UK Earnings, Trading Statements Calendar - Week Ahead
2nd May 2014 05:11
LONDON (Alliance News) - Caracal Energy PLC Thursday said Glencore Xstrata PLC had increased its stake in Caracal to 13.82%, from 12.35% previously, after acquiring a further 2.2 million shares. Earlier this week Glencore, which is buying Caracal, acquired 4.2 million Caracal shares at a pr Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Thursday amid holidays across Asia and Europe. The US Federal Reserve late Wednesday continued to taper its bond-buying programme, showing confidence in the US economic recovery despite a weak GDP reading earlier in the day.<br /><br /><str Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>BP</strong> Tuesday said its pretax profit fell 73% in the first quarter, due to lower revenues and after last year's result was buoyed by the sale of its stake in TNK-BP, but it raised its quarterly dividend for the second time in six months and said further s Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>Shire</strong>, up 3.6%. The pharmaceutical company is the leading riser in the blue-c Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Caracal Energy Inc said Glencore International AG, a subsidiary of Glencore Xstrata PLC, acquired 4.2 million shares in Caracal at a price of 550 pence per share on Monday, ahead of its planned takeover. Caracal, which operates in Chad, said Glencore's acquisition b 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) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BARCLAYS CUTS SAINSBURY PRICE TARGET TO 365 (410) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT' <br />----------<br />JEFFERIES CUTS TESCO PRICE TARGET Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed marginally higher Monday, rallying back into positive territory after the release of better-than-expected first quarter earnings from US bank Citigroup Inc helped Wall Street make a steady start after the heavy losses of last week. <br /><br />The U Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Glencore Xstrata PLC Monday reached a agreed deal to acquire Caracal Energy Inc for 550 pence a share, or about GBP808.5 million in cash, ending Caracal's proposed merger with Transglobe Energy Corp and giving it new oil and gas assets in Africa. Caracal, which oper Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Monday.<br />----------<br />COMPANIES<br />----------<br /><strong>Aviva</strong> said it has agreed to sell its 47% stake in South Korean business Woori Aviva Life Insurance to NongHyup Financial Group, as the insurer co Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Aviva</strong> has Monday agreed to sell its 47% stake in its South Korean joint venture Woori Aviva Life Insurance to NongHyup Financial Group, as it continues to contract in the region and focus on markets where it can make the best returns on capital. <br /> Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- Reckitt Benckiser, up 2.3%. Shares in the firm have been on a down trend over the past two weeks, but ahead of Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Glencore Xstrata said Monday it has agreed to sell its interest in the Las Bambas copper project in Peru to a Chinese consortium including MMG, Guoxin International Investment Corp and CITIC Metal Co for USD5.85 billion in cash. The deal is part of an agreement to w Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to open firmly lower Monday, following another sharp sell-off on Wall Street on Friday and a weak Asian session overnight, and as increasing tensions in Ukraine are also likely to hurt investor sentiment. Wall Street continued its recent down trend Read More