Breaking pre-market news on Monday,
- Resolution welcomes Friends Provident statement, to meet today — statement.
- UK house prices rise 0.6 per cent in July — Rightmove House Price Index.
- Sweden’s SEB bank Q2 operating profit falls to SEK 618m — Swedish Wire.
- HSBC starts process for China listing — Reuters report.
- Germany mulling US-style bank recapitalisation — Reuters report.
- Capital & Regional renegotiates bank covenants — statement.
- Corporate: SThree, Hardy Oil & Gas, Peter Hambro Mining, Synchronica, Gulf Keystone Petroleum, Accsys, Abbeycrest, Micro Focus, Derwent London, Domino’s Pizza.
