Sector Movers

Sector movers: Warm weather prompts sales surge at Next - ShareCast - Thu 08 May, 04:18 PM
Sales at high street fashion chain Next fell 3.9% to £738.9m in the first quarter, with the group cautious about the outlook given the soaring cost of food, fuel, mortgages and taxes.

Sector movers: Asset revaluation hits Hawtin - ShareCast - Wed 07 May, 03:28 PM
Welsh property development and investment group Hawtin fell into the red in 2007, with losses made worse by revaluation deficits.

Sector movers: Symbicort patent blow for Astra - ShareCast - Tue 06 May, 03:48 PM
AstraZeneca has had its European patent for the use of Symbicort in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) revoked after an appeal from generic manufacturers Norton Healthcare and Generics UK.

Sector movers: Allianz eyes UK insurers - ShareCast - Fri 02 May, 10:32 AM
Insurers are in demand today on reports that German group Allianz may be considering a large acquisition in the UK insurance sector.

Sector movers: GKN expects solid progress in 2008 - ShareCast - Thu 01 May, 11:30 AM
Engineering group GKN said it expects 2008 to be another year of solid progress with performance in line with its earlier expectations.

Sector movers: Aussie takeover plan drags BG Group lower - ShareCast - Wed 30 Apr, 04:36 PM
Oil and gas giant BG Group is looking to beef up its Australian business with an unsolicited A$12.9bn (£6.1bn) approach for Origin Energy.

Sector movers: BP and Shell top forecasts - ShareCast - Tue 29 Apr, 02:49 PM
Oil giants BP and Royal Dutch Shell both trumped market forecasts with their earnings this morning.

Sector movers: Mixed fortunes for retailers - ShareCast - Mon 28 Apr, 11:03 AM
Britain's giant supermarkets face a third price-fixing investigation after the Office of Fair Trading started a probe into the pricing of health, beauty and groceries.

Sector movers: Bus and train groups buoyed by Go Ahead - ShareCast - Fri 25 Apr, 11:48 AM
Bus and rail operator Go-Ahead Group said it anticipates delivering full year performance in line with expectations and "significantly ahead" of the record results last year.

Sector movers: Autonomy maintains "conservative" outlook 11:29 AM [ ShareCast]
Sector movers: Housebuilders retreat 01:08 PM [ ShareCast]
Sector movers: UK Coal brightens downbeat mining sector 02:11 PM [ ShareCast]
Sector movers: Expro bid materialises 11:48 AM [ ShareCast]
Sector movers: BAE buys South African weapons firm 02:04 PM [ ShareCast]

Sector movers: Burberry caps strong year 02:31 PM [ ShareCast]
Sector movers: Bradford & Bingley denies rights rumour 03:37 PM [ ShareCast]
Sector movers: BAE dives on corruption probe fears 01:26 PM [ ShareCast]
Sector movers: Margins under more pressure at DSGI 05:30 PM [ ShareCast]
Sector movers: SSE buys stake in ground source heating firm 12:09 PM [ ShareCast]

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