By Carla Mozee, MarketWatch
LONDON (MarketWatch)--Here are some of the companies whose
shares made notable moves in European trade on Wednesday:
Shares of insurer Admiral Group PLC lost 5.5%, leading decliners
on the FTSE 100 . Shore Capital in a note said with "regulatory
clouds still surrounding the industry and U.K. household providing
no respite," it is reiterating its sell view on the stock.
Separately, Admiral posted a rise in first-half profit, and named
Geraint Jones as group chief financial officer and executive
director.
E. ON SE shares climbed 4.8% as the German utility confirmed its
full-year profit outlook despite the weak start to the year.
G4S PLC popped up 5.3% after the world's largest security
company swung to a pretax profit of 85 million pounds ($142.67
million) for the first six months of the year.
Glencore PLC said it produced more copper, coal and oil in the
first six months of 2014 than the same period a year ago, but less
nickel and zinc. Shares of the miner fell 2.5%.
Rio Tinto PLC fell 1% as the iron ore miner's shares traded
without dividend rights.
On the indexes, the Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.4% 330.02. Germany's
DAX 30 climbed 1.4%, recovering from Tuesday's decline that was
triggered by weak investor-sentiment data.
France's CAC 40 picked up 0.8% to end at 4,194.79. The FTSE 100
rose 0.4% to 6,656.68, while the pound (GBPUSD) sank against the
U.S. dollar as prospects faded for an interest-rate hike before the
end of 2014.
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