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Energy stocks get a hard time as oil falls

Oct 2, 2014 at 2:52 pm in Market Commentary by contrarianuk · Leave a Comment »

Brent crude is now trading just over $92 a barrel, close to a two and a half year low, and compared with $115 a barrel in June and WTI US crude is around $90 a barrel, the lowest since April 2013. Oil and gas shares have fallen as crude falls back…

Supermarkets hammered again on Sainsbury results

Oct 1, 2014 at 11:30 am in General Trading by contrarianuk · Leave a Comment »

Tesco is down 3.5% to 179p, Morrison is down 5% to 159p and Sainsbury’s is down 5% to 238p after the latter reported sales which were less bad than expected but called into question its dividend policy and caused profit estimates to be cut by nearly a fifth to £650 million