LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS RAISES VODAFONE PRICE TARGET TO 275 (260) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br />UBS CUTS SMITHS GROUP TO 'SELL' ('NEUTRAL') - Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks have made solid gains Monday, led higher by property companies after a house price survey showed the UK property market is continuing to boom. With an otherwise empty data calendar and US markets closed for the President's Day holiday, the FTSE 100 has rallied t Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks continue to trade significantly higher Monday, buoyed by a positive close in Asian equity markets, as investors focus on individual corporate news amid a dearth of macro economic data and a US holiday. The FTSE 100 is up 1.1% at 6,734.37, the FTSE 250 is u Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK property companies are flavour of the day Monday, with commercial property trusts performing well on the back of strong results from <strong>Hammerson</strong> and housebuilders doing well after Rightmove reported a further surge in house prices.<br /><br />Hammerso Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Hammerson, up 2.9%. The retail property developer has reported an increase in profit and rental income for 2013 as demand for Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's main stock indices are pushing higher Monday, driven by corporate news and ratings changes amid a lack of economic indicators and a US holiday. By mid-morning Monday, the FTSE 100 is up 0.8% at 6,719.00, the FTSE 250 is up 0.4% at 16,172.22, and the AIM All Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Taylor Wimpey PLC Tuesday said Chief Executive Officer Peter Redfern and General Counsel James Jordan acquired 105 shares under the company share plan at a price of 118.6 pence per share and received a further 105 matching shares at no cost Monday. Following the tra Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning and Monday afternoon:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />MORGAN STANLEY CUTS BG GROUP TO 'EQUAL-WEIGHT' ('OVERWEIGHT') <br />----------<br />GOLDMAN CUTS GKN TO 'S Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERNSTEIN RAISES SAINSBURY TO 'OUTPERFORM' ('MARKET-PERFORM.') - TARGET 430 PENCE <br />----------<br />UBS CUTS SSE SCOTTISH & Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The number of UK homes sold per chartered surveyor reached its highest point since March 2008 last month as the housing market continued to show signs of recovery, latest data showed Thursday. In December, the average number of transactions per surveyor reached 21.3 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />NOMURA CUTS DIAGEO PRICE TARGET TO 2200 (2250) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br />UBS RAISES ANGLO AMERICAN TO 'BUY' ('NEUTRA Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK companies Wednesday started to warn that they are facing a profit hit from the gains sterling has made over the last six months, as revenues they bring back from sales overseas are worth less when translated into pounds. Luxury fashion house Burberry Group, polym Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG RAISES ASTRAZENECA PRICE TARGET TO 3600 (3430) PENCE - 'HOLD' <br />----------<br />MORGAN STANLEY RAISES ASTRAZENE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG RAISES ASTRAZENECA PRICE TARGET TO 3600 (3430) PENCE - 'HOLD' <br />----------<br />MORGAN STANLEY RAISES ASTRAZENE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Wednesday on the back of better economic news from the US Tuesday. <br /><br />British luxury fashion retailer <strong>Burberry</strong> joined the list of holiday sales winners, reporting that retail revenue rose 14% in its third quarter. Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Taylor Wimpey PLC Wednesday became the latest UK housebuilder to report an increase in the number of new homes built and the average selling price of its properties during 2013, boosted in part by the UK government's flagship mortgage financing scheme, Help to Buy. Read More