LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's main stock indices are trading lower Tuesday, with the mining and metal sectors leading the falls after Chinese stocks underperformed in Asia overnight. The Shanghai Composite closed more than 2% lower on the back of ongoing concern over a slowdown in Chin Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 has recorded its highest closing price since 1999. Although opening lower, some positive European data and a strong start to equities trading in the US gave London's leading index a boost, sending the FTSE 100 higher for the seventh consecutive day, recording Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Centrica, up 3%. The major energy supplier's shares have jumped despite it reporting that pretax profit fell 32% to GBP1.65 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - South Africa's Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union said on Thursday that it plans to continue the ongoing platinum miners strike against the world's top three platinum producers, Reuters reported. <br /><br />The decision is a blow to companies and invest Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />CITIGROUP RAISES SPORTS DIRECT PRICE TARGET TO 900 (815) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br />CITIGROUP RAISES VODAFONE PRICE T Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Anglo American PLC Wednesday said Norman Mbazima, a divisional Chief Executive sold 39,223 ordinary shares at a price of R287.32 per share. Shares in the mining company were trading down 1.0% at 1,572.00 pence Wednesday. By Arvind Bhunjun; arvindbhunjun@allian Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />GOLDMAN RAISES HAMMERSON PRICE TARGET TO 590 (569) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL' <br />----------<br />SOCGEN RAISES BHP BILLITON PRICE T 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) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendation or price target changes Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />CITI RAISES RANDGOLD RESOURCES TO 'NEUTRAL' ('SELL') - TARGET 4897 (3544) PENCE <br />----------<br />GOL Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Lloyds Banking Group</strong> has appointed Will Samuel, a former Citi investment banker and adviser to one of the UK financial services regulators, as Chairman of TSB Bank, the bank it split out as a separate entity last year and is expected to list this year. Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Friday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>Lloyds Banking</strong> Group PLC appointed Will Samuel, a former Citi investment banker and adviser to one of the UK financial services Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Petrofac</strong>, up 2.7%. Petrofac shares have been on a downward trend over the Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Anglo American PLC Friday said it swung to a pretax profit in 2013 as improved production and weakening producer currencies helped company finances. The major mining company posted a pretax profit of USD1.70 billion for the twelve months ended December 31, 2013, com Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK equities are set to open slightly lower Friday, as investors shrug off a positive close on Wall Street and look ahead to preliminary fourth quarter Gross Domestic Product estimates for the eurozone at 1000 GMT. US equities closed slightly higher Thursday despite Read More