Blue-chip shares fell back today after yesterday's strong rally as positive job data from America added to fears that the US Federal Reserve may soon start to taper off its support for the world's biggest economy.
Energy exploration group Afren said today it had increased its stakeholding in upstream company First Hydrocarbon Nigeria.
Energy exploration company Frontier says it has raised £1.8million after floating on the AIM.
New Bank of England governor Mark Carney sparked a shares surge today as policymakers hinted that low interest rates would continue for the foreseeable future.
Eurozone debt fears returned to haunt the market today as turmoil in Egypt also sent oil prices to their highest for more than a year.
The London market suffered a lacklustre session today as the global equities rebound paused for breath after a recent improvement in sentiment.
Wood Group says it remains on target to deliver 'good growth' and hit financial targets for the first half of the year.
Dana Petroleum saw profits dip after a 'challenging' year for the Aberdeen-based oil firm.
Shares in Petrofac dipped 4.8% this morning before rallying slightly, after the company reiterated it expected 'modest growth' with net profit weighted towards the second half of the year.
A North Sea oil explorer is reportedly preparing a stock market floatation with a market capitalisation of more than £350million.
Uncertainty around US economic stimulus ahead of a key Federal Reserve meeting weighed on global markets today to drag the FTSE 100 Index lower.
Canadian oil and gas firm Bengal Energy saw revenues rise by 384% after being boosted by an increase in production and equity funding.
Saipem's share price crashed yesterday after Europe's biggest oil industry service group gave its second major profit warning in less than six months amid problems with contracts in Algeria, Mexico and Canada.
Global stock markets were given a boost today as attention turned to a key meeting of US policymakers later this week.
The London market suffered another painful session today after a weak start to the day's trading on Wall Street.
BG Group says it has completed the £270million sale of its majority stage in India's largest private natural gas distributor.
Japanese policymakers' failure to deliver new stimulus measures led to a shares slump among blue-chip stocks today.
British day-ahead gas prices have dropped to their lowest level since last October as summer weather curbed demand ahead of an export pipeline to Europe being closed.
Oil and gas operator Parkmead Group said yesterday it remained confident of acquiring Lochard Energy despite dissent among some shareholders in the smaller firm.
Warm weather across the UK and fears over Norwegian production outages saw British gas prices drop today.
Brent crude rose further above $103 a barrel today after strong jobs news from the USA, a drop in the country's oil stocks and lower Iranian exports outweighed worries that the U. Federal Reserve may scale back its economic stimulus programme.
Brent futures slipped below $103 a barrel this morning over fears that US finance chiefs may cut back on the country's economic stimulus programme.
Blue-chip shares suffered further heavy losses today amid volatile trading but the FTSE 100 Index still managed to notch up its 12 month of gains in a row.
OPEC oil exporters said today they would leave the group's output target unchanged at 30million barrels per day in line with expectations.
The FTSE 100 Index climbed 29.8 points to 6,657 today as investors bet the US Federal Reserve would continue its vast quantitative easing programme after fresh signs of economic softness.