LSE Market News

Summit Corporation Plc (LSE:SUMM) shares were up 4.3% by 9:44 am GMT on Thursday following a press release by the company. According to the announcement, the drug discovery company’s SMT C1100 product, manufactured to treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, was granted orphan drug status by the United States Food and Drug Administration. The SMT C1100 was […]

Bowleven Plc (LSE:BLVN), an AIM traded oil & gas exploration company with operational focuses in West Africa, announced on Thursday further discoveries at its Sapele-3 exploration well off the coast of Cameroon. The company’s shares were down 1.4% at 11:47 am GMT to 73p. In the statement released, the company announced that the well drilling […]

African-based diamond miner and explorer, Namakwa Diamonds Limited (LON: NAD) announced today it has converted US$16.03m trading debt into 66,791,667 new ordinary shares. Approved by shareholders, the deal sees a $40m two-year secured term loan – of which $23 m has been drawn – continuing to remain available to the company. The conversion of debt […]

Tailings processsing company Berkeley Mineral Resources (LSE:BMR) announced on Wednesday its continued verification and assessment work at the Kabwe mine in Zambia.  BMR shares were trading 4.3% higher at 2.4p by mid-morning trading. The announcement comes in connection with the pre-feasibility study being conducted on the resources at the project, washplant, slags, and leachplant...

Independent Resources Plc (LSE:IRG) shares dropped 8.4% by 2:15pm GMT on Wednesday following the release of their results for the fiscal year ending 30 September 2011. The news release contained highlights from the year, a short statement by the company chairman, and a series of consolidated financial statements. In the announcement, the chairman admitted that […]

The share price of computational systems biology firm Physiomics PLC (LSE:PYC) surged following the announcement of a new contract with Eli Lilly. Leading to a 24% increase in share price to a two-month high of 0.37, the contract will see Physiomics working on projects to predict the outcome of cancer drugs. Since then Physiomic’s share price […]

Rubicon Diversified Investments Plc (LSE:RUBI) announced on Friday that it has raised £400,000 through a firm placing of 4,000,000 shares and a conditional placing of 36,000,000 shares at 1p with Lonrho Plc and some high net worth investors.  Shares in the company rose 225% to 2.6p before the markets closed for the weekend.   The […]

Range Resources Limited (LSE:RRL) shares shot up 16% to 10.2p this morning following their announcement of a 490% increase in proven reserves at their Trinidad site.  After the initial increase, shares settled down in mid-morning trading, up 7.8% to 9.5p at 10:38 am GMT. Trinidad Site Proven Valuable The company’s Proved Reserves in Trinidad were […]

Hasgrove Plc (LSE:HGV) released a trading update on Friday announcing lower profit expectations for the year ending 31 December 2011. Stocks were trading at 32p at 2:30pm GMT, down nearly 30% on the day. The statement reported that operating profits for the year were now expected to be £1.5 million, much lower than the current […]

Pace Plc (LSE:PIC) shares dropped 15% in mid-morning trading after an Interim Management Statement and Strategic Update was released by the company on Thursday. The statement released pertained to the period from 1 July 2011 until 16 November 2011. Trading Update and 2011 Outlook The company stated projected profits for the year to be $141 […]