Market News

Market reports from Share Cast

• London close: Footsie left behind
  30 Jul, 2010 16:34
  Footsie was the sick man of Europe at trading's close as it failed to sustain a recovery that followed a downward turn sparked by disappointing US economic data.

• London afternoon: Shares knocked by US GDP
  30 Jul, 2010 13:59
  The Footsie hit new lows in the aftermath of disappointing US gross domestic product (GDP) data for the second quarter. Inflation adjusted and seasonally adjusted gross domestic product rose at an annualised rate of 2.4% in the second quarter, a significa

• London midday: Stocks off the bottom
  30 Jul, 2010 12:12
  Leading shares entered the lunch time trading session with a bit of momentum, with the FTSE index coming off its lowest levels of the day in the last half hour of the morning.

Press round-up from Share Cast

• Friday newspaper round-up: TalkTalk, EDF, Google
  30 Jul, 2010 06:35
  TalkTalk has signed a deal with Vodafone to launch a mobile phone service under its own brand — but it will target only its existing broadband customers.

• Thursday newspaper round-up: BP, Russia, Banks
  29 Jul, 2010 06:12
  BP has fired the starting gun on a $30 billion fire sale, holding talks with TNK-BP, its Russian joint venture, about the sale of a $1 billion package of oil projects in Venezuela, the Times has learnt. The talks, part of a programme of disposals designed

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: BP, Vedanta, Energy bills
  28 Jul, 2010 06:32
  BP's new chief executive began his reign over Britain's largest industrial company by delivering a snub to the US Senate.

Company news from Share Cast

• F&C gears up
  30 Jul, 2010 17:23
  Investment trust titan Foreign and Colonial (F&C) took a step back in the first half of 2010, though it outperformed its benchmark index.

• Mali discovery cheers Randgold boss
  30 Jul, 2010 16:16
  Shares in Randgold Resources were shining after the Africa-focused gold miner's chief executive Mark Bristow said its recent discovery of a gold deposit at Gounkoto in western Mali confirms the region's potential for further finds of this size.

• Citigroup pays $75m sub-prime fine
  30 Jul, 2010 14:21
  American bank Citigroup is paying a $75m (£48m) fine to settle charges that it misled investors over their exposure to sub-prime mortgages.

Sector review from Share Cast

• Sector movers: Media stocks move higher
  29 Jul, 2010 14:19
  Updates from the media sector have been given an enthusiastic reception.

• Sector movers: UBS numbers buoy banks
  27 Jul, 2010 11:39
  Banks are buoyant after strong second quarter results from Swiss sector giant UBS.

• Sector movers: Microsoft results lift ARM
  23 Jul, 2010 12:43
  The sharp rise in ARM's share price has given the technology hardware and equipment sector a lift.