23-05-2012

- Officials warn Eurozone to prepare for Greek exit - BoE policy makers 'finely balanced' on more QE - CBO warns of US recession

22-05-2012

- Risk-on as miners and financials advance - Eurobonds in focus ahead of EU summit - OECD cuts Eurozone GDP forecast

22-05-2012

- ECB provides 100bn euros to Greece - Markets await EU summit - Miners, financials on the up early on

18-05-2012

A round-up of the biggest director deals today so far.

18-05-2012

Footsie finished not far off its low for the day after a lunch-time rally fizzled out.

17-05-2012

- Bank run speculation across Europe grips markets - Barroso wants Greece to stay in Eurozone - Moody's could downgrade Spanish banks

17-05-2012

Mining and financial stocks were providing a drag on the Footsie today, as investors continue to flee from 'risker' assets amidst the global economic uncertainty. Providing further downward pressure on the resources sector was US broker Jefferies after having slashed its target prices for mining stocks under its coverage by an average 10% after recent underperformance.

17-05-2012

- IMF tells Greece to stick to austerity - FOMC expresses concerns over euro crisis - Yields rise at Spanish bond auction, again

16-05-2012

Investec has maintained its buy recommendation and 40p target price for banking group Lloyds, saying it remains a buyer 'at this level of distress'.

16-05-2012

Investec has maintained its buy recommendation and 40p target price for banking group Lloyds, saying it remains a buyer 'at this level of distress'.

16-05-2012

Babcock, Barclays, Cineworld, Compass, Experian, Hilton Food, Home Retail, Glencore, Greggs, Land Secs, Lloyds, Lonmin, Morrison, Ophir, RBS, Spirax-Sarco, Xstrata

14-05-2012

- Footsie closes at levels not seen since mid-December - Potential Greek exit from euro hammers stocks - Banks, miners the worst performers in London

14-05-2012

Lloyds, Barclays and RBS were the among the worst-performing stocks in London "as investors are concerned about the losses other banks have incurred 'hedging their risk' following the 2bn dollar loss by JP Morgan Chase & Co", Alpari's Erlam said. HSBC was also out of favour after announcing that the sale of its operations in Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and Paraguay for 400m dollars in cash.

14-05-2012

- Risk-off as Greek exit speculation weighs on sentiment - Eurozone finance ministers to focus on Greece, Spain and growth - Banks, miners lead the fallers on the Footsie

14-05-2012

Fresh life has been breathed back into the Co-op's bid to takeover 632 Lloyds branches after reports said a new deal was put to the City Regulator.

14-05-2012

- Political uncertainty in Greece, Germany weighs on sentiment - Officials consider Greek euro exit - Banks, miners drag on the FTSE 100

13-05-2012

Greece's deputy prime minister has said the country will run out of money in six weeks unless it honours its bitterly-disputed EU bailout deal. Speaking exclusively to The Sunday Telegraph, Theodoros Pangalos said he was "very much afraid of what is going to happen" after Greek voters rejected the deal in elections last Sunday. "The majority of the people voted for a very strange mental construction," he said. "We want to be in the EU and the euro, but we don't want to pay anything for the past." The main beneficiary of the election, the hard-Left Syriza coalition, came a startling second on a promise to tear up the deal, which promises EU loans to keep massively-indebted Greece afloat, but demands crippling spending cuts in return. Germany, the principal lender, has said it will stop payments if Greece breaks its promises on spending.

11-05-2012

- US consumer sentiment at post-recession high - Banks weighed down by JP Morgan surprise trading loss - Miners pressured lower by Chinese data

11-05-2012

- Chinese economic figures weigh on mining stocks - JP Morgan trading loss dents UK banks - UK factory gate inflation eases less than expected

11-05-2012

- Chinese industrial output, inflation data disappoints - Spain to ask for EFSF support, according to reports - JP Morgan surprise trading loss causes concerns