(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed mostly lower on Wednesday amid another jump in the oil price after US-Israeli strikes hit Iranian facilities at a major Gulf gas asset; with investors now awaiting the US interest rate decision which will be announced shortly. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed in the red on Wednesday, as markets wait for the US rate decision and after the Iran war's latest developments sent the price of oil rocketing upwards amid fears of a "supply crisis". Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were higher at midday on Wednesday, as investors were calmed by reports of progress in restarting oil exports from the Middle East, and turned their attention to the upcoming US rate decision. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened higher on Wednesday, ahead of a swathe of central bank meetings, after Iraq signed a deal to resume oil exports through Turkey. Read More
(Alliance News) - Diploma PLC on Wednesday said trading remains "very strong" as it announced a "significant" increase to full-year guidance. Read More
(Alliance News) - Diploma raises its guidance, Softcat reports higher earnings for the first half of the year and also lifts its guidance, while Moonpig says it will start a new share buyback programme. Read More
(Alliance News) - Renewed tariff threats from the US kept European stocks on the back foot on Monday with safe haven gold benefiting from the uncertainty once more. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were lower at midday on Monday, though the defensively weighted FTSE 100 did not fall as much as peers, as leaders weighed responses to US President Donald Trump's tariff threat over Greenland. Read More
Diploma PLC - London-based supplier of technical products and services - Chief Executive Johnny Thomson sells 30,000 shares, at GBP56.68, worth GBP1.7 million, on Friday this week. The company notes that following the share disposal, CEO Thomson retains a beneficial holding of 208,500 ordinary shares. Read More
(Alliance News) - BP issues a quarterly trading update pointing to flat upstream production and billions in expected impairments, Diploma reports a strong start to its financial year with double-digit organic growth, and publisher Pearson posts sales growth across all divisions in 2025. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed in the red on Wednesday, at the end of a shortened trading day, but the FTSE 100 index ended the year close to a new record despite a slight retreat on Wednesday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Diploma PLC on Wednesday said it has formally appointed Wilson Ng, currently acting chief financial officer, to the CFO role. Read More
