Telecoms giant BT leads the risers in early trading on Friday as markets edged higher once more. ...
Telecoms giant BT leads the risers in early trading on Friday as markets edged higher once more. As of shortly after 9am, the firm was almost 4p better, or 4.19%, at 96.9p, after Bank of America-Merrill Lynch raised its recommendation from neutral to buy and raised its price target from 110p to 130p. An hour after opening, the FTSE had advanced 0.19 points, or 0.08%, to 4,462.06. Royal Bank of Scotland was also in demand, rising 1.6p to 41.3p, but Barclays slipped 4p to 300p following confirmation of the £8.2bn sale of its BGI business to US investment giant BlackRock. Miners fell o...
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