(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were firmly up at midday on Monday, as investors awaited this week's central bank decisions in Japan, the US and the UK. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened higher on Monday, as investors anticipated the week's central bank meetings, and considered the latest events in the Middle East. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are expected to start the week on a more optimistic note, as investors look ahead to central bank decisions and weigh up the potential risk from developments in the Middle East. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open higher on Monday, as investors look ahead to the week's central bank decisions. Read More
(Alliance News) - HSBC Holdings PLC on Monday reported that quarterly profit more than doubled, but fell short of market expectations, as it prepared to launch a USD3 billion share buyback. Read More
HSBC Holdings PLC - London-based bank - Completes its USD2 billion share buyback on Thursday. Since launching the programme in early August, HSBC buys back 129.8 million shares in the UK at an average price of GBP6.19 and 129.1 million shares in Hong Kong at an average price of HKD60.60. The buyback is run by Merrill Lynch International. After cancelling the 258.9 million shares, HSBC will have 19.8 million shares, including 325.3 million held in treasury. Read More
(Alliance News) - The London-listed banking sector's reporting third-quarter season kicks off with numbers from Barclays next week, but if recent share price movement is anything to go by, expectations heading into the results are tepid. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning: Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened lower on Monday as investors were put in a risk-off mood at the start of a new week amid exploding tensions in the Middle East. Read More
(Alliance News) - HSBC Holdings PLC on Monday declared the acquisition of Citigroup Inc's consumer wealth management portfolio in China to be a "milestone" on the road to building its wealth capabilities in Asia. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open higher on Monday as interest rate expectations held steady despite Friday's bumper US nonfarm payrolls report. Read More
(Alliance News) - Citigroup Inc on Monday announced it has agreed to sell its onshore consumer wealth portfolio in China to HSBC Bank China, an arm of London-based lender HSBC Holdings PLC. Read More
(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 grew in confidence as Tuesday morning progressed, going into the afternoon in the green and outperforming European peers. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were lower at midday Wednesday as investors eyed a key US inflation reading later in the day, ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision next week. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning: Read More
Kromek Group PLC - Sedgefield, England-based detection technology supplier - Extends repayment date of its GBP5.0 million revolving credit facility with HSBC Holdings PLC to September 30 from Thursday last week. Says the move is taken as it finalises terms to refinance the borrowing facility. This follows a previous extension, as announced when publishing its annual results in late July. Says it will will make a further announcement in "due course". Read More
Kinovo PLC - London-based property services provider offering safety compliance and sustainability solutions - Renews banking facilities with partner HSBC Holdings PLC. The facilities have been renewed to May 31, 2024, to align with Kinovo's year-end reporting schedules. They consist of a GBP2.5 million overdraft facility at an interest rate of 2.85% above the Bank of England base rate and a GBP6.0 million purchasing card facility, on which there is no interest charge. Read More