London shares make a stab at arresting several days of declines but fail to avoid hitting three-month lows on Wednesday, ahead of a Federal Reserve policy decision. In early trade the benchmark FTSE 100 index slips a handful of points lower to 6,706, a far cry from April record highs of 7,103.98.Telecoms giant BT (BT.A) heads the Footsie leader board, nudging 1.3% higher to 451.1p, as...

Investors have overlooked key strategic developments at Savannah Resources (SAV:AIM) and Tertiary Minerals (TYM:AIM). There is an opportunity to take exposure to both at lowly valuations before the market properly digests what have been major steps forward at the two micro-cap miners in the past month.Both companies have experienced sharp sell-offs of late despite in Savannah's case news that...

An energetic presentation by the new chief executive officer (CEO) of Italy-focused oil explorer Sound Oil (SOU:AIM), James Parsons, got investors talking at the latest Shares investor evening in association with Mining and Resources Quarterly (MRQ).Investors were keen to hear if permitting for a near-term well on the £20 million cap's Nervesa natural gas prospect, expected imminently, would...