LiveCharts Stock Market news http://www.livecharts.co.uk Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:43:26 +0000 en http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343751 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:05:00 +0000 http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343751 The Dow closed at an 18-month high as investors took heart from the Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates on hold. http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343607 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:09:00 +0000 http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343607 Gladstone has sent out a document to shareholders responding to the Constellation Software Inc mandatory bid and it urges shareholders not to accept the offer. http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343503 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:12:00 +0000 http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343503 Bread and subs and sausage rolls might be the theme song for bakery and sandwich chain Greggs, which issues full year results on Thursday. http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343498 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:11:00 +0000 http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343498 The Dow has broken through its 2010 high as investors are buoyed by the Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates on hold. http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343487 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:56:00 +0000 http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343487 British Airways said late on Wednesday that it will increase the number of flights during the forthcoming three-day strike by its cabin crew after more staff volunteered to work. http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343412 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:48:00 +0000 http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343412 London's gains were trimmed just before the close as traders took a few profits before heading off to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Nevertheless, it was the highest close for the Footsie since the middle of 2008. http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343371 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:33:00 +0000 http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343371 Europe's leading exchanges closed with good gains with the Dax in Frankfurt rising back above the 6,000 mark. http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343305 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:02:00 +0000 http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343305 US Treasury bonds were barely changed following the decision to leave interest rates unchanged. http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343322 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:02:00 +0000 http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343322 A round-up of the biggest director deals today so far. http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343255 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:40:00 +0000 http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343255 Standard Life European, the investment trust focused on private equity, saw its net asset value (NAV) per share rise by 6.5% to 175.6p in the final quarter of 2009. http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343238 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:37:00 +0000 http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343238 After last nights dovish statement by the FOMC the US dollar has continued to come under pressure with sterling being one of the main beneficiaries. The pound was also helped by better than expected employment data with the unemployment rate showing its biggest fall since November 1997 to 4.9%. Economists had been expecting a rate of 5.0%. The claimant count unemployment total also fell 23,300, confounding economists' expectations of an 8,000 rise. http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343211 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:31:00 +0000 http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343211 The City watchdog plans to hire 460 new staff this year as part of an effort to toughen up supervision of the financial sector. http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343186 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:23:00 +0000 http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343186 Afren is wanted Wednesday after it signed an additional drilling contract for the GSF High Island Vll jack-up rig to carry out planned drilling on their assets located offshore South East Nigeria. http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343098 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:45:00 +0000 http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343098 Ink jet printing technology companies are prominent in the best performers on TechMARK. http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343080 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:43:00 +0000 http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/news_article.php?id=3343080 Prudential chief executive Tidjane Thiam looks set to join the board of Societe Generale, France's second-largest bank.