LONDON (Alliance News) - Investors have approached equities in a buying mood Thursday, pushing the FTSE 100 to a six-week high, following the overnight release of strong results from Apple and Facebook that suggest fears of a technology bubble may be exaggerated. While the technology stocks 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) - UK stocks closed firmly lower Friday, ensuring that both the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 snapped a run of three consecutive weekly gains, with technology stocks leading the sell-off again. For the second time this week, tech stocks were pushed significantly lower amid fea Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- Fresnillo, up 0.3%. The precious metals miner is one of just a handful of risers in the FTSE 100 following posi Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Stock indices in the UK and Europe are firmly lower Friday, as technology stocks lead an equity sell-off for the second time this week amid concern that the sector is overvalued. By mid-morning Friday the FTSE 100 is down 1.3% at 6,555.47, the FTSE 250 is down 1.7% Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices have closed lower for the second consecutive day Tuesday, with Sports Direct International the biggest faller on the FTSE 100 after deputy Chairman Mike Ashley sold a 4% stake in the business he founded. Equity markets in London and elsewhere in Eur Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - London's major stock indices closed firmly in the red Monday, led lower by technology stocks, following on from an equity sell-off on Wall Street on Friday.<br /><br />Meanwhile, concerns over a possible further encroachment into Ukraine by Russia also weighed heavily Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - US stocks look set to continue lower when Wall Street opens Monday, following the heavy falls seen on Friday after the release of the worse-than-expected non-farm payroll employment report. The report showed that the US economy added 192,000 jobs last month. While a Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br />FTSE 100 - WINNERS<br /><br /><strong>CRH</strong>, up 0.7%. The building materials group is receiving a boost from some merger and acqui Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - European stocks markets are lower Monday, with the technology sector leading the sell-off, in a similar pattern to the adjustment seen in US markets late on Friday, while worries of a further encroachment into Ukraine by Russia also are hampering investor sentiment. <p Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - London's blue-chip and mid-cap indexes closed lower Wednesday as annuity providers and betting companies were hard hit by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne's changes to pension rules and a hike to gaming machine duty<br /><br />The FTSE 100 closed down 0.5% at Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne is expected Wednesday to again hail the country's continuing economic recovery whilst reiterating that yet more needs to be done to ensure it is sustained. <br /><br />In his annual budget speech, which starts at 1230 GMT, 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>Barclays</strong>, up 2.9%. The bank plans to solicit offers for its index busi Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>Smiths Group</strong> PLC raised its interim dividend and announced the expansion of its investment programme 'Fuel For Growth', altho Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices are trading near flat Wednesday ahead of the Chancellor George Osborne's 2014 budget announcement at midday, while the pound has risen to a session high on the release of better-than-expected UK unemployment numbers. By mid-morning Wednesday, the FT Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br /><strong>----------</strong><br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />CREDIT SUISSE CUTS HSBC TO 'UNDERPERFORM' ('OUTPERFORM,') - PRICE TARGET 580 (780) PENCE <br />----------<br Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) -Shares have opened mostly flat Wednesday ahead of UK jobs figures and budget statement.<br /><br />Shares of FTSE 100 engineering firm <strong>Smiths Group</strong> were down 4.0% at the open, as it reported lower pretax profit due to the company's Medical and Defence b Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Imagination Technologies PLC jumped to lead the FTSE 250 Wednesday morning after the firm said it has developed a new suite of graphics processors for mobile phones and other consumer devices. Imagination said the new Wizard family of PowerVR Ray Tracing GPUs "drama Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Aviva, up 4.2%. After closing as the blue-chip index's biggest riser on Thursday, Aviva is again the stand out performer Frid Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's main stock indices closed modestly higher Thursday, with life insurer Aviva leading the FTSE 100, while the pound lost ground against the euro after the single currency was given a boost when the European Central Bank President pledged to keep rates down and ease Read More