LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock are holding onto small gains Wednesday, amid data that shows the UK construction industry continuing to boom, while in Europe there has been a further fall in producer prices ahead of the European Central Bank meeting Thursday. By mid-morning Wednesday the Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks trade firmly higher Tuesday, retaking the modest declines posted Monday, while the pound has jumped in the wake of UK inflation data for February. By mid-morning, the FTSE 100 is up 1% at 6,587.4, the FTSE 250 is up 0.6% at 16,120.88, and the AIM All-Share Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Major European stocks indices, including the UK's FTSE 100, closed firmly in the red Monday as investors shrugged off strong gains in Asia amid intensifying concerns over the health of the Chinese economy and the crisis in Crimea.<br /><br />Tensions in Ukraine continu 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 /><strong>FTSE 100 - LOSERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Barratt Developments</strong>, down 2.1%. Following the quarterly FTSE review on Ma Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />TRADER: MORGAN STANLEY REMOVES IAG FROM 'EUROPE BEST IDEAS LIST'<br />----------<br />TRADERS: MORGAN STANLEY RAISES PRICE TARGE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened mixed Monday despite a strong lead from Asian markets, as tensions in Ukraine continue to concern investors.<br /><br /><strong>Kentz</strong> Corp said its pretax profit increased in 2013 driven by revenue growth at its Technical Support Services di Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK housebuilders Thursday pledged to invest in new sites for homes, saying that Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne's extension of a key part of the Help to Buy scheme until 2020 had given them the certainty they needed. Osborne said Wednesday in his budget s Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK equities closed firmly higher Monday, with the FTSE 100 snapping a six-day losing streak, as investors digested the latest developments from the crisis in Ukraine and held their nerve.<br /><br />"It was a case of sell the rumour, buy the fact for financial markets Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK housebuilders saw their shares jump Monday after Chancellor George Osborne said the first part of the UK government's contentious Help to Buy scheme would be extended by four years to 2020. The first phase of the Help to Buy scheme in England started in April 201 Read More
(Correcting direction of FTSE 250 index.) LONDON (Alliance News) - Housebuilders lead a surprisingly upbeat UK equities market Monday, occupying six of the top ten spaces in the FTSE 350, buoyed by an extension to the UK government's Help to Buy scheme.<br /><br />Chancellor George Osbor Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Housebuilders lead a surprisingly upbeat UK equities market Monday, occupying six of the top ten spaces in the FTSE 350, buoyed by an extension to the UK government's Help to Buy scheme.<br /><br />Chancellor George Osborne confirmed that the government's flagship Help 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 /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Persimmon</strong>, up 4.7%. The housebuilder's share price has jumped following c Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK and European stocks are making gains Monday, while the price of gold has eased slightly from its six-month high, as global markets appear to take the expected result from a referendum in Crimea in their stride. By mid-day Monday the FTSE 100 is up 0.4% at 6,555.9 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG CUTS TRAVIS PERKINS PRICE TARGET TO 1800 (1880) PENCE - 'HOLD' <br />----------<br />JEFFERIES CUTS LAND SECURITIES Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Share are lower at the open Wednesday, following Asian and US markets.<br /><br />Just after the open, insurer<strong> Prudential</strong> declared a 15% dividend increase for 2013. CEO Tidjane Thiam promised "more of the same, just better". It also announced an expand Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>African Barrick Gold</strong> has fallen sharply Tuesday after parent Barrick Gold Corp sold a 10% stake, while <strong>Sports Direct International</strong> is up after the company's board said it will again try and give Mike Ashley a bigger stake as payment fo Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Housebuilder Barratt Developments PLC Tuesday said it has appointed John Allan as non-executive chairman replacing Bob Lawson who will retire in November. Allan, who will join the board as a non-executive director from August, is currently chairman of Dixons Retail Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares are gaining at the open Tuesday on a strong lead in from Asia and ahead of UK industrial production data at 0930.<br /><br /><strong>Foxtons</strong> has reported a strong set of maiden results following its September listing, while declaring a special dividend. Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Following completion of its quarterly index review, FTSE has confirmed that the following changes will take effect from the market open on Monday March 24. ------- FTSE 100 Adds: Barratt Developments St.James's Place ------- FTSE 100 De Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Admiral</strong> Group, up 7%. The motor insurer reported a 7% increase in 2013 Read More