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London mid-morning: Footsie seeking direction
Mon, 15 Mar 2010, 10:47:00
Footsie is struggling to find direction with little in the way of company news to move stocks. Broker coverage provides some interest. <b>Centrica</b> moves higher after expectations of strong growth in the UK and the US prompted Nomura to raise its rating on British Gas owner Centrica to 370p from 340p. <b>British Telecom</b> and <b>Cable & Wireless</b> are pushing on helping to offset a dull morning for the miners. <b>Xstrata</b>, <b>Vedanta</b> and <b>Kazakhmys</b> are the worst affected. <b>BSkyB</b> is down after Friday's excitement on market talk that 39% owner Rupert Murdoch might try to take it private. Investment trust giant <b>Witan</b>'s investment performance beat its benchmark index in 2009 after calling the bottom of the market a month early in February. The Trust achieved 25.9% total return in net asset value in 2009, versus a 24.5% return from the company's benchmark measurement. The total dividend for 2009 is 10.5p, up from 10.2p the year before. <b>Rio Tinto</b> has been cleared by an internal Chinese investigation of wrong doing over the collapse of its proposed tie-up with aluminium group Chinalco. The investigation instead blamed naivety, poor PR and soaring metal prices for the breakdown of the deal. Distribution and outsourcing group <b>Bunzl</b> has bought Switzerland-based consumable products supplier Weita Holding for an undisclosed sum. In 2009, the Swiss company's revenue was SFr.70.9m while at the end of the year the company had gross assets worth SFr.47m. Sensor and electronic components firm <b>TT Electronics</b> has been hit hard by the recession, but put in a "creditable" performance in 2009 and has continued a better fourth quarter performance into the new year. <b>French Connection</b> said it will close the majority of its loss making operations in the US and sell its Nicole Farhi brand. The changes, which include exiting the Japanese market, are part of a restructuring of the business aimed at returning it to profitability, it said in a company statement. West end retailer <b>Liberty</b> has agreed a £41.5m sale and lease back of its world famous Regent Street store. The freehold of the 125,000 sq ft shop, officially on Great Marlborough Street, London W1, has been sold to Sirosa Liberty Limited. <b>FTSE 100 - Risers</b> BT Group (BT.A) 126.00p +2.19% Centrica (CNA) 293.90p +1.34% Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets (MRW) 297.50p +0.98% Shire Plc (SHP) 1,463.00p +0.97% Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) 42.98p +0.96% SABMiller (SAB) 1,888.00p +0.75% National Grid (NG.) 655.00p +0.69% Standard Life (SL.) 212.90p +0.61% United Utilities Group (UU.) 561.00p +0.54% Admiral Group (ADM) 1,244.00p +0.48% <b>FTSE 100 - Fallers</b> Xstrata (XTA) 1,165.50p -2.31% Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) 57.17p -2.22% Wolseley (WOS) 1,643.00p -1.97% Lonmin (LMI) 1,960.00p -1.90% Kazakhmys (KAZ) 1,489.00p -1.85% Antofagasta (ANTO) 1,017.00p -1.55% Anglo American (AAL) 2,670.50p -1.38% Randgold Resources (RRS) 4,915.00p -1.38% British Airways (BAY) 232.40p -1.36% Fresnillo (FRES) 834.50p -1.36% <b>FTSE 250 - Risers</b> Greggs (GRG) 432.00p +2.61% Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities (ECWO) 147.50p +2.43% Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.) 349.60p +2.25% PayPoint (PAY) 370.00p +2.24% Booker Group (BOK) 43.83p +2.05% ITV (ITV) 52.65p +1.54% PV Crystalox Solar (PVCS) 53.10p +1.53% Sports Direct International (SPD) 107.50p +1.42% BlueBay Asset Management (BBAY) 379.90p +1.31% Domino Printing (DNO) 350.00p +1.07% <b>FTSE 250 - Fallers</b> Game Group (GMG) 86.20p -3.09% Hochschild Mining (HOC) 277.30p -3.04% Bodycote (BOY) 192.60p -2.97% Aquarius Platinum Ltd. (AQP) 383.30p -2.42% HMV Group (HMV) 80.55p -2.42% Wellstream Holdings (WSM) 531.00p -2.39% CSR (CSR) 472.80p -2.37% Petropavlovsk (POG) 1,052.00p -2.32% Ferrexpo (FXPO) 298.10p -2.23% Pace (PIC) 189.40p -2.17%
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