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Sound Energy updates investors on Easter Morocco
Sound Energy is progressing well on its acquisition of various licenses in Easter Morocco from the Oil and Gas Investment Fund and has signed multiple new license agreements with the country's Office National des Hydrocarbures.
FTSE 250 movers: Paysafe surges on deal news; Acacia slides
London’s FTSE 250 was down 0. 5% to 19,658. 89 in afternoon trade.
Acacia Mining cash shrinks in first half, staff detained in Tanzania
Acacia Mining has unsurprisingly shelved its dividend and may have to pause production one mine after seeing its cash balance shrink 45% in the five months since the Tanzanian government banned the company from exporting gold concentrate from two of its three mines in the country.
IP Group's portfolio company raises £40m in placing
Intellectual property-business IP Group said on Friday that its portfolio company, Tissue Regenix, has raised £40m through a placing and subscription of new ordinary shares as it announced the acquisition of CellRight Technologies.
Empresaria impresses with first-quarter figures
Empresaria has delivered a record first half performance with net fee income up nearly 26%, the specialist staffer revealed in a trading update on Friday.
Europe midday: Autos dented as euro powers ahead
Stocks were significantly lower, with the Dax at three-month lows, as strength in the single currency weighed on exporters' shares, especially on those of automakers.
Earthquake strikes Greek island of Kos and coastal towns in Turkey
A powerful earthquake in the Aegean sea has wreaked havoc tourist hot-spots near the Greek island of Kos and off the coast of Turkey, leaving two dead and more than 200 injured.
MasterCard wins UK class action fight, appeal may be on the cards
A class action lawsuit against Mastercard to claim for £14bn of collective damages in the UK has been rejected by a Competition Appeal Tribunal, though an appeal is being mulled.
Alba Mineral Resources knows no reason for share price jump
Alba Mineral Resources said on Friday that it knows no reason for the recent jump in its share price.
Ebay shares fall after company lowers third quarter guidance
Online marketplace Ebay saw its shares fall overnight after despite posting second quarter earnings that were in-line with consensus estimates, as it warned that analysts' forecasts for the following quarter were slightly too high.
Lloyds make compensation offers after missing deadline
After missing its self-imposed deadline of June 30, Lloyds said Friday it was close to making offers of compensation to less than half of the customers who had been impacted by counts of fraud by former bankers.
"Brexit impact" slows down rate of house price growth
The largest cities in the UK saw an average increase of 5. 1% in house prices in the twelve months to June 2017, however, the capital saw growth slow to 2. 6%, the slowest rate in more than five years.
London midday: Stocks hug the flatline as investors mull borrowing figures
London stocks continued to crawl slothlike along the flatline by midday on Friday as investors sifted through some corporate news, digested the latest government borrowing figures and a stronger pound offset gains for miners from improving commodities prices.
Citi gives Microsoft a $74 price target
After a callback from Microsoft, Citi has slapped a 'neutral' rating on the tech stock and a target price of $74, slightly below its current price as it does not expect a significant impact from the new Xbox console update.
US pre-open: Shares seen flat as investors eye more earnings; eBay under pressure
US futures pointed to a muted open on Wall Street on Friday ahead of earnings from the likes of General Electric and Honeywell.
SolGold updates on exploration at Cascabel
SolGold issued an update on its Ecuadorian prospect, Cascabel.
Goldman Sachs executive urges Brexit transition deal as soon as possible
The government should seek to implement a significant transition period for Brexit from March 2019, one of Goldman Sachs’ top executives has said.
Government borrowing rises more than expected in June
Public sector net borrowing rose more than expected in June as inflation meant the government was forced to pay more interest on its debt, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.
UK property transactions fall again - HMRC
The number of homes being sold in the UK has shrunk for the third month in a row, according to official figures released on Friday.