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Market overview: Property REITs, miners fall
1630:Close Some of the most solid trading patterns broke down at the end of the week, with oil futures, the yen and prices for most industrial metals heading higher but stocks going south. Profit-taking and the ongoing toll from the car emissions scandal in Europe's automotive sector were blamed as the triggers for the move lower in equities. Traders may also have opted to take some money off the table in the run-up to next week's US and Japanese central bank policy meetings may also have been a factor.
Europe close: Stocks move lower as investors ponder next moves from the Fed and BoJ
Stocks moved lower going into the weekend, weighed down by slightly weaker than expected readings on the euro area economy and ahead of next week's US Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan policy meetings.
General Electric reports first quarter loss
General Electric reported a loss in the first quarter as lower crude prices weighed on sales of oil and gas drilling equipment.
London close: FTSE ends lower after worse-than-estimated PMIs
The FTSE 100 ended lower on Friday after manufacturing data in the eurozone and in the US missed forecasts.
Friday newspaper share tips: British Land, Land Securities, Sky
The cycle in the UK property market was turning, The Daily Telegraph's Questor said, leading the tipster to advise readers to 'sell' real estate investment trusts.
ServicePower appoints Simon Evans as finance chief
Mobile workforce management software company ServicePower announced a new finance chief on Friday, appointing Purple WiFi’s Simon Evans to the role.
SalvaRx takes chunk of Intensity Therapeutics
Cancer-focused biotechnology firm SalvaRx expanded its investment portfolio on Friday, taking a chunk of US-based Intensity Therapeutics - an outfit pioneering a new approach to treating solid tumours.
Small caps news round-up
Herencia Resources said it had received the second tranche of a recently arranged £0. 5m loan facility. AIM-listed Herencia said the £100,000. 1 tranche will support the company's working capital requirements until early May 2016, but there were no guarantees the company would be able to continue to trade after that time.
Director dealings: N Brown's Spindler buys after results weigh on shares
Showing her confidence in underlying trading, N Brown chief executive Angela Spindler took advantage of the market's conservative view of the specialist-fit clothing retailer's results statement earlier in the week.
Results round-up
Russian oil and gas company Zoltav Resources swung to a profit in 2015 as revenues jumped 41% to $28. 1m despite a weak ruble against the dollar.
Public Service Properties completes €10m property disposal
Public Service Properties Investments completed a large property disposal on Friday, leading it to hint at a capital return to its stockholders.
FTSE 100 movers: Mining bears outweigh construction bulls
London's blue chips were on the back foot as the week came to a close, weighed down as the miners continued to lose ground for a second session and despite oil prices launching a new move higher.
Zoltav Resources swings to full year profit
Russian oil and gas company Zoltav Resources swung to a profit in 2015 as revenues jumped 41% to $28. 1m despite a weak ruble against the dollar.
Week ahead: Federal Reserve meeting, Greece negotiations in focus
Investors will keep close tabs on the result of the Federal Reserve’s next two-day policy meeting on Wednesday for any change of tone in the US central bank’s policy statement.
Housebuilders and supermarkets lead gains
Housebuilders were on the upside of the FTSE 100 for much of Friday, with some brokers turning less cautious on the sector than they have been in recent months.
FTSE 250 movers: Ted Baker higher on research note, Amec under pressure
The FTSE 250 edged lower on Friday afternoon, as investors digested worse-than-expected eurozone manufacturing data.
Friday broker round-up
Acacia Mining: Jefferies reiterates buy with a 390p target and Citigroup stays at neutral with a target price of 340p.
Royal Dutch a top-pick for UBS after oil hits bottom
With oil prices having possibly hit bottom in the first quarter of the year, investors would need to carefully watch European oil majors's progress on their cost and investment targets and any changes to targets or guidance, UBS said.
GameAccount Network signs large Native American casino operator
GameAccount Network celebrated a major contract win on Friday, signing up one of the largest Native American casino operators in the United States to launch its enterprise-grade social gaming system, Simulated Gaming.