LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices are lower Monday as geopolitical risk continues to weigh on sentiment, while the mining stock are providing some support for indices following comments from Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. By mid-morning Monday, the FTSE 100 is down 0.3% at 6,759.55, th Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Oil And Gas Stocks Rise Alongside Iraq Tensions

13th Jun 2014 10:35

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- Tullow Oil, up 1.9%, Royal Dutch Shell, up 0.5% BG Gr Read More

MARKET COMMENT: Iraq And Carney Send London Shares Lower

13th Jun 2014 09:50

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are lower across the board Friday, while the price of Brent oil has risen to a nine-month high, as investors show concern over the deteriorating situation in Iraq, where radical militants have taken control of part of the country and are threatening to attack th Read More

MARKET COMMENT: Miners, Drillers And Airlines Weigh On FTSE Indices

12th Jun 2014 09:53

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices are trading mixed Thursday, with the mining stocks underperfoming and the price of oil rising, as investors continue to react to the lower global growth forecast from the World Bank and the deteriorating situation in Iraq. By mid-morning Thursday th Read More

MARKET COMMENT: Growth Downgrade Sends Stocks Lower, Airlines Lead Fall

11th Jun 2014 16:21

LONDON (Alliance News) - Stock markets across the UK and Europe closed lower Wednesday after a warning about the strength of the global economic recovery, with airline stocks leading the falls after a profit warning from Germany's Lufthansa and a major aircraft order cancellation by Emirates s Read More

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: J Sainsbury Sales Down Again, But Stock Gains

11th Jun 2014 12:35

LONDON (Alliance News) - J Sainsbury Wednesday reported another drop in like-for-like sales, its second consecutive quarterly decline after nine years of unbroken sales growth. The UK's third-largest supermarket chain by market share posted a 1.1% decline in like-f Read More

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