News Results for Royal Bank of Scotland Group (The) (RBS)

END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares ended the day firmly higher, as investors sought solace in the lack of further bad news from the Eurozone, with bankers and miners prominent amongst the gainers....

MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares moved firmly higher in midday trade today, as investors sought solace in the lack of further bad news from the Eurozone, with bankers and miners leading the way...

END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares recorded heavy losses by the close of business, the main index led lower by weakness in the banking and mining sectors, as Eurozone problems continued to...

Killik initiates buy on GKN. Morgan Stanley upgrades Royal Bank of Scotland from underweight to equal weight, target price raised from 27p to 30p. Alphavalue upgrades BT Group from add to buy,...

Shares in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) were up nearly 3% in early trading in London. Earlier it had reported an operating profit for the first quarter of £1.2bn. However, RBS actual result is a...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were modestly lower in early deals today, with slumping resources stocks offsetting a good performance from Royal Bank of Scotland after better-than-expected...

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Royal Bank of Scotland reported a first-quarter group operating profit of £1.184bn. Core operating profit was £1.667bn, with return on tangible equity 11%. Impairment losses totalled £1.314bn, down...

END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares ended the session little changed, on another busy day for blue chip earnings news, with downward pressure from the heavyweight miners and banks culling early...

MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares were just slightly higher at midday, with the news that the UK was back in recession dampening enthusiasm and offsetting gains in heavyweight financial and mining...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were modestly higher in early deals today, as buoyant US earnings provided encouragement, offsetting concerns over political uncertainty in Europe and upcoming UK...

Bank shares recovered strongly in early trading in London. They suffered big falls yesterday as worries over whether Spain would need a new bailout intensified. Barclays led the way with a rise...

END-OF-DAY REPORT: Despite losing ground late in the day the FTSE 100 index managed to stay in positive territory. This was despite bank shares falling sharply as confidence in the eurozone...

MIDDAY REPORT: After a slow start The FTSE 100 moved ahead steadily during the morning despite bank shares falling sharply.By around 12.30 p.m. the FTSE100 was up 40.08 points at 5,691.87....

MORNING REPORT: The FTSE 100 was ahead in early trading despite bank shares falling sharply.Shortly before 9.00 a.m. the FTSE100 was up 29.16 points at 5,680.95 although the FTSE250 was off 7.46...

MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares were modestly lower at midday, with news of slowing growth in China hitting miners and financials fragile on Eurozone concerns, ahead of the start of the US bank...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were firmly lower in early deals today, with news of slowing growth in China impacting the miners and the banks looking fragile as Eurozone concerns linger on. In...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were firmly lower in early deals, following global markets down as growing doubts over further QE in the US brought out the bears, with banks and mining stocks...

MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares moved slightly lower in midday trade today, as a reversal in fortunes from banking issues added to weakness amongst the heavyweight miners and supermarket operators....

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were little changed in early deals today, with strength amongst the heavyweight miners offsetting firm losses amongst retailers and a weak start from the banking...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were modestly lower in early deals today, with the heavyweight miners hit by falling metals prices and ex-dividend factors adding to the downward pressures on the...

END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares ended the day firmly lower as poor US data dented sentiment. Upbeat banks, led by Royal Bank of Scotland, were unable to offset weakness in the wider market....

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were slightly better in midday trade, with banks keeping the blue chips higher on reports of Abu Dhabi interest in acquiring a stake in Royal Bank of Scotland. At...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were modestly higher in early deals today, with banks leading the blue chips higher on reports of Abu Dhabi interest in acquiring a stake in Royal Bank of Scotland....

END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares ended the day firmly lower, on concerns over shrinking manufacturing in China and the Eurozone impacting the miners, with Randgold Resources tumbling after a coup...

MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares added to early losses by midday, with concerns over shrinking manufacturing in China impacting the miners and with Randgold Resources tumbling following a military...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were firmly lower in early deals today, with concerns over shrinking manufacturing in China impacting the miners and with Randgold Resources tumbling following a...

MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares pared early gains by midday, investors cautious ahead of the Chancellor's budget pronouncements. Retailers were lifted by Sainsbury numbers but miners and banks...

Royal Bank of Scotland Group has announced the intended sale by Coutts, its wealth management division, of its Latin American, Caribbean and African private banking business to Royal Bank of Canada...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were firmly lower in early deals today, with the heavyweight miners tumbling as metals prices retreated, and with investors cautious ahead of the latest UK inflation...

END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares ended the day modestly higher, the market lacking any corporate or economic news to provide impetus. A cautious start on Wall Street failed to provide any spark....

JP Morgan Cazenove upgrades Shire from neutral to overweight, target raised from 2,235p to 2,600p. HB Markets upgrades Aegis Group from sell to hold. UBS upgrades Royal Bank of Scotland from...

MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares were firmly higher in midday trade, with investors cautious ahead of a raft of economic data from the US this afternoon. Royal Bank of Scotland headed the gainers...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were marginally higher in early deals, on a day devoid of UK corporate news, with investors sitting on their hands ahead of a raft of economic data from the US this...

END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares were little changed at the close of business today, after a range-bound session, with little in the way of corporate or economic news to provide direction. At...

MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares were just fractionally lower in midday trade, with downbeat economic news from China hitting metals prices and sending miners lower, offsetting positive moves in the...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were lower in early deals, with downbeat economic news from China hitting metals prices and sending miners firmly lower, offsetting positive moves in the retail...

END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares ended the day modestly higher, as better-than-forecast US jobs data engendered hopes of a more general recovery, while investors mulled news of the successful...

MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares showed little change at midday, as investors mull news of the Greek debt swap deal, with participation at 95.7%, and remain cautious ahead of US payroll data. At...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were little changed in early deals this morning, as investors mull news of the Greek debt swap deal, with participation at 95.7%, and remain cautious ahead of US...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were little changed in early deals today, with a rally in heavyweight mining stocks offsetting a weak start from the banking sector as Greek debt-swap doubts...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were firmly lower in early deals today, as upbeat US economic data failed to offset concerns over a slowdown in China's economy and metals prices retreated. In...

END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares ended the day firmly lower, with investors fretting over news China has cut its growth forecast, with the heavyweight miners and the banks underpinning losses....

MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares were firmly lower in midday trade, with investors wary on news China has cut its growth forecast, with the heavyweight miners and the majority of the banks slipping...

END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares remained little changed throughout a directionless session, with heavy losses at Lloyds Banking Group dominating the headlines, and all major sectors mixed. At...

MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares remained little changed in midday trade, with heavy losses at Lloyds Banking Group dominating the headlines, while positive moves from insurers balanced the main...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were little changed in early deals today, with heavy losses at Lloyds Banking Group dominating the headlines, while positive moves from insurers balanced banks'...

Royal Bank of Scotland today reported group operating profit of £1.892bn in the year to end-December, up 11% on the prior year. The group made a pre-tax loss of £766m after charges for PPI and...

Royal Bank of Scotland Group has announced that John McFarlane will step down as a Non-executive Director on 31 March 2012, as a regulatory condition of his impending appointment at Aviva....

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END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares ended the day firmly higher, stalling after an initial surge, with miners climbing on hopes of a growth in demand in China and banks anticipating a deal on...

Goldman Sachs has upgraded Sports Direct International from neutral to buy, while Liberum Capital has downgraded Rio Tinto from buy to hold. Northland Capital initiates buy on Gem Diamonds, target...

MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares were firmly higher at midday, amid confidence that a deal for Greece will be agreed by Eurozone finance ministers, with miners climbing on hopes of growth in demand...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares made a strong start to the week, amid confidence that a deal for Greece will be agreed by Eurozone finance ministers, with BP topping the leaderboard on spill deal...

MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares remained firmly higher at midday as the banks and miners combined to give the main market a boost, with better-than-expected UK retail sales data also giving flagging...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were firmly higher in early deals this morning as the banks and miners combined to give the main market a boost, with upbeat US economic data providing a basis for...

MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares were firmly lower midday, as more delays on a bailout for Greece and a poor outlook for banks from Moody's spooked markets, with mining stocks down as metals prices...

MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares remained just ahead of the gain line at midday, investors cautious after in-line UK jobless figures and fresh doubts over the Greece bailout, with ex-dividend factors...

Bank shares rose strongly in early trading in London. Both Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays were marked up more than 3%. Lloyds Banking Group was up more than 1%. At 10:21am: (LON:BARC)...

END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares ended a choppy day marginally lower, as sentiment was hit by a threat to the UK AAA credit rating by Moody's and improved after slightly better-than-expected...

MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares turned mildly positive in midday trade, as sentiment was hit by a threat to the UK AAA credit rating by Moody's and improved after better-than-expected inflation...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were modestly lower in early deals, sentiment hit by a threat to the UK AAA credit rating by Moody's, with banks and miners losing ground, and investors cautious...

Numis downgrades Smith & Nephew from hold to add, target price unchanged at 450p. Citigroup downgrades Royal Bank of Scotland from buy to neutral. N+1 Brewin downgrades Homeserve from hold to...

RBS chairman Philip Hampton argues today that bankers are indeed paid too much but he has defended the U.K. bank's own chief executive, whose salary he said was "not high by most measures." CEO...

END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares ended the range-bound session only fractionally higher, with a flurry of disappointing blue chip earnings news offsetting M&A excitement in the mining sector....

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were firmly higher in early deals, investors hoping reports of an imminent deal on Greek debt will quickly become reality, with resources rallying on news of China...

END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares were firmly lower at the close, investors ruing the inability to strike a deal on Greek debt, with banks hit by France's unilateral decision to impose a financial...

MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares remained firmly lower in midday trade, investors fretting over the latest EU talking shop in strike-hit Brussels, and banks hit by France's unilateral decision to...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares lost ground in early deals today, with investors fretting over the latest EU talking shop in strike-hit Brussels, and banks hit by France's decision to impose a...

END-OF-DAY REPORT: Leading shares ended the day over 1% lower. Worries about a possible Greek default were back on the agenda with concerns about whether it can put together a deal... .......

MIDDAY REPORT: Shares in London opened significantly lower but had recovered most of their losses by the middle of the day. Investors were encouraged by news that European Union.......

MORNING REPORT: Shares in London opened lower. Banks were being particularly hard hit by the uncertainty surrounding the latest negotiations aimed at finding a solution to the... ...eurozone...

The day is likely to be dominated by a huge political row over the award of a bonus of £963,000 in shares to the chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Stephen Hester. UK Financial...

END-OF-DAY REPORT: Leading shares ended the day significantly higher. Investors were encouraged by further early gains on Wall Street and a strong overnight performance in Asia following the.....

MIDDAY REPORT: Leading shares in London were well ahead by midday. Investors were encouraged by gains on Wall Street and in Asia following the announcement by the Federal Reserve.... ....that...

MORNING REPORT: Shares opened higher with the FTSE 100 index up almost 28 points at just over 5,750. This followed a strong rally on Wall Street overnight. US shares opened yesterday lower......

END-OF-DAY REPORT: Leading shares ended the day lower on a day dominated by the news that the UK economy shrunk by 0.2% in the final quarter of last year which made. ....a "double dip" recession...

MIDDAY REPORT: Leading shares in London were down at midday after figures showed that the UK economy shrank by 0.2% in the final quarter of last year. The FTSE100 had fallen 38.30 points to...

MORNING REPORT: Shares opened slightly higher with the FTSE 100 index up around 15 points at just under 5760. But traders were anxiously awaiting the UK's fourth quarter GDP figures due at 9.30...

END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares ended the day firmly lower, with financial issues in retreat on investor concerns over the failure to reach an agreement on Greek debt and miners down on demand...

MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares were firmly higher at midday, with banking stocks, oil producers and the heavyweight miners underpinning progress, offsetting falls amongst engineering and utility...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were modestly higher in early deals, with banking stocks again leading the way, with oil producers and miners muted as a lack of activity in Asia distorted resources...

END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares ended the range-bound session modestly lower as continued strength in the financial sector was offset by weakness in the heavyweight miners and amongst the blue...

MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares turned slightly lower in midday trade as continued strength in the banking sector was offset by weakness in the heavyweight miners and amongst the blue chip...

Banking stocks were in favour off the back of strong results from US peer Goldman Sachs and action by the IMF to tackle the eurozone debt crisis. In lunchtime trading Barclays (LON:BARC), Royal...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were little changed in early deals today, with a bright start for financial issues more than offset by weakness in the mining community and among supermarket...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were firmly lower, as banks and miners combined to pull the main index lower on concerns over the Eurozone and global growth, with investors displaying some caution...

END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares ended the session firmly higher, investors taking heart from better-than-expected China GDP figures and signs of confidence in the Eurozone, with gains...

MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares remained higher in midday trade, taking a lead from better-than-expected China GDP figures and falling UK inflation, with financial issues and resources stocks...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were firmly higher in early deals today, taking a lead from better-than-expected China GDP figures, with financial issues and resources stocks underpinning the...

RBS has agreed to sell RBS Aviation Capital to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, acting on behalf of a consortium comprising its parent, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, and Sumitomo...

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END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares ended a bumpy day modestly lower after a sell-off in the afternoon session as Wall Street tumbled on concerns over possible credit downgrades for Eurozone...

MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares were slightly higher midday, although well off earlier levels, led by buoyant bankers, with miners adding support, while outsourcing group Invensys slumped after a...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares made firm early gains this morning, led by buoyant bankers, with the mining fraternity adding strong support, while most retailers staged a modest rally, although...

END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares ended the session slightly lower, as a firm performance from banks and miners failed to offset a dismal day for retailers, provoked by disappointing numbers from...

MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares were modestly higher at midday, as a firm performance from banks and miners offset a dismal day for retailers, provoked by disappointing numbers from Tesco. At...

Changes by RBS to its wholesale banking operations is likely to bring with it a further net employment reduction over three years of circa 3,500, split between UK and non-UK locations, this in...

MORNING REPORT: Headline shares were little changed in early deals today, as a firm start from banks and miners offset a dismal start for retailers, provoked by disappointing numbers from...