LSE Market News

I tried to get a fatwa levelled against ADVFN CEO Clem Chambers with an early post on my ADVFN blog. That failed. And so I must try to take him to task for his assertion that Ben Bernanke of the Federal Reserve has done us a favour by signing up for QE3, QE4  and QE ad infinitum. He […]

Falkland Oil & Gas Limited (LSE:FOGL) made its first gas discovery in the disputed waters of the South American territory that Argentina is claiming again, but hints of uncertainty sent the share price of the AIM-listed oil and gas explorer to a see-saw in dealings earlier today. In a statement, FOGL said all six targets […]

Ophir Energy (LSE:OPHR) did it again. The FTSE 250 constituent has drilled another gas discovery giving the company confidence it will be able to export liquified natural gas (LNG) from its assets in Equatorial Gunea, east of Africa. Ophir’s Chief Executive, Nick Cooper, issued the statement himself, following the 1 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of […]

AIM listed oil darling Falklands Oil & Gas (LSE:FOGL) has announced the results of its Loligo well and it is bad news for both the company and for others operating in the region such as Borders & Southern (BOR). Reaction from BB and penny share punters has been mixed – some are in love and […]

The UK market has never really warmed to AIM listed airline SkyWest (LSE:SKYW) – something for which there are understandable reasons. It is a stock that I have followed on a website whose name I do not mention (tipping it at 12.25p in December 2006). And so with the shares at 19.25p ( and having […]

British taxpayer-backed Royal Bank of Scotland (LSE:RBS) unveiled its plan to float its insurance business in compliance with its commitment to the European Commission after the bank was rescued for a £45 billion bailout in 2008, the bank said earlier today. Direct Line Group, Britain’s largest motor, personal, home, and commercial insurance business, is to […]

Scotland’s relatively strong winds has never been put to good use by any other entity as British energy firm SSE (LSE:SSE), which today said it has put a 350-megawatts wind farm into operations, opened by no less than Scotlands First Minister, Alex Salmond. The Clyde wind farm, a152-turbine £500 million project, is set to provide […]

Lonmin (LSE:LMI), the world’s third largest miner of platinum announced yesterday that is had “presented an offer to the employee delegate” of the miners who have been on strike for just over a month now.  The workers have been waiting for feedback before continuing negotiations. The strike action last month had employees so enraged that […]

Zimbabwe-focussed African Consolidated Resources plc (LSE:AFCR) is to commence a bankable feasibility study (BFS) this month with the aim of achieving a 100,000 ounces a year production capacity from one of its gold projects in the country. The natural resources explorer announced its plan following a sixfolds increase of its revised JORC-compliant resource estimate at […]

Shares of dually-listed Thor Mining plc (LSE:THR) (ASX:THR) rose unusually high on the Australian Stock Exchange earlier today and prompted the regulators to initiate an inquiry and suspended trading of the miner’s securities. Regulators on the Australian Stock Exchange suspended trading of dually listed Thor Mining plc earlier today, following greater than usual share price […]