LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS CUTS ITV TO 'NEUTRAL' ('BUY') - TARGET 210 (230) PENCE <br />----------<br />GOLDMAN CUTS STANDARD CHARTERED PRICE TARGET Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust PLC Monday said it underperformed its benchmark in its last financial year, as its portfolio's bias towards larger, more internationally-focused companies meant it missed out on some of the benefits of the UK's economic recovery. Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS CUTS SMITHS GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 1220 (1340) PENCE - 'SELL' <br />----------<br />JPMORGAN CUTS SMITHS GROUP PRICE TARGET Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 suffered its worst weekly performance in nine months, while gold has risen to a six-month high, as investors de-risked their portfolios ahead of a weekend that is likely to see more tensions among Russia, Ukraine, and the West.<br /><br />The FTSE 100 clos Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Stock indices are lower across Europe once again Friday, with the UK's leading index in the red for the sixth consecutive day, as a lack of top-tier economic data and a quiet corporate calendar leaves investors focused on the ramping up of tensions between Russia, Ukraine Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Murray International Trust PLC Tuesday said it underperformed its benchmark in 2013, prompting it to claw back GBP5.3 million of previously earned but unpaid performance fees in accordance with the terms of the management agreement. The trust is managed by Aberdeen Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Stock markets tumbled around the world Monday, as investors sold equities in favour of safe haven assets such as gold and the US dollar amid concern over the fast moving situation in Ukraine. Although macro economic data releases have been broadly positive, stock indices, Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br />Increasing geopolitical tension following Russia's decision to mobilize its troops in the Crimea region of Ukraine over the weekend has p Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Stock indices across the UK and Europe are heavily down Monday as global investor confidence has been undermined by the unfolding developments in the Ukraine. Despite broadly positive European PMI data, morning trading has been dominated by safe-haven flows, sending Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning and Wednesday afternoon:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />GOLDMAN CUTS BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PRICE TARGET TO 3408 (3420) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br /> Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The market is dissecting the <strong>Lloyds Banking</strong> Group earnings statement early Thursday. The state-controlled bank said it swung to profit in 2013, while confirming its intentions to restart paying a dividend and to sell off more of the UK government's sha 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 FTSE 100 closed lower for a fifth consecutive day Tuesday, even though the index was higher at one point, as concerns about the impact of the Federal Reserve's tapering of its economic stimulus programme continued to weigh on stock markets across the world.<br /><b Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 has closed lower Friday, with large companies most exposed to emerging markets leading the falls as continued concern over an EM growth slowdown fuels a global flight to safety. Having fallen for eight of the last nine trading sessions, the UK's leading share Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />HSBC RAISES NATIONAL GRID TO 'OVERWEIGHT' ('NEUTRAL') - PRICE TARGET 880 (860) PENCE <br />----------<br />JEFFERIES RAISES EASY Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Aberdeen Asset Management PLC Monday said Non-Executive Director Richard Mully bought 15,000 shares at a price of 400 pence per share Friday. The purchase represents Mully's only holding in the company. Shares in the asset management company were trading down Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BARCLAYS RAISES LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE PRICE TARGET TO 2200 (1800) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT' <br />----------<br />NUMIS RAISES LONDON Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - London's main stock indices suffered further heavy losses Friday amid a continuing global equities sell-off, as concerns about a slowdown in China spread to emerging markets as a whole.<br /><br />The pound, meanwhile, gave up some of its recent gains against the dolla Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices are continuing to slide Friday, with the FTSE 100 headed for a fourth straight day in the red after suffering heavy losses Thursday amid continued concern about the US and Chinese economies. With very little of note in the economic calendar to chang Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />KEPLER CHEUVREUX STARTS BP WITH 'BUY' - PRICE TARGET 545 PENCE <br />----------<br />KEPLER CHEUVREUX STARTS BG GROUP WITH 'HOLD Read More