Hot Off The Wires - 16 September 2019

News

• A drone attack on two oil facilities in Saudi Arabia pushed oil price higher to more than $70 a barrel last night.

• Chinese companies have agreed to offload nearly $40bn overseas assets this year, becoming net sellers of global assets for the first time in a decade.

• Hong Kong’s stock exchange is understood to be planning to undermine LSE’s case for buying Refinitiv in an attempt to bear-hug the London Stock Exchange.

• Sainsbury's mortgage business could fetch £1.3bn if the grocer finds a buyer.

Results

• Direct Line (DLG.L) - CFO Appointment

• International PPL (INPP.L) - Proposed issue of equity

• Man Group (EMG.L) - Directorate Change

• Tullow Oil (TLW.L) - Joe-1 Oil Discovery

• VAALCO Energy - Intention to float

• Savannah Petroleum (SAVP.L) - Signature of Niger-Benin Export Pipeline

• Eddie Stobart (ESL.L) - Company Update

• Finsbury Foods (FIF.L) - Preliminary Results

• Cluff Natural Resources (CLNR.L) - Interim Results

Trivia

Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opened in which year?

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