News

* FTSE 100 down 0.4 pct * Emerging-market turmoil makes for worst January since 2010 * Diageo (LSE: DGE.L – news) , SABMiller (LSE: SAB.L – news) hit by analyst downgrades * BT top riser as it returns to revenue growth By Alistair Smout LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters) – British blue chip shares fell to Read More

* FTSE 100 down 0.9 pct * Emerging-market turmoil triggers 4 percent monthly fall * Diageo (LSE: DGE.L – news) , SABMiller (LSE: SAB.L – news) hit by analyst downgrades * BT top riser as it returns to revenue growth By Alistair Smout LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters) – British blue chip shares fell to six-week Read More

FTSE fails to shrug off emerging market and US tapering fears Imperial Tobacco (LSE: IMT.L – news) sparked up the bluechips, rising 37, or 2.62pc to £14.48 after a bullish note from Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS-PB – news) raised the possibility of a bumper payout for investors. Imperial Tobacco could distribute £8.8bn of cash over Read More

By Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) — The U.K.’s FTSE 100 index posted its worst monthly performance since June on Friday, tracking a wider selloff in Europe, where lower-than-expected euro-zone inflation Read More

By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:24 EST, 31 January 2014 | UPDATED: 12:28 EST, 31 January 2014 The FTSE 100 Index has suffered its worst January performance for four years after eurozone inflation fears saw it end another session in the red. At the close it was down 28 points at 6510.4, meaning the Read More

LONDON (ShareCast) – 1630:Close The FTSE closed firmly lower, dragged by Coca-Cola HBC on readacross from Diageo (LSE: DGE.L – news) , which posted poor H1 results, while BT charged higher after its Q3 beat analyst forecasts. In macro news, UK consumer confidence rose more than expected in January to -7 from -31 in December, Read More

* FTSE 100 down 1.1 pct * Diageo (LSE: DGE.L – news) , SABMiller (LSE: SAB.L – news) hit by analyst downgrades * Beverage sector falls 8.5 pct this week on EM worries * BT top riser as it returns to revenue growth By Alistair Smout LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters) – British blue chip shares Read More

By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:24 EST, 31 January 2014 | UPDATED: 12:28 EST, 31 January 2014 The FTSE 100 Index has suffered its worst January performance for four years after eurozone inflation fears saw it end another session in the red. At the close it was down 28 points at 6510.4, meaning the Read More

London (AFP) – London’s FTSE 100 opened slightly lower on Friday as emerging markets turmoil weighed on Europe’s main stock markets, but upbeat news from telecoms firm BT group and a share buyback by Imperial Tobacco provided a buffer. The index was 11.36 points down at 0920 GMT at 6,527.09, the index buffeted by a Read More

Imperial Tobacco (LSE: IMT.L – news) biggest blue-chip riser after bullish Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS-PB – news) note • Imperial Tobacco has sparked up the bluechips this morning, rising 53p, or 2.49pc, to £22.35 after a bullish note from Goldman Sachs upgraded the cigarette maker to a “Buy” rating. The US bank said that Imperial Read More