Royal Bank Of Scotland Share Discussion Threads

[avatar333] 01/11/2016 13:23

We'll call them both 19p, gcom2.

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[gcom2] 01/11/2016 13:19

barc 189p rbs 190p

[avatar333] 01/11/2016 11:31

Morning.

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[leedskier] 01/11/2016 10:19

Any country which produced Ingrid Bergman, Greta Garbo, Anita Ekberg, Ann-Margaret and Brit Ekland, must be doing something right, if it is only creating tall, beautiful and talented women

[leedskier] 01/11/2016 09:49

posted that story twice ...;

[leedskier] 01/11/2016 09:48

careful, yes the footsie has risen but not by as much as the GBP has fallen.

[leedskier] 01/11/2016 09:48

FTSE mixed as oil majors BP, Shell in focus
StockMarketWire.com
London stocks were mixed in early deals -- the blue-chip ladder up and the mid-cap index a jot lower -- as traders bought into the market after yesterday's falls.

Nevertheless, a cautious sentiment lingers ahead of several central bank policy calls later this week.

Soon after the open, FTSE 100 was up 35.4 points, or 0.51%, to 6989.62, while FTSE 250 was down 1.04,or 0.01%, to 17,543.2. At 8.35am, WTI crude was up 0.55% to $47.12/bbl and Brent was up 1.11% to $49.15/bbl. Gold was up 0.57% to $1280.4/oz.

Oilies were in focus. Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA), up 2.8% to 2095.5p, has swung to Q3 CCS earnings attributable to shareholders of $1.4bn, from a loss of $6.1bn a year ago. Excluding identified items, these earnings totalled $2.8bn, versus $2.4bn a year earlier.

BP (BP.), down 2.01% to 474p, has reported a Q3 profit of $933m on an underlying replacement cost basis, versus $1.8bn a year earlier. The result was dented by the weaker price and margin environment, along with several mainly one-off and non-cash items in the Upstream.

Overall, about 27 blue chips eked out mostly minor gains. Several miners were guided by Antofagasta (ANTO), up 1.43% to 550.75p, while retail was led up by Tesco (TSCO), ahead 1.75% to 214.43p. Insurers followed Prudential (PRU), rising 1.59% to 1355.75p.

Several house builders made gains, with commercial property further back. A number of pharmas firmed, but others in this sector tiptoed south. US rates-sensitive Utilities mostly improved. Banks were mostly on the back foot after Standard Chartered (STAN), lower 2.47% to 694.3p.

On the economic front, investors are looking to manufacturing purchasing managers' index data from UK and the US.

BIGGER MOVERS

Paragon Entertainment (PEL), up 30.77% to 2.55p, expects FY revenue to be about £13.2m, ahead of previous expectations of £11.0m, with EBITDA for the period seen at about £1.0m, ahead of previous views for £0.5m.

LONDON HIGHLIGHTS

Franchise Brands (FRAN), up 12.38% to 59p, has acquired Barking Mad Ltd for a total of £900,000. Plutus PowerGen (PPG), up 8.62% to 1.58p, has received planning permission for the development of two 20MW renewable fuel powered energy generation sites in Suffolk.

TClarke (CTO), down 7.39% to 58p, has called in experts to probe £2.8m of missing funds at its wholly owned subsidiary, DG Robson Mechanical Services. Moneysupermarket.com (MONY), up 6.62% to 279.25p, has hiked its 9-month revenue by 10% to £242.5m, while in Q3 it rose 12% to £84.9m. "The Group is on track for a record year," it said.

URU Metals (URU), down 6.06% to 0.78p, has provided an update on progress at the Zebediela Nickel Project in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. Falanx (FLX), down 5.56% to 6.38p, has booked an H1 pretax loss of £729,760, down from £1.3m last time.

Horizonte Minerals (HZM), up 4.82% to 2.18p, has proposed raising £9.0m gross via a conditional placing of 450m shares at 2p each. Conviviality (CVR), up 5.12% to 215.5p, said unaudited revenues for the 26 weeks to Oct. 30 were 211% ahead of last year at £783m, and included revenues from the acquisitions.

Northern Petroleum (NOP), up 4.29% to 3.16p, has issued an update on the certified reserves for its development and production assets in Canada. Weir (WEIR), down 4.09% to 1630.5p, said its FY profits are anticipated to be slightly lower than current market expectations.

Egdon Resources (EDR), down 4.03% to 14.88p, has posts a FY loss of £2.69m after net write downs and impairments of £0.72m. This compared with a loss of £4.47 after net write downs and impairments of £3.62 million in 2015.

Hastings Group (HSTG), up 3.25% to 225.5p, said it continued to deliver in line with, or ahead of, the targets set at IPO. Amur Minerals (AMC), up 3.25% to 4.13p, has confirmed completion of its highly successful and cost effective 2016 field season on its flagship Kun-Manie nickel copper sulphide project.

Other stocks in the news included Go-Ahead Group (GOG), Renew (RNWH), Tungsten (TUNG), ULS Technology (ULS), Apax Global Alpha (APAX) and Virgin Money (VM.).



Story provided by StockMarketWire.com

[maxk] 01/11/2016 09:43

There are flies on the Swedes...they are losing their country.

[careful] 01/11/2016 09:25

there are flies on the Swedes.
The FTSE100 has gained since they sold.

[leedskier] 01/11/2016 09:20

Now the footsie is red.

[leedskier] 01/11/2016 08:54

No flies on the Swedes ...

Carnegie sold all its UK assets ahead of the vote.


The Stockholm-based bank is staying out of U.K. investments because uncertainty remains too large a factor regarding negotiations to leave the EU, or even if Prime Minister Theresa May will secure one, the strategist told Bloomberg Radio earlier on Monday. A separate survey of 83 money managers commissioned by NN Investment Partners revealed that Brexit and the potential breakup of the EU was deemed the biggest investment threat globally for the investors.

[leedskier] 01/11/2016 08:51

UK data at 9.30am

Manufacturing PMI

[leedskier] 01/11/2016 08:49

The FX traders are playing. The Euro was supposed to be out of favour over bond concerns. Not a bit of it. Sterling has reversed its pre market bullishness and is now down.

[leedskier] 01/11/2016 08:47

Needless to say the banks are down!

[leedskier] 01/11/2016 08:46

The footsie has rolled over, down but not yet out.

[gcom2] 01/11/2016 08:07

given trump's scottish roots could a trump win benfit rbs (ie more moderate fines)

[leedskier] 01/11/2016 08:04

FTSE100 opened 0.38% stronger and is now up 0.39%.

[leedskier] 01/11/2016 08:02

Nov 1 Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 1 point
lower, according to financial bookmakers.

* The UK blue chip index closed down 0.6 percent at 6,954.22 on Monday, but
posted a fifth straight month of gains.
* UK BANKS: Barclays Plc, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc
and HSBC Holdings Plc have been tied to a probe in the United States
into alleged impropriety in the market for trading interest rate swaps, the
Times reported, citing sources. bit.ly/2f7r7q0

* HSBC: HSBC is set to appoint Clara Furse as the chairman of its
ring-fenced British business HSBC UK, a move which could be announced as early
as Tuesday, Sky News reported on Monday.
* BAT: U.S. cigarette maker Reynolds American Inc said it has formed
a committee of independent directors, not designated by British American Tobacco
Plc, to evaluate BAT's takeover offer.
* GLENCORE: Glencore's Black Star Open Cut mine in Queensland, part
of the Mount Isa Mines complex, has been put on care and maintenance after
mining out its existing reserve, the company said in a statement on Monday.

* SHELL: Royal Dutch Shell expects to take part in the next bidding
round for exploration licences offshore Norway, after dropping out of the latest
one, the head of its Norwegian unit said on Monday.
* OIL: Oil prices edged higher from one-month lows in early trading in Asia
on Tuesday after OPEC agreed on a long-term strategy that was seen as an
indication the cartel was reaching a consensus on managing production.

* METALS: London zinc rose for a fourth consecutive session on Tuesday,
trading near its highest in five years on expectations of tight supplies after
Glencore said it had closed one of its mines in Australia. Copper traded near
its highest in a month, supported by improved demand outlook in China.



* For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets

* UK CORPORATE DIARY:
BP PLC Q3
Moneysupermarket.Com Group PLC Q3
Falanx Group Ltd Half Year
Apax Global Alpha Ltd Q3
Weir Group PLC Q3
Go-Ahead Group PLC Q1
Standard Chartered PLC Q3
Shire PLC Q3
Virgin Money Holdings Plc Q3
Hastings Group Holdings Plc Q3
Royal Dutch Shell Plc Q3

[leedskier] 01/11/2016 07:39

According a headline in the FT., I have not read the article, NatWest is "moving on" the accounts of business clients falling short of their exacting standards. Rather rich given that RBS has more liabilities ahead than probably all its small business clients customers combined.

[leedskier] 01/11/2016 07:25

BP. posted its results for the third quarter today. It has 18.9 billion shares in issue and will continue to pay US$.0.10 (10 cents) a quarter dividend.

$1.89 billion. Not much in cash flow terms. But the profit before tax for the last quarter was only US$933 million (some 50% of the profit made in the same quarter a year ago.

Of course the institutions will suck it up. They will not care that BP. is borrowing $billions to pay the divi.

[leedskier] 01/11/2016 07:06

It is All Saints Day today.


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[sux_2bu] 31/10/2016 13:15

Does Ramco no longer post here ?