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FTSE 100 movers: Imperial Brands lights up blue chips, soggy bottom for Compass

09-05-2018

The FTSE 100 was lit up by Imperial Brands and oil majors BP and Shell on Wednesday, with Burberry and Compass the big fallers.

US close: Stocks take step higher as Apple surges to record

04-05-2018

Wall Street's main market gauges finished higher on Friday, helped by a record close for Apple stock, with traders apparently not overly bothered by the lack of a breakthrough in trade talks between Beijing and Washington.

Thursday broker round-up

03-05-2018

Go-ahead: Deutsche Bank downgrades to hold with a target price of 1,840p.

BP first-quarter profit beats forecasts as production and oil price rise

01-05-2018

BP posted a forecast-busting surge in profit for the first three months of 2018 after the oil company's upstream business had its strongest quarter for more than three years.

BP appoints former BG and Statoil boss Helge Lund as new chairman

26-04-2018

(WebFG News) - Oil giant BP has appointed former BG Group and Statoil boss Helge Lund as its new chairman, succeeding Carl-Henric Svanberg, with effect from 1 January 2019.

Investment Association tells companies to appoint more women managers

17-04-2018

The Investment Association (IA) has written to one in 10 companies in the FTSE 350 - including BP - urging them to set out plans to appoint more senior female managers or face unrest at shareholder meetings.

BP and Petrobras form alliance to explore further joint ventures

12-04-2018

BP and Brazil's Petróleo Brasileiro have formed an alliance to explore potential joint opportunities in "upstream, downstream, trading and across low-carbon initiatives", inside and outside the South American country.

BP commits to two new North Sea developments worth £420m

10-04-2018

BP has committed to two new North Sea developments at an estimated cost to the oil major of £420m with peak production seen reaching 30,000 barrels gross of oil equivalent per day.

Barclays reiterates BP is its 'top-pick' in the sector ahead of Q1 results

03-04-2018

Barclays reiterated its endorsement of BP's shares as its 'top-pick' in the sector, noting how the sector had only performed 'in-line' with the wider market since the beginning of 2018, even as analysts had bumped up their profit estimates by 10%.

Monday broker round-up

05-03-2018

Tesco: Jefferies upgrades to buy with a target price of 250p.

RBC upgrades BP to 'outperform' on 'underappreciated' downstream dynamics

26-02-2018

Analysts at RBC Capital Markets took a look at oil and gas giant BP on Monday morning, saying they believed its cash flow framework would improve in 2018 as a result of a growing upstream base and favourable dynamics in the downstream, the latter of which it felt "may be underappreciated by the market".

Morgan Stanley downgrades BP, cuts target for Shell

13-02-2018

Morgan Stanley downgraded its view on shares of BP by one notch from 'overweight' to 'equalweight', predicting that management would continue to prioritise debt reduction over the dividend payout.

SocGen upgrades BP to 'buy'

12-02-2018

Analysts at Societe Generale upgraded their recommendation on stock of BP from 'hold' to 'buy', citing fading concerns regarding the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

BP begins production at offshore Egyptian asset

12-02-2018

BP announced on Monday that it had kicked off gas production at its Atoll Phase One asset off the coast of Egypt after completing the project seven months ahead of schedule at just two-thirds of the total costs it had anticipated.

Citi lifts BP target price, sees soft signals on dividend increase

07-02-2018

Analysts at Citi lifted their target price on shares of BP by 6% to 510p, while reiterating their 'neutral' recommendation on the shares, highlighting the "soft signals" of a rise in the dividend emanating from the company.

BP profit surges in fourth quarter to beat forecasts

06-02-2018

BP's profit surged to $2.1bn (£1.5bn) in the fourth quarter from $400m a year earlier as the oil company gained from rising production.

BP promises fiscal conservatism despite rocketing oil prices

30-01-2018

BP announced on Tuesday that it would not alter its spending plans despite rising global oil prices and was beginning preparations to approve projects for 2018 aimed at making money with prices below $40 a barrel.

BP and Shell eyeing first purchases of Libyan crude in four years

18-01-2018

Royal Dutch Shell and BP are said to have agreed to annual purchase deals of Libyan crude on Thursday as recovering production levels from the North African nation and decreased security fears began to draw in several of the world's largest oil companies.

BP to take $1.7bn charge on Deepwater Horizon spill

16-01-2018

BP said it expected to take a post-tax non-operating charge of around $1.7bn in the fourth quarter as part of the class action settlement of the disastrous Deepwater Horizon oil well spill in the US in 2010.

Tuesday broker round-up

09-01-2018

Mothercare: JP Morgan downgrades to underweight with a target price of 40p.

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