(Alliance News) - The London market was looking for a positive end to the week on Friday, amid takeover activity and positive economic data from China. Read More
(Alliance News) - European stocks were solidly higher heading into Wednesday afternoon, in optimistic trade ahead of the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's next testimony to US lawmakers. Read More
(Alliance News) - Barratt Developments PLC shares fell after a good-news-bad-news update on Wednesday, with the housebuilder raising profit guidance for the financial year just gone, but cutting its outlook for home completions for the new year. Read More
(Alliance News) - Crest Nicholson Holdings PLC on Wednesday said it is minded to accept a revised bid proposal from fellow housebuilder Bellway PLC. Read More
(Alliance News) - Crest Nicholson Holdings PLC on Friday spurned fresh deal-making interest a month after rejecting a possible offer from rival housebuilder Bellway PLC. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed lower on Friday, but the FTSE 100 avoided the deeper sell-off seen on the continent, where political uncertainty in France battered the Paris market. Read More
(Alliance News) - The rationale for Bellway PLC's bid for Crest Nicholson Holdings PLC was viewed as "solid," although by going public it runs the risk of being trumped by a rival suitor, analysts said. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are called to open higher on Friday, after news that the Bank of Japan is leaving interest rates unchanged. Read More
(Alliance News) - Bellway PLC on Thursday confirmed it made a takeover proposal for Crest Nicholson PLC, though its fellow housebuilder rejected the tilt. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed lower on Friday, with hotter-than-expected US nonfarm payroll data shooting down hopes of interest rate cuts in the US. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London retreated on Friday ahead of the US jobs report, leaving the FTSE 100 on track for a fourth consecutive weekly loss. Read More
(Alliance News) - Bellway's PLC encouraging trading statement was expected to prompt small increases to earnings forecasts, analysts on Friday said. Read More
(Alliance News) - Bellway PLC on Friday said it was "encouraged" by the recent period of relative stability in trading, with the housebuilder now fully sold for the current financial year, and volume and margin guidance in line with previous forecasts. Read More