LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 ended slightly higher Monday, while its mid-cap peer index lost ground, in a subdued session that had little in the way of economic or major corporate news to drive it. The corporate news that there was for blue-chip stocks was mainly negative, Read More

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Lloyds Prices TSB IPO Below Book Value

9th Jun 2014 11:21

LONDON (Alliance News) - Lloyds Banking Group Monday set the price range of the initial public offering of TSB Banking Group PLC on the London Stock Exchange at between 220 pence to 290 pence per share, which would value the spun-off retail bank at about GBP1.28 billion at the Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Lloyds Among Big Losers In FTSE 100

9th Jun 2014 10:22

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- Capita, up 1.7%. Numis Securities has upgraded Capita to Buy, from Hold, and increased its pric Read More

MARKET COMMENT: FTSE 100 Gains On Asian Data But Lloyds Declines

9th Jun 2014 09:55

LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 is modestly higher Monday, as investor sentiment remains broadly positive after a strong US jobs report on Friday, followed by some better Chinese data over the weekend and an upward revision to Japan's GDP. By mid-morning Monday the FTSE 100 is up 0.3% Read More

Hightex Shares Drop As Loss Widens Due To Brazil Joint Venture Doubts

9th Jun 2014 08:06

LONDON (Alliance News) - Engineering company Hightex Group PLC saw its shares slide 37% Monday morning after it posted a widened pretax loss on nearly halved revenue in 2013, hit by operational problems at its Brazilian joint-venture company. The company posted a pretax loss of EUR2.8 milli Read More

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Government Completes 2nd Lloyds Bank Stake Sale

26th Mar 2014 13:40

LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK government has raised a further GBP4.20 billion from its second sale of Lloyds Banking Group PLC shares, meaning it has now recouped GBP7.41 billion of the roughly GBP21 million that taxpayers injected into the bank during the financial crisis.< Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Standard Life Leads FTSE 100 Risers

26th Mar 2014 11:30

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Standard Life, up 5.2%. The company has agreed to buy Ignis Asset Mana Read More

UPDATE: Hightex Group Slides As It Resumes Trading After Getting Loan Facility

26th Mar 2014 11:24

LONDON (Alliance News) - Engineering company Hightex Group PLC saw its shares drop sharply as it resumed trading on AIM Wednesday, a move that came after it signed a loan facility agreement of up to USD10 million, giving it enough money to cover its working capital needs for at least six months.< Read More

Hightex Group Slides As It Resumes Trading After Getting Loan Facility

26th Mar 2014 09:32

Hightex Takes Loan So Subsidiary Can Pay Creditors

2nd Oct 2013 11:55

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