LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br />Increasing geopolitical tension following Russia's decision to mobilize its troops in the Crimea region of Ukraine over the weekend has p Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Stock indices across the UK and Europe are heavily down Monday as global investor confidence has been undermined by the unfolding developments in the Ukraine. Despite broadly positive European PMI data, morning trading has been dominated by safe-haven flows, sending Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERNSTEIN CUTS RSA INSURANCE PRICE TARGET TO 115 (130) PENCE - 'OUTPERFORM' <br />----------<br />CITIGROUP CUTS RSA INSURANCE P Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - ITV reported higher profits and revenues for 2013 and gave a bullish outlook for 2014, but has seen its shares punished Wednesday after it failed to increase its special dividend. The television company raised its total dividend for 2013 to 3.5 pence, from 2.6 pence Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Weir</strong> Group, up 6.5%. Despite reporting a fall in profit and revenue fo Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />MORGAN STANLEY CUTS UNITED UTILITIES TO 'EQUAL-WEIGHT' ('OVERWEIGHT') <br />----------<br />UBS STARTS RANDGOLD RESOURCES WIT Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Fresnillo PLC Wednesday said that the Mexican Ministry of Defense has granted a new explosives permit for the Herradura mining unit at Minera Penmont. The precious metals miner, operating in Mexico, said that Penmont can now resume the use of explosives on the Herra Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened lower Wednesday ahead of UK GDP figures at 0930 GMT. <strong>ITV</strong> reported strong 2013 results and expressed confidence for 2014, but its shares are down 4.2% at the open on disappointment in the size of its special dividend.<br /><br / 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) - 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 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) - UK stock indices have struggled to get off the ground Friday, while major European markets have performed better after surprisingly strong Eurozone GDP data. Meanwhile US macro data has disappointed, adding to dollar weakness and allowing the pound to rally to a multi-yea Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The pound is trading close to a three-year high against the dollar Friday, while the main UK stock indices are just marginally higher. In a quieter day for corporate earnings, the main market focus of the morning has been European fourth-quarter GDP data, which has been s Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's main stock indices closed higher Tuesday, with both the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 closing up for a fifth consecutive day, as Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen suggested the central bank will continue to taper its quantitative easing programme in coming months. <p Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Fresnillo PLC Tuesday said that a district court in Mexico has denied the request by the Ejido El Bajio agrarian community to prevent the lifting of the explosives permit covering Fresnillo's Herradura and Soledad mines. The precious metals miner, operating in Mexic Read More