LSE Market News

At 16 minutes past 9:00 am GMT yesterday, 24 July 2014, Carillon (LSE:CLLN) announced that it had won a contract with the Ministry of Defense worth £2.8 billion. Carillon’s share price barely budged, despite analysts describing the deal as a game changer for the company. The contract for maintaining and upgrading military facilities was won as part of a joint venture with Amey, a...

Investors responded enthusiastically today to the announcement of the preliminary results for Renishaw’s (LSE:RSW) fiscal year ending 30 June 2014. Recording both record quarterly and annual revenues along with a 17% increase in pretax profits sent the Renishaw share price through the roof with an incredible 22.52% (331.00 pence) increase to 1,801.00. Even before the market had opened...

The share price of BHP Billiton (LSE:BLT) reached its highest peak since 19 February 2013, closing at 2,066, up 0.58% on the day after having reached 2,084 early this morning after the markets opened. A remarkably exceptional annual production report help to boost the BHP share price. When we are talking about a 0.58% increase in value for a company whose market cap is already greater than...

Update on Mexico Energy Reform: Senate Approves Key Bills Astar Minerals, further to the Company’s announcement on 16 July 2014, has said that the Mexican Senate has now approved the key bills with regards to the legislation required to reopen Mexico’s vast energy industry to the private sector. The bills have now been passed to the Lower House of Congress for final approval which...

Significant Channel Sampling Results at New Departure Silver Mine Black Mountain Resources Limited (LSE:BMZ), the silver focused development company with interests in the US, has announced that high grade silver results have been returned from channel sampling at its New Departure Silver Mine in Montana. Highlights: * Extremely high grade sampling results surpass expectations with up to 422...

Mariana Resources, the AIM quoted exploration and development company focused in Peru and southern Argentina, announces further positive results from its recently completed 2,084m drill campaign at the copper-gold-silver Soledad prospect in Peru , located in the prospective Cordillera Negra metallogenic province, some 34 km south of the Pierina gold-silver mine operated by Barrick Gold...

Commencement of Drilling at Wressle Prospect, onshore UK and operations update Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc, the AIM quoted oil and gas exploration and development company with a combination of producing and exploration assets in Europe, has announce that it has been notified by Egdon Resources, the operator of Licence PEDL 180 in Lincolnshire, that the Wressle-1 conventional...

The share price of ARM Holdings (LSE:ARM) (NASDAQ:ARMH) jumped 5.88% today to 882.50, helping to prop up the FTSE, following the publication of its results for the second quarter and first half of 2014. Let me say right from the start that I am a fan of ARM Holdings, from a strategic investment and operational perspective. Its entire business model is innovative and one that, as long as they...

Additional £0.6m Well Order Signed With Centrica Plc Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP friction-grip method of wellhead engineering has announce that it has received an additional purchase order from Centrica Energy Exploration and Production to supply surface wellhead and mudline equipment services for an...

New High-Grade Polymetallic lode Discovered at Hammaslahti Target, Finland FinnAust Mining has reported a new potential ore lode of copper (“Cu”), zinc (“Zn”), lead (“Pb”), silver (“Ag”) and gold (“Au”) mineralisation has been discovered at its Hammaslahti Project. FinnAust Mining plc is an AIM listed exploration company, which is...