LONDON (Alliance News) - Home improvement retailer Kingfisher PLC Tuesday said that Chief Executive of the Castorama and Brico Depot brands, Philippe Tibbe, exercised 113,047 shares granted under a company share incentive scheme, and sold all the shares at 423.80 pence per share. Kingfisher Read More

UK MORNING BRIEFING: AstraZeneca Leads Gainers On Pfizer Interest

28th Apr 2014 07:35

LONDON (Alliance News) - AstraZeneca is once again leading UK blue chips higher Monday, after US drugs giant Pfizer Inc confirmed that it has now twice approached its British peer with a takeover proposal, most recently on Saturday. Pfizer said it is still considering its opti Read More

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Kingfisher Manager Exercises Options, Sells Shares

25th Apr 2014 15:28

LONDON (Alliance News) - Home improvement retailer Kingfisher PLC Friday said Guy Colleau, a chief executive officer for Group Sourcing and Offer, exercised options over 69,316 shares under the company's incentive share scheme, and subsequently sold these shares at a price of 417.67 pence per sha Read More

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Kingfisher Finance Director Acquires Shares

17th Apr 2014 10:48

LONDON (Alliance News) - Kingfisher PLC said Thursday that Finance Director Karen Witts acquired 30 shares at a price of 421.40 pence per share on Tuesday following the Kingfisher Share Incentive Plan. Kingfisher shares were trading at 415.60 pence per share Thursday morning, down 1.0%. Read More

MARKET COMMENT: UK Stocks Post First Gains Of The Week

9th Apr 2014 16:48

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks closed firmly in the black Wednesday, posting their first gains of the week, as technology stocks rebounded from some heavy selling earlier in the week. Nevertheless, London's major indices closed off their intra-day highs as investors expressed so Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Evraz Leads FTSE 250; Ex-Dividends Weigh In

9th Apr 2014 10:45

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- Kingfisher, up 2.1%. UBS has upgraded Kingfisher to Buy from Neutral and i Read More

UK BROKER RATINGS: HSBC Upgrades IMI To Overweight

9th Apr 2014 09:15

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- BERNSTEIN CUTS BT GROUP TO MARKET-PERFORM (OUTPERFORM) - TARGET 385 PENCE ---------- HSBC RAISES IMI TO OVERWEIGHT Read More

CORRECT: UK MORNING BRIEFING: Rolls-Royce Secures New US Defense Contract

9th Apr 2014 08:02

(Correcting the name of the Australian company acquired by Ladbrokes last year.) LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Wednesday after two days of losses, following a firm close on Wall Street Tuesday. Among corporate newsmakers at the open, Rolls-Royce Read More

UK MORNING BRIEFING: Rolls-Royce Secures New US Defense Contract

9th Apr 2014 07:34

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Wednesday after two days of losses, following a firm close on Wall Street Tuesday. Among corporate newsmakers at the open, Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC said it has won a USD100 million contract from the US Department Read More

UK BROKER RATINGS: Berenberg Cuts Burberry To Hold From Buy

7th Apr 2014 09:07

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- BERENBERG CUTS BURBERRY TO 'HOLD' ('BUY') - TARGET 1500 (1660) PENCE ---------- CITIGROUP RAISES SHIRE PRICE TARGET TO Read More

MARKET COMMENT: FTSE 100 Hits 3-Week High Before Closing Lower

3rd Apr 2014 16:23

LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 reversed early gains to close slightly lower Thursday, as investors digested comments made by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi in the wake of the ECB's decision to keep its key interest rate unchanged. Meanwhile, some worse-than-expe Read More

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Kingfisher To Acquire French Retailer Mr Bricolage

3rd Apr 2014 11:33

LONDON (Alliance News) - Europe's largest home improvement retailer Kingfisher saw its shares rise Thursday after saying it is in exclusive negotiations to acquire French home improvement retail chain Mr Bricolage for an overall enterprise vale of around EUR275 million. < Read More

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