The FTSE 100 opens in positive territory, up 9.58 point to 7,282.72. This comes despite a heightening of tensions over trade wars between the US and China, with the latter appealing to the World Trade Organisation for permission to impose tariffs on US goods.Energy provider SSE (SSE) drops 8.2% to £11.48 after saying that warm weather and high gas prices have negatively impacted profits. The comp

Shareholders in investment trust Strategic Equity Capital (SEC) will be hoping that the buyout of its investment manager GVQ will bolster the share price and narrow the widening gap to net assets.GVQ has secured a management buyout from backer RIT Capital Partners (RCP) which will make the investment manager 100% independent. The deal is believed to have been led by GVQ chief executive (CEO) Jamie

By the Shares teamInvestors are spoiled for choice when it comes to small cap stocks with exciting events. As a taster for what's to come in 2018, we've scoured the markets to look for some of the most interesting activities.Read on to discover 19 stocks either expecting big news in the very near future or ones which are in the middle of developments which could have a big impact on their longer t

Savannah Resources (SAV:AIM) 5pGain to date: 25%Original entry point: Buy at 4p, 3 November 2016A 6% decline in the copper price has weighed on shares in miners with projects involving the base metal. That includes Savannah Resources (SAV:AIM) which is one of our top picks in the copper space as it is fast approaching maiden production from one of its projects in Oman.Stockbroker Peel Hunt says th

London markets post a modest gains in early trade on Friday as investors continue to digest the implications of Donald Trump's presidential victory on a relatively empty day in the corporate and economic calendar.Insulation products group SIG (SHI) spooks the market with a substantial profits warning and sees its chief executive, Stuart Mitchell, axed. The shares crash 23.5% to 88.6p as SIG states

UK equities are set a drift in early deals on Friday with little corporate news to provide direction despite a solid session of gains on Wall Street overnight. The FTSE 100 index slides around 50 points, or 0.8%, to 5,869, declines closely tracked by main European bourses.Metals diggers are among the big losers led by Anglo American's (AAL) 9%-plus fall to 238.6p, closely followed by FTSE 100 dive

UK stocks post modest declines in early trade on Monday as investors react to a worse-than-anticipated report on Chinese manufacturing. That fuels ongoing concerns about the slowdown in the world's second largest economy. The FTSE 100 dipped around 8 points lower in response to 6,351, although midcaps and smaller companies are both up, the FTSE 250 close to 30 points higher at 17,146, the FTSE Sma