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Europe close: Stocks finish week on a positive note
European shares finished higher on Friday as upbeat corporate news and a clearer picture of the US political landscape cheered investors.
London close: Stocks slightly higher as US nonfarms disappoint
London stocks closed just above the waterline on Friday, as investors digested the latest US non-farm payrolls report, with housebuilders sharply higher after a well-received update from Barratt Developments.
Weekly review
The FTSE 100 ended the week 412. 74 points higher, closing at 6,873. 26 on Friday.
Premier Miton reports solid first quarter AuM figures
Premier Miton updated the market on its assets under management for the first quarter on Friday, reporting closing assets of £12bn as at 31 December, rising from £10. 6bn on 30 September.
Broker tips: Tyman, Energean, Hargreaves Lansdown
Analysts at Liberum raised their target price on door and window components distributor Tyman from 320. 0p to 400. 0p on Friday and retained their 'buy' rating on the stock.
Director dealings: Pantheon International director snaps up shares via trust
Pantheon International said on Friday that non-executive director John Burgess' The November 1990 Trust had acquired 153,081 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed private equity investor.
Liberum raises target price on Tyman
Analysts at Liberum raised their target price on door and window components distributor Tyman from 320. 0p to 400. 0p on Friday and retained their 'buy' rating on the stock.
FTSE 250 movers: Pets at Home rallies, M&S drops
London’s FTSE 250 was up 0. 3% at 21,080. 45 in afternoon trade on Friday.
US open: Stocks mixed following nonfarm payrolls report
Wall Street trading began on a mixed note on Friday as market participants digest the latest nonfarm jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Petards mystified as to reason for Thursday share price spike
Petards Group issued a statement on its share price on Friday, after the company’s stock spiked to a high of 19. 4p on Thursday afternoon, from an opening price of 16. 5p.
Eason Chen appointed finance chief at Rambler
Copper and gold explorer, developer and producer Rambler Metals announced on Friday that Eason Chen had been appointed as chief financial officer for the company and all of its subsidiaries on a full-time basis.
FTSE 100 movers: Hargreaves boosted by broker notes; gold miners fall
London’s FTSE 100 was down 0. 1% at 6,850. 41 in afternoon trade on Friday.
Nostra Terra raises £0.5m after unsolicited offer
Oil and gas exploration and production company Nostra Terra announced on Friday that it has conditionally raised £0. 5m before expenses through a subscription for 80,000,000 ordinary shares and a placing of 20,000,000 shares at a price of 0. 5p each.
Nonfarm payrolls fall by 140,000 in December
US nonfarm payrolls fell by 140,000 in December, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, missing market expectations for an increase of 71,000 by a considerable margin.
House prices end 2020 at record high but growth slows in December
UK house prices ended 2020 at a record high thanks to pent-up demand after the first lockdown in March, but the pace of growth slowed in December, according to figures released on Friday by mortgage lender Halifax.
UK clears Moderna Covid-19 vaccine for use
Britain's drugs regulator has cleared Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine for use.
Hargreaves Lansdown rallies on bullish Barclays, ShoreCap notes
Hargreaves Lansdown rallied on Friday as Shore Capital upgraded the shares to ‘buy’ and Barclays reiterated its ‘overweight’ rating.
Harworth Group disposes of Nottingham business park
Land and property developer Harworth Group has sold its 283-acre Bilsthorpe business park in Nottingham for £4. 6m.
US pre-open: Futures in the green ahead of non farm jobs report
Wall Street futures were pointing to a positive open ahead of the bell on Friday as market participants awaited the release of this week's jobs report.
Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine protects against new strains, study appears to show
A new study showed that the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech might protect against variants of the novel coronavirus recently detected in the UK and South Africa.