17 October 2007
BG Group, the oil and gas explorer, rose 19 to a new all-time high of 914p amid ongoing speculation that it could be the target of a joint takeover by Royal Dutch Shell and Petrobras, the Brazilian state oil company. Dealers said there were also rumours of a US investment bank building a stake in BG.
For the complete Daily Telegraph Market Report for 17 October 2007 go to…
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/10/17/cxmktrep117.xml
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