LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

Russian gold and silver miner Polymetal has secured a $100 million investment from Moscow investment bank VTB Capital as part of its planned listing on the London Stock Exchange, the company's deal prospectus showed on Friday.

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Russian precious metals miner Polymetal is seeking a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange, raising about $500 million in a move it hopes will catapult it into the FTSE 100 bluechip index and hand it currency for acquisitions.

Interest in the London Metal Exchange as a takeover target has snowballed and the number of suitors has risen to double digits because business is booming with volumes at record levels, its chief executive Martin Abbott said.

Shares of Ivanhoe Mines fell more than 12 percent on Monday after Mongolia said it plans to renegotiate a landmark deal related to the development of the huge Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project.

Gold will continue to serve as a hedge against risk on a longer-term basis despite recent falls, given the lack of other safe-haven assets to protect investors against global economic uncertainty, a manager at Stenham Asset Management said.

Copper slumped to a 14-month low on Monday, adding to sharp falls from the last three weeks, as fears of a Greek debt default and the threat of a global recession sparked heightened concerns about demand for industrial metals.

Kofax Plc's management confirmed that the board is planning for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States at some stage in the future with plans to maintain a dual listing between the United Kingdom and the U.S.

Kofax Plc posted a higher full-year profit even as revenue growth in the second half of the year slowed due to longer sales cycles and decision making, and the company said it expected these challenges to continue.

Kofax Plc confirmed its board's decision to prepare the business for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States, Jefferies said in a note to clients.

Pawnbroker H&T Group Plc said it expected full-year results to be above the top end of current market expectations, driven mainly by surging gold prices that boosted its first-half pretax profit.

Latin American precious metals miner Hochschild Mining posted its highest-ever first-half profit, driven mainly by strong gold and silver prices, and said it was on track to meet its full-year production target.

HPQ shares are down about 6.1 percent as of 3:15 p.m. (New York time).

HPQ’s chief executive Leo Apotheker has already said he wants to grow the company’s presence in so-called “cloud computing” while shedding lower-margin businesses like PCs.

Stock futures pointed to a lower open for Wall Street Wednesday, with investors believing that Tuesday's meeting between French and German leaders failed to make significant progress on the euro zone sovereign debt crisis.

European stocks fell early Wednesday, resuming their slide as a meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy failed to calm worries over the euro zone debt crisis.

Mining company European Goldfields, which secured a long-awaited Greek permit last month, posted a narrower pretax loss for the second quarter and said it had made "major progress" with its Olympias project, on track for first production next year.

Jefferies & Co. upgraded its rating on shares of Logica Plc (London: LOG) to "hold" from "underperform", while lowering its price target to 90 pence from 105 pence.

British software firm Misys plc (London: MSY) said takeover discussions with Fidelity National Information Services Inc (FIS) have been terminated. Misys decided to reject FIS offer and withdraw from further discussions with FIS, as the offer materially undervalued the company.

The Maple Group has launched a hostile bid to block the proposed merger between the operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange, TMX Group, and the London Stock Exchange (LSE).