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...Yesterday the S&P 500 closed at its highest level for more than a year, powered by a rally in large tech stocks....
...Investors have left oil and gas in droves in recent years, causing the sector to shrink from one of the biggest hitters on the S&P 500 to representing less than 3 per cent of the index — half of Apple alone...
...Brands; Chubb; Santander; Dixons Carphone; Fresnillo; Lloyds Banking Group; London Stock Exchange; Metro Bank; Nichols; Persimmon; Reckitt Benckiser; WPP; French Connection; J Sainsbury Thursday Altria...
...An index of large-cap US department stores has lost 35 per cent of its value this year, making it the worst-performing subsector in the S&P 500 index....
...Overall, while the stock trades on only 0.25x P/TBV there remains no visibility on when it will generate sustainable profits....
...T-Mobile does not feature in the S&P 500 sub-index but Mr Nichols added that the positive news for the company has investors worried about whether rivals AT&T and Verizon, which are in the S&P 500 sector...
...S&P is back in the non-prime market, three years after paying $1.4bn to settle allegations it issued overly rosy ratings on MBS in the run-up to the crisis, in order to win more business....
...On Monday, the S&P 500 rose 0.2 per cent to 2,657.26 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.2 per cent to 24,368.82....
...The corporate calendar for Thursday includes Anglo American, Sports Direct, Unilever, EasyJet, Nichols and Big Yellow Group ....
...The corporate calendar for Thursday includes Anglo American, Sports Direct, Unilever, EasyJet, Nichols and Big Yellow Group....
...As she speaks, Nabi, a formidable figure with raven hair, gestures towards a coffee table covered with forest-green samples of her new skincare brand, Orveda, which will launch at Harvey Nichols, London,...
...However I returned to the company in 2004, paying between 18p and 21¾p per share....
...On this basis, and trading on a forward p/e of 8.33 times, a slight discount to that of peer Albemarle & Bond, the shares look attractively priced....
...International Metricell (I) Mettler Toledo Safeline Millers Oils Milmega (I) Milspeed Mind Tools t/a MindTools.com Morningside Pharmaceuticals Morson Projects N NanoSight Niche Products (I) Nichols...
...Nichols , the maker of soft drink Vimto, gained 1.6 per cent to 521p....
...H&T shares fell 9.3p, to close at 365½p, a drop of nearly 2.5 per cent....
...Nichols , makers of Vimto, rose 3.1 per cent to 555¼p after the drinks group’s interim results showed sales and profit increased 14 per cent and 20 per cent, respectively....
...Lloyds gained 2.8 per cent to 52¾p on expectations it was increasingly likely to retain its Scottish Widows insurance unit, while Royal Bank of Scotland took on 3.4 per cent to 42¼p....
...“A lot of companies spend heavily on it and it has gained momentum in recent years,” says Wes Nichols, chief executive of Market Share, a media measurement firm. “But it can be taken too far.”...
...The shares, which have retreated from a high of 327p at the end of last year, closed up 1p at 259½p....
...Mr Nichols said that the company was making the same number of sales but price points were lower....
...Northbridge’s shares trade on a price/earnings (p/e) ratio of 6 times, and pay a very well-covered dividend that gives a 3 per cent yield....
...The shares closed up 21p at 265½p on Wednesday....
...Equities failed to build on Monday’s strong advance, which saw the S&P 500 record its biggest gain since last March and European benchmarks jump the most since the bail-out of Citigroup in 2008....
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