Shares News

BATON ROUGE, La. (AFX) - Amedisys Inc., a home health nursing company, said Friday an offering of 3 million common shares was priced at $41.50 each, netting the company about $117.9 million. In addition, the company has granted the underwriters an overallotment option to buy up to an additional 450,000 shares. If exercised in full, the overallotment will result in additional net proceeds to Amedi ...

LONDON (Dow Jones) -- British Energy, the operator of nuclear power plants that's mostly owned by the U.K. government, said Friday half-year profit more than quadrupled, but also forecast declining output due to difficulties at four of its plants. British Energysaid profit for the first half ending Oct. 1 rose to 189 million pounds ($356 million) from 45 million pounds, with revenue up 35% to 1 ...

FTSE slips with oil giants, miners under pressure Top London shares declined on Friday, pressured by commodity-sensitive stocks such as oil giants BP and Royal Dutch Shell and miners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. The FTSE 100 indexdeclined 0.23% at 6,240.60, as BP (BP) lost 1.3%, Royal Dutch Shell declined 0.8% and gas explorer BG Group (BRG) slipped 1.4%. Energy prices across the board  ...

LONDON (AFX) - UK blue chips remained weaker near session lows at midday, with Wall Street seen a touch easier today, and easier commodity prices dragging oils and miners lower, offsetting Friday bid talk in Cadbury Schweppes, dealers said. At 11.58 am, the FTSE 100 index was 32.6 points lower at 6,222.3, just off the late morning low of 6,218.9, having dropped back from an opening peak of 6,249. ...

LONDON (Thomson IM) - US stocks are expected to open slightly weaker this afternoon, with mixed earnings news from Hewlett-Packard, Gap and Starbucks seen encouraging investors to take profits after recent record gains, despite further weakness in oil prices, dealers said. According to spread-betting firm IG Index, the DJIA is expected to open 5 points lower, after closing at 12,305.82, while the ...

This is Money17 November 2006 The owner of the Harveys, Benson and Sleepmaster furniture chains said today it was the subject of takeover interest. WANT TO KNOW MORE? Homestyle shrugs off heavy losses Punters quit Homestyle over debt worries OTHER STORIES RTL linked to £5bn move for ITV Market report: Friday latest Market report: Yesterday's trading British Energy sacks st ...

LONDON (AFX) - UK small caps extended gains in morning deals to trade higher at midday, shrugging off the lower market trend, with Cartucho Group soaring over 62 pct after announcing the resumption of its US installations, dealers said. At 11.47 am, the FTSE Small Cap index was 4.1 points firmer at 3,753.7, bucking the wider market trend which saw the FTSE 100 index trade 33.3 points easier at 6, ...

European shares traded mostly lower on Friday morning as oil companies declined in London and Paris, although gains from chip maker Infineon Technologies helped to steady the Frankfurt stock market. Oil giants such as London-listed BP (BP) and Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) , Paris- listed Total (TOT) and Spain's Repsolall lost more than 1% after oil prices declined sharply in the last session. En ...

FRANKFURT (AFX) - Shares were flat in thin midday trade as Commerzbank's losses offset the strong gains posted by Infineon and Hypo Real Estate, dealers said. At 11.45 am, the DAX 30 index was 2.78 points or 0.04 pct higher at 6,445.80, having moved between a low of 6,436.35 and a high of 6,451.69 The MDAX was down 15.08 points or 0.17 pct at 8,928.23, while the TecDAX stood at 707.99, down 0.35 ...

LONDON (AFX) - Leading shares remained under pressure in midmorning deals, with further weakness across commodity prices dragging oils and miners lower, offsetting Friday bid talk in Cadbury, dealers said. By 10.00 am, the FTSE 100 index was down 18.3 points at 6,236.6, while the broader indices were also under pressure. Volume was average, with 577.8 mln shares changing hands in 69,849 trades,  ...