10 March 2021 | 11:58am
StockMarketWire.com - Weakness in the mining sector amid slumping iron ore prices saw the FTSE 100 underperform other European markets on Wednesday. By midday the index was down 0.3% to 6,710.18.
BHP fell 3.3% to £21.28 and Rio Tinto fell 3% to £56.45.
In corporate news, insurance group Legal & General shed 0.4% to 280.9p, having reported a 15% fall in annual profit driven by pandemic-related claims.
Legal & General held its dividend steady at 17.57p per share.
Food delivery service Just Eat Takeway gained 4.1% to £71.22 as it posted a deeper annual loss of €147 million after a rise in revenue was offset by higher spending.
On a positive note, Just Eat forecast a further acceleration in order growth in 2021 amid high demand for deliveries during the pandemic.
10 March 2021 | 16:43pm
StockMarketWire.com - Despite gains for US and European markets the FTSE 100 finished flat on Wednesday as it was dragged lower by resources stocks amid slumping iron ore prices.
The index closed down 4.74 points at 6,725.60 while by 4.30pm UK time the S&P 500 was up 0.7% to 3,901.80.
BHP fell 2.7% to £21.41 and Rio Tinto fell 2.8% to £56.57.
In corporate news, insurance group Legal & General shed 0.1% to 281.6p, having reported a 15% fall in annual profit driven by pandemic-related claims.
Legal & General held its dividend steady at 17.57p per share.
Food delivery service Just Eat Takeway gained 6.1% to £72.62 as it posted a deeper annual loss of €147 million after a rise in revenue was offset by higher spending.
Director Deals
5 March 2021 | 15:02pm
StockMarketWire.com - John Mogford, Non Executive Director, has re-invested 520 shares in the company on the 29th September 2020 at a price of £12.48. The Director now holds 13,608 shares representing 0.00% of the shares in issue.
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2 March 2021 | 07:41am
StockMarketWire.com - Healthcare property investor Primary Health Properties said it had acquired a purpose-built primary care centre in Shankill, county Dublin, for a cost €3.8 million.
The property was developed in 2019 and was let to the Health Service Executive, Ireland s equivalent to the UK s National Health Service, and a local GP practice.
Primary Health Properties said the acquisition would increase its portfolio to a total of 514 assets, of which 19 were in Ireland, with a contracted rent roll of over £135 million.
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