LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS RAISES MEGGITT TO 'BUY' ('NEUTRAL') - TARGET 520 (530) PENCE <br />----------<br />BARCLAYS CUTS RBS TO 'EQUAL WEIGHT' ('OVE 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 following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br /><strong>----------</strong><br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />CREDIT SUISSE CUTS HSBC TO 'UNDERPERFORM' ('OUTPERFORM,') - PRICE TARGET 580 (780) PENCE <br />----------<br Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>J Sainsbury</strong> PLC reported its first sales fall in nine years for the fourth quarter of its financial year, but Chief Executive Justin King said the grocer will not get caught up in the price war within the UK supermarket sector and will ensure competiti Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>J Sainsbury</strong>, up 0.8%. The food retailer is the latest of the big UK supe Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Tuesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />British supermarket chain <strong>J Sainsbury</strong> PLC reported its first sales fall in nine years for the fourth quarter of its financial y Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Oil and gas exploration company Cairn Energy PLC Wednesday said it swung to a loss in 2013 as it booked a big impairment for the Catcher fields in the North Sea, and it warned that its outlook depends heavily on its exploration programme this year and the timing of the re Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened lower Tuesday amid continued concern about Ukraine and some negative statements from UK companies.<br /><br />AIM is suffering the most, as its largest stock <strong>ASOS</strong> is down 20% despite reporting total retail sales rose by 26% in the tw Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to open flat Tuesday, having closed firmly higher on Monday, as investors await further updates from Ukraine. US and European bourses closed much higher on Monday as investors held their nerve after Sunday's Crimean referendum saw voters, as expect 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
(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) - Cairn Energy PLC Monday said the exploration JM-1 well offshore Morocco has been plugged and abandoned without testing. The major oil and gas exploration company said the well was drilled to a total depth of 3,711 metres and confirmed the presence of heavy oil over Read More