Market News

Market reports from Share Cast

• London pre-open: Sharp falls expected after Bernanke confirms 'tapering'
  20 Jun, 2013 07:28
  Confirmation by Chairman Ben Bernanke that the Federal Reserve could begin taper its quantitative easing (QE) programme this year is set to weigh heavily on markets on Thursday.

• US close: Stocks drop as Bernanke signals start of the 'taper'
  19 Jun, 2013 22:53
  Dow Jones Industrial Average: 15,112 (-206)

• London close: All eyes on tonight's Fed meeting
  19 Jun, 2013 17:17
  UK markets gave back Tuesday' slight gains as traders continued to take positions, or stay on the side lines, ahead of the all-important policy decision - and accompanying market reaction - from the US Federal Reserve due out later this evening.

Press round-up from Share Cast

• Thursday newspaper round-up : Lloyds, RBS, BT, Dolce and Gabbana
  20 Jun, 2013 06:44
  Chancellor George Osborne has signalled the prospect of the first stages of the privatisation of Lloyds Banking Group, The Telegraph reported. He hinted the sale of the state-backed lender's shares within months, saying the bank was in a good position for

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: Deloitte, RBS, News Corp.
  19 Jun, 2013 06:41
  A report by a cross-party group of MPs and peers believes senior bankers should face jail and lose bonuses if they are involved in a future banking collapse, The Telegraph reported. The government has been urged to introduce a new criminal offence for sen

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: Liberty, Co-op Bank, Severn Trent
  18 Jun, 2013 06:48
  Liberty Global has entered the bidding for Kabel Deutschland, the Financial Times reported. The media group, controlled by John Malone, has put in a potential offer that would top a price tabled by Vodafone last week and value Germany's largest cable oper

Company news from Share Cast

• European broker round-up
  20 Jun, 2013 08:31
  Alcatel-Lucent, BME, LVMH, Siemens, Technip

• Support and resistance levels for the main securities
  20 Jun, 2013 08:27
  Euro/Dollar: 1.3243/1.3417. Ftse 100: 6,205/6,397. S&P 500: 1,598/1,687.

• SOCO begins drilling TGT-10X well in Vietnam
  20 Jun, 2013 08:21
  SOCO International has started drilling the first well in the H5 fault bloc of the Te Giac Trang field in Vietnam.

Sector review from Share Cast

• Sector movers: Industrial metals fall, risk appetite declines ahead of Fed
  19 Jun, 2013 15:00
  Falling risk appetite on equity markets on Wednesday resulted in some weakness in the industrial metals and mining sector.

• Sector movers: Banks gain on China rate-cut speculation
  18 Jun, 2013 15:14
  Banking stocks were in demand on Tuesday on the back of reports that China could move to cut interest rates in an effort to combat a slowdown.

• Sector movers: M&A activity lifts telecoms higher
  17 Jun, 2013 15:42
  Strong gains for Vodafone were lifting the mobile telecommunications category higher on Monday afternoon as news of M&A activity across the sector boosted share prices.