Best 25 stocks in the last tax year April 15, 2019 | City Talk By Graeme Evans from interactive investor. The FTSE 100 outperformed mid-caps last tax year, but the top FTSE 350 performers might surprise you. Take a look at the financial year ended on the 5th April, with the 25 top performing stocks in the FTSE 350 all producing gains of 40 per cent or more over the [...]
Lloyds Bank stars as FTSE 100 rockets in Q1 April 9, 2019 | City Talk By Graeme Evans from interactive investor. After a great first quarter for stock markets, we assess the best and worst blue-chips of 2019 so far. It’s been a storming start to 2019 for the FTSE 100 index, with popular interactive investor stocks including Lloyds Banking Group (LSE:LLOY), Next (LSE:NXT) and Tesco (LSE:TSCO) among those on [...]
Stop unfairly demonising firms that have large gender pay gaps April 5, 2019 Bad data cannot produce good policy. This gets us to the heart of the problem with the mandated gender pay gap reporting legislation, which is now into its second year. It’s all good and well finding a hook to speak about cultural issues. And no doubt, women are still operating in an unequal world, even [...]
Wizz Air flies past airline gloom with upbeat profit predictions April 2, 2019 Ftse 250 airline Wizz Air said it expects net profit for the year to land in the upper half of its expected guidance, in a trading update today. The announcement follows a gloomy update yesterday from fellow low cost airline Easyjet which led to a nearly 10 per cent dip in its share price, and [...]
Easyjet shares lose altitude on weaker passenger traffic outlook April 1, 2019 Easyjet was the biggest faller on the FTSE 100 today – closing down 9.7 per cent – after investors baulked at the low-cost carrier's 'cautious' outlook for the second half. Budget airline Easyjet said earlier today it is “more cautious” in its outlook for the second half of the year, blaming macroeconomic uncertainty and Brexit for [...]
UK matches EU offer to protect flying rights in event of no-deal Brexit March 7, 2019 The UK government has said it will match the EU's offer to protect flying rights in the event of a no-deal Brexit, allowing planes to take off unhindered after 29 March. The Department for Transport (DfT) said it had "adopted this approach to provide reassurance and minimise disruption — providing a cushion during which future [...]
Easyjet confirms talks over possible bid for struggling airline Alitalia February 14, 2019 Easyjet confirmed it is in talks over a possible acquisition of struggling airline Alitalia this morning. The British budget flyer may launch a consortium bid for the airline with Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane and Delta Air Lines for the company. Read more: Flybe directors give shareholders ultimatum over takeover bid Easyjet said the trio wanted [...]
Gatwick drone chaos costs Easyjet £15m but shares rise as profits stay the course January 22, 2019 Drone disruption at Gatwick cost Easyjet £15m, the airline revealed today, as it said that 82,000 passengers were affected by the incident, but shares rose as profits stayed the course. Easyjet was forced to spend £10m in customer welfare costs and lost £5m in revenue, it confirmed in a trading update this morning, as it [...]
Airline stocks enjoy share price bump following positive forecast for 2019 January 21, 2019 Several airline stocks have enjoyed share price bumps today following a positive note on European airlines by Davy Research. Air France-KLM, Norwegian and Thomas Cook were among the airlines that enjoyed spikes in their share price, with the Franco-Dutch carrier enjoying a near 5 per cent rise. Norwegian's share price increased by 3.52 per cent [...]
FTSE 100 index rises on hopes of US – China trade war breakthrough January 18, 2019 The FTSE 100 is up more than one per cent this morning on hopes of a breakthrough in trade talks between the US and China. The index was boosted by hopes of progress in the trade war, which were sparked by news reports suggesting that the US is considering reducing tariffs on Chinese imports. Read more: Markets lift [...]