LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- BERENBERG INITIATES BAE SYSTEMS WITH 'HOLD' - TARGET 445 PENCE ---------- BERENBERG INITIATES GKN WITH 'BUY' - TARGE Read More

UK MORNING BRIEFING: Whitbread Leads FTSE 100 On Strong Quarter

17th Jun 2014 07:34

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Tuesday, encouraged by a positive close on Wall Street on Monday and ahead of UK inflation data. Whitbread leads FTSE 100 gainers, as it said its Premier Inn hotels and Costa Coffee shops continued their strong s Read More

MARKET COMMENT: Miners Provide Some Support As Shares Slide On Iraq

16th Jun 2014 09:57

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices are lower Monday as geopolitical risk continues to weigh on sentiment, while the mining stock are providing some support for indices following comments from Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. By mid-morning Monday, the FTSE 100 is down 0.3% at 6,759.55, th Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Oil And Gas Stocks Rise Alongside Iraq Tensions

13th Jun 2014 10:35

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- Tullow Oil, up 1.9%, Royal Dutch Shell, up 0.5% BG Gr Read More

MARKET COMMENT: Iraq And Carney Send London Shares Lower

13th Jun 2014 09:50

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are lower across the board Friday, while the price of Brent oil has risen to a nine-month high, as investors show concern over the deteriorating situation in Iraq, where radical militants have taken control of part of the country and are threatening to attack th Read More

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Easyjet Directors Receive Shares

12th Jun 2014 13:05

LONDON (Alliance News) - easyjet PLC Thursday said Chief Executive Carolyn McCall and ten other directors acquired partnership shares at a price of GBP15.89992 per share and were allocated seven matching shares each under a share incentive plan, details of which follow: <table Read More

MARKET COMMENT: Miners, Drillers And Airlines Weigh On FTSE Indices

12th Jun 2014 09:53

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices are trading mixed Thursday, with the mining stocks underperfoming and the price of oil rising, as investors continue to react to the lower global growth forecast from the World Bank and the deteriorating situation in Iraq. By mid-morning Thursday th Read More

MARKET COMMENT: Growth Downgrade Sends Stocks Lower, Airlines Lead Fall

11th Jun 2014 16:21

LONDON (Alliance News) - Stock markets across the UK and Europe closed lower Wednesday after a warning about the strength of the global economic recovery, with airline stocks leading the falls after a profit warning from Germany's Lufthansa and a major aircraft order cancellation by Emirates s Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Supermarkets Up, Airlines Down

11th Jun 2014 10:44

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- J Sainsbury, up 2.5%, Tesco, up 0.6%, and WM Morri Read More

MARKET COMMENT: Shares Hit By Lufthansa Warning As Pound Rallies

11th Jun 2014 09:59

LONDON (Alliance News) - Major stock markets are lower across the UK and Europe Wednesday, led by falls in airline stocks after Germany's Lufthansa issued a profit warning that has hurt the whole sector, and as trading volumes remain well-below average. Meanwhile, the pound jumped to a sess Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Anglo American, Lonmin Fall As Crisis Talks Fail

10th Jun 2014 10:06

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- Imperial Tobacco Group, up 0.5%. The cigarettes and tobacco company said it w Read More

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