LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks closed firmly higher Friday, with the FTSE 100 posting its biggest daily rise since April 29, boosted by a strong session on Wall Street on Thursday and after the US non-farm payroll report came in broadly as expected. London's major equity indices opened Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Synergy Health Boosted By Contract Win

6th Jun 2014 09:36

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday. ------- FTSE 100 - LOSERS ------- Smith & Nephew, down 1.1%. Volatile trading in the medical technology compa Read More

MARKET COMMENT: Calm Returns To Markets Ahead Of US Jobs Report

6th Jun 2014 09:25

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks indices are trading broadly higher Friday, although trading across all markets has become subdued once again after the excitement of Thursday's rate cut by the European Central Bank, as investors await the US non-farm payroll report still to come. By mid-m Read More

KCOM Lifts Dividend, Pledges Continued Investment In Fibre Roll Out

6th Jun 2014 08:05

LONDON (Alliance News) - KCOM Group PLC raised its dividend and pledged a continued investment in the roll-out of high speed fibre-based broadband products, as it said Friday that pretax profit rose in the year to end-March. The telecommunications company posted a total dividend of 4.88 pen Read More

MARKET COMMENT: FTSE 100 To Open Higher Ahead On Non-Farm Payrolls

6th Jun 2014 06:36

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to open higher Friday, following the sharp market movements on Thursday that were prompted by the extraordinary announcements from the European Central Bank and ahead of the US non-farm payroll report due at 1330 BST. The DJIA closed at an all-time Read More

MARKET COMMENT: ECB Finally Eases, But FTSE Falls, Euro Gains

5th Jun 2014 16:35

LONDON (Alliance News) - The European Central Bank finally moved Thursday to cut interest rates and prompt banks to lend more in an effort to stave off the threat of deflation, lifting stock markets in Europe. However, UK stock indices lost the gains they made in the wake of the ECB Read More

UK MORNING BRIEFING: ASOS Drags Down AIM Ahead Of ECB Meeting

5th Jun 2014 07:33

LONDON (Alliance News) - ASOS is dragging down the AIM All-Share Index at the open Thursday after lowering its profit guidance. The online fashion retailer, by far the biggest AIM stock by market capitalisation, dropped 40% at the open and was down 34% a half hour into trading Read More

MARKET COMMENT: UK Stocks Set For Muted Open Ahead Of Central Banks

5th Jun 2014 06:43

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set for a muted open Thursday, as investors await highly anticipated policy decisions from the Bank of England and the European Central Bank. "The release of the BoE and more importantly the ECB monetary policy decisions will make for a crucial day in Read More

FTSE Confirms 3i Group, Intu Properties To Join FTSE 100

4th Jun 2014 16:46

LONDON (Alliance News) - FTSE has confirmed that the following changes will take effect from the market open on June 23, following completion of its quarterly review. ------- FTSE 100 Adds: 3i Group Intu Properties ------- FTSE 100 Deletes: William Hill</ Read More

UK Earnings, Trading Statements Calendar - Week Ahead

3rd Jun 2014 05:29

UK Earnings, Trading Statements Calendar - Week Ahead

2nd Jun 2014 13:45

REPEAT: William Hill Set To Drop From FTSE 100, IPOs Drive FTSE 250 Changes

2nd Jun 2014 11:30

LONDON (Alliance News) - Bookmaker William Hill PLC is one of two companies set to be relegated from the UK's leading index at next week's FTSE review, while changes in the mid-cap index are set to be entirely driven by the resurgence in initial public offerings seen earlier i Read More

UK Earnings, Trading Statements Calendar - Week Ahead

2nd Jun 2014 05:29

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