CORRECT: UK MORNING BRIEFING: Surging Market Leaves BHP Behind
19th Aug 2014 07:38
LONDON (Alliance News) - CRH PLC Monday said Finance Director Maeve Cotton acquired 37 shares as part of a scrip dividend payment at a price of EUR20.99 per share. Shares in the construction company closed up 1.7% at 1,693.26 pence Monday. By Arvind Bhunjun; arvindbhunjun@alliancenews Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>HSBC Holdings</strong> Wednesday reported a 20% drop in first-quarter pretax profit, driven by a weak performance Asia, Latin America and its investment bank, that was only partially offset by lower impairment charges and continued cost cutting.<br /><br />In a Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>Legal & General</strong> Group, up 3.2%. The group said it expects to write more Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Irish building materials group CRH PLC Wednesday reported a 10% increase in European like-for-like sales in the first four months of the year, as economic conditions across the region continued to improve, but it said it has experienced problems in the US. In an int Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG INITIATES CARNIVAL PLC WITH 'BUY' - TARGET 3,000 PENCE <br />----------<br />UBS RAISES ASTRAZENECA PRICE TARGET TO 4 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened higher Tuesday following positive leads from US and Asian markets and amid a slew of FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 company trading updates.<br /><br /><strong>St. James's Place</strong> has reported a surge in funds under management in the first quarter and Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - London's major stock indices closed firmly in the red Monday, led lower by technology stocks, following on from an equity sell-off on Wall Street on Friday.<br /><br />Meanwhile, concerns over a possible further encroachment into Ukraine by Russia also weighed heavily 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 />FTSE 100 - WINNERS<br /><br /><strong>CRH</strong>, up 0.7%. The building materials group is receiving a boost from some merger and acqui Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - European stocks markets are lower Monday, with the technology sector leading the sell-off, in a similar pattern to the adjustment seen in US markets late on Friday, while worries of a further encroachment into Ukraine by Russia also are hampering investor sentiment. <p Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC Wednesday said it will look to acquire rival businesses this year despite reporting a drop in profit for the full-year after a slow start to 2013. Last November the company raised GBP9.6 million in a share placing, leaving the firm in Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - CRH PLC said Thursday that Company Secretary Neil Colgan's wife Joan Duffy had exercised options over 2,551 shares at a price of EUR18.7463 per share Wednesday and sold them all at EUR20.898757 each. Following this transaction, Colgan retains an interest in 12,835 s Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - CRH PLC Monday said Chief Executive Officer Albert Manifold sold 16,183 shares at a price of EUR21.25 per share Friday. Shares were down 3.1% at 1,709.00 pence Monday. By Arvind Bhunjun; [email protected]; @ArvindBhunjun Copyright © 2014 All Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - CRH PLC Friday said Non-Executive Director Ernst Bärtschi bought 18,000 shares at a price of EUR21.448632 Wednesday. He now holds 25,200 shares. Shares in the construction materials company closed at 1,763.00 pence, up 4.00p Friday. By Arvind Bhunjun; arvindbh Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - CRH PLC said Thursday that Finance Director Maeve Carton had acquired 20,626 shares that had vested under the company's performance share plan. The shares vested at a price of EUR21.28 each Thursday. Following this transaction Carton has a shareholding of 0.01 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />MORGAN STANLEY RAISES WEIR PRICE TARGET TO 2250 (2040) PENCE - 'EQUAL-WEIGHT' <br />----------<br />UBS RAISES WEIR GROUP PRIC Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed down for the first time in eight days Tuesday, retreating from Monday's 14-year closing high, as renewed worries about Chinese economic growth weighed on stock markets in Asia and Europe. The Asian session saw the Hang Seng close down 0.3% and th Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 is Tuesday threatening to snap the seven-day winning streak that took it to its highest close since 1999 Monday, hit by renewed concerns over growth in China.<br /><br />The index, like European peers, is down as investors take profits out of the recent ra Read More