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
LONDON (Alliance News) - Irish building-materials group CRH PLC Tuesday said it swung to a loss in 2013, as bad weather hurt trading and added to the pressure on profit margins, but Chief Executive Albert Manifold said the year represented a "trough" in profits and it will return to growth this y Read More
(An item published at 0948 GMT, and headlines published at 0709 GMT, misstated some profit and revenue figures. The correct version follows.) LONDON (Alliance News) - Irish building-materials group CRH PLC Tuesday said it swung to a loss in 2013, as bad weather hurt trading and it progresse Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS CRH, up 4.6%. The Irish building materials group is the index's leading gainer after its operating profit beat its previous Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Tuesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />Irish building-materials group<strong> CRH</strong> PLC said it swung to a loss in 2013, as bad weather hurt trading and it progressed with a re Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's main stock indices are trading lower Tuesday, with the mining and metal sectors leading the falls after Chinese stocks underperformed in Asia overnight. The Shanghai Composite closed more than 2% lower on the back of ongoing concern over a slowdown in Chin Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Irish building-materials group CRH PLC Tuesday said it swung to a loss in 2013, as bad weather hurt trading and it progressed with a review of the business. Last year CRH said it would embark on a detailed review of its portfolio which could see a number of its asse Read More