LSE Market News

Is the market driving you nuts?  Don’t feel bad.  You’re (probably) normal.  It’s the market that’s insane.  It’s days like today that it is especially fun to be writing around midday.  There’s so much frenzy, it’s like watching the rear end of a rat race. If you are still in a tither from last night’s news […]

Stock markets in Europe entered the red territory in Thursday trading in response to the latest revision of the World Bank of the outlook in the 17-member single currency union of the Eurozone and of the global economy. Releasing its Global Economics Prospects, the World Bank said the Eurozone will contract even further – from […]

Mining giant Rio Tinto plc (LSE:RIO) has agreed to sell its nickel-and-copper mine in United States as part of its cost-cutting measures, the Anglo-Australian firm divulged earlier today. In a statement, Rio Tinto said it has reached a binding agreement to sell the Eagle Project for US$325 million in cash to Toronto-based firm Lundin Mining […]

Has been CEO since November 2008. The Board of Directors of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group have announced that Stephen Hester will be stepping down as the Group’s Chief Executive later this year. The bank’s board believed that an “orderly succession process will give a new CEO time to prepare the privatisation process” and […]

If you are impressed with the performers on ‘Britain’s Got Talent,’ wait until you see the stars that Glencore Xstrata (LSE:GLEN) is bringing the to stage!  The Company’s share price, which has lagged since the merger, was up modestly this morning by 0.48% to 303.95, a 1.45 pence increase. As predicted back in April, many […]

A strange thing happened on the way to the London Stock Exchange this morning.  Beverage baron A.G. Barr (LSE:BAG) announced that the UK Competition Commission had completed its review of Barr’s proposed merger with its rival Britvic (LSE:BVIC).  The commission has made a provisional decision that the merger would not have any significant effect that […]

I like companies that operate quietly in a well-defined niche, don’t catch a lot of headlines, operate efficiently, provide an important service, fill a vital need, and pay a handsome dividend.  Latchways (LSE:LTC) is that kind of company. The share price of LTC was up by what some would call “a modest 2.41%” today.  But […]

After all the recent fear and uncertainty that markets’ upcoming monthly ‘fixes’ might be reduced due to the dealer restricting supply on improved economic/labour market outlook, the major piece of data used to decide supply (NFP) came in at a level which was OK but neither good enough to intensify fears of restricted supply nor […]

There are two reasons that I don’t usually write about small-cap companies.  The first is that that they don’t typically generate much in the way of big news.  The second is that my boss keeps telling me to follow the Big news.  Well, today I think that FastJet (LSE:FJET), a company with a market cap […]

I’ve been watching ARM Holdings (LSE:ARM) for some time now.  It is a fascinating company on its own merit, regardless of its public status.  It almost defines “leading edge technology,” and it is unique in its offering of proprietary circuit designs without manufacturing the chips themselves.  Its high-performance, power-efficient circuit designs have propelled the company...