LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened flat to slightly down Wednesday, despite a record close in the US and strong UK house price data.<br /><br />Goldman Sachs has added <strong>Go-Ahead</strong> Group to its Conviction Buy List with a price target of 2,310 pence. The bus and train comp Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC said Monday that a group of executives, including Chief Financial Officer Khalid Nabilsi, had received share awards that had vested.<br /><br />The shares were acquired as follows:<br /><br /> <table class="bp" style="width: 495px; height: Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed fractionally higher Friday, ensuring that it ended the week in the black for the first time in four weeks despite losses mid-week due to the UK budget and a press conference by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. There was little in the way of ma Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Meggitt, up 1.2%. UBS has upgraded the engineering company to Buy, from Neutral, and increased its price target to 530.00 pen Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are narrowly mixed Friday, shrugging off strong gains posted by Asian and US equities overnight, amid a dearth of fresh UK macroeconomic data. By mid-morning, the FTSE 100 is up 0.4% at 6,565.69, while the FTSE 250 is down 0.1% at 16,207.53, and the AIM Al Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS RAISES MEGGITT TO 'BUY' ('NEUTRAL') - TARGET 520 (530) PENCE <br />----------<br />BARCLAYS CUTS RBS TO 'EQUAL WEIGHT' ('OVE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG CUTS SSE PRICE TARGET TO 1320 (1570) PENCE - 'HOLD' <br />----------<br />BERENBERG CUTS REED ELSEVIER TO 'HOLD' ('BUY Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Prudential</strong> is the biggest gainer on the FTSE 100 Wednesday after the insurer's closely-watched operating profit grew by 17%, driven by its US and Asian operations, while <strong>G4S</strong> has plummeted after it reported a loss and finally settled wi 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>Prudential</strong>, up 4%. The group reported a sharp fall in 2013 pretax prof Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG CUTS TRAVIS PERKINS PRICE TARGET TO 1800 (1880) PENCE - 'HOLD' <br />----------<br />JEFFERIES CUTS LAND SECURITIES Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC Wednesday proposed a final special dividend and raised its total dividend, as it saw pretax profit jump in 2013. Pretax profit was USD298 million, up from USD132 million in 2012, as revenue rose to USD1.37 billion from USD1.11 billion. < Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Share are lower at the open Wednesday, following Asian and US markets.<br /><br />Just after the open, insurer<strong> Prudential</strong> declared a 15% dividend increase for 2013. CEO Tidjane Thiam promised "more of the same, just better". It also announced an expand Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to open lower Wednesday, following on from weak sessions in the US and Asia, as investors continue to be starved of significant fresh data releases. Meanwhile, a host of FTSE 100-listed companies have gone ex-dividend which is set to further weigh Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS RAISES VODAFONE PRICE TARGET TO 275 (260) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br />UBS CUTS SMITHS GROUP TO 'SELL' ('NEUTRAL') - Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />CITIGROUP CUTS ROLLS-ROYCE TO 'NEUTRAL' ('BUY') <br />----------<br />BERENBERG CUTS TATE & LYLE PRICE TARGET TO 775 (900) Read More