 27 July 2020 Investors cheered a promising sign that this year’s dividend downswing could be about to … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Conclusion to US criminal investigation puts rocket under shares in pharmaceuticals group Indivior By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 24 July 2020 | Updated: 22:07 BST, 24 July 2020 The conclusion to a US criminal investigation put a rocket under shares in pharmaceuticals group Indivior. The Slough firm agreed … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Cancelled exhibitions hammer turnover at media company Relx and sends its events arm plunging to a loss By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:16 BST, 23 July 2020 | Updated: 23:51 BST, 23 July 2020 Cancelled exhibitions hammered turnover at media company Relx and sent its events arm plunging to a … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Traders have a glint in their eyes as gold and silver prices shoot to their highest levels in years By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:09 BST, 22 July 2020 | Updated: 22:18 BST, 22 July 2020 Traders had a glint in their eyes yesterday as gold and silver prices shot … Read more
More than £1.7billion was added to the value of Britain’s biggest housebuilders on hopes the Chancellor will cut stamp duty. Rishi Sunak is expected to propose raising the levy’s threshold so that it would only apply to properties valued at £500,000 or more, instead of the current £125,000. The changes are expected to be unveiled … Read more
Shares in Rolls Royce tumbled by nearly 10 per cent yesterday as it emerged the company is looking for ways to bolster its battered finances. The ailing British engineering group is considering a £1.5-2billion shares sale, as well as flogging assets such as Spanish subsidiary ITP Aero to raise cash, according to Bloomberg. The coronavirus … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Aston Martin shares take a dive after the luxury car maker goes cap in hand to investors yet again By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:08 BST, 26 June 2020 | Updated: 22:08 BST, 26 June 2020 Aston Martin shares dived after the luxury car maker went cap in hand to … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Eager investors pile into contractor Capita after it confirms it is lining up the sale of a lucrative IT arm By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:58 BST, 22 June 2020 | Updated: 21:58 BST, 22 June 2020 Eager investors piled into Capita after it confirmed it is lining up the … Read more