Sentence examples for shell shares from inspiring English sources

In April Shell agreed to pay 383p in cash and 0.4454 Shell shares for every BG share, valuing BG shares at the time at 1,350p each.

Shell shares rose 1.5 percent Tuesday in London.

Shell shares were down 20p, or 1%, at £18.24.

Shell shares rose slightly to 1,401p on the day, but they remain almost 40% lower than where they were 12 months ago.

Shell shares have since slid from about 2,075p to 1,428p yesterday, cutting the value of the deal from £47bn to £35bn and sparking concerns among investors such as Standard Life.

Eric Knight of Knight Vinke Institutional Partners, an investment fund (partly owned by the CalPERS pension fund) that holds Shell shares, has been pushing the firm hard to reform its corporate governance.

Shell B shares are down 85p at £20.20 and its A shares 68p lower at 1975.5p as the oil company said net profit fell 70% to $1bn, well below expectations of $2.2bn.

Shell's shares fell 1.5 percent in early trading in London.

Shell's shares dropped nearly 4% in London on the news.

Shell B shares are currently topping the risers, up 77.5p at 2192.5p, but BP is down 14.7p at 469p.

Even  a Citi upgrade to "buy" following its takeover of BG failed to lift Shell, whose shares fell 64.5p to 1,435.5p.