(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 closed lower on Thursday, amid ongoing Middle East concerns, after the Bank of England left interest rates unchanged at 4.25%. Read More
(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 posted modest gains on Tuesday as US markets rose after encouraging US jobs data, helping offset weak mining stocks and lower growth forecasts from the OECD. Read More
Airtel Africa PLC - London-based provider of telecommunications and mobile money services - Announces the start of the second tranche of its USD100 million share buy-back programme. This follows the completion of the first tranche. The second tranche will amount to a maximum of USD55 million and is anticipated to end on or before November 19. Airtel Africa enters into an agreement with Barclays Capital Securities Ltd to conduct the second tranche and carry out on-market purchases. Read More
(Alliance News) - London stocks were muted at midday on Wednesday, as the UK government is urged by the chair of a parliamentary committee to reassess its reliance on the US for security. Read More
(Alliance News) - Airtel Africa PLC on Thursday reported a swing to an annual profit, despite a decrease in revenue, and it announced it plans to list a unit in the first half of next year. Read More
(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 hit a new all-time high on Thursday, buoyed by strong miners, as weak growth data in Europe and the US boosted hopes for rate cuts. Read More
(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 was solidly higher heading into Thursday afternoon's European Central Bank decision, with Airtel Africa and St James's Place shining, Shell rising despite profit being shy of consensus and carriers shaking off a profit caution which sent mid-cap peer Wizz Air sharply lower. Read More
(Alliance News) - Airtel Africa PLC on Thursday said signs of currency stabilisation were encouraging as it reported an acceleration in constant currency sales growth in the third quarter. Read More
Airtel Africa PLC - telecommunications and mobile money services provider in 14 countries in Africa - Says Chief Financial Officer Jaideep Paul intends to resign, effective after the company's annual general meeting in July. Paul will leave to take up a new position within the wider Bharti group, the firm says. Current Deputy CFO Kamal Dua will take over the CFO role. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London registered a softer open on Monday, with barely a handful of the FTSE 100 in the green, in uninspiring trade as the year draws to a close. Read More
(Alliance News) - Blue chips picked up in late trading to close higher on Monday, but mid-caps faltered as investors assessed a raft of downbeat domestic economic data. Read More