LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened mixed in London Friday, with blue-chips lagging mid- and small-caps despite <strong>Anglo American</strong> and <strong>Coca Cola HBC</strong> both reporting swings to profit in 2013. Anglo American is up 1.7% at the open, while Coca Cola HBC is down Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning and Wednesday afternoon:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />GOLDMAN CUTS BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PRICE TARGET TO 3408 (3420) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br /> Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The market is dissecting the <strong>Lloyds Banking</strong> Group earnings statement early Thursday. The state-controlled bank said it swung to profit in 2013, while confirming its intentions to restart paying a dividend and to sell off more of the UK government's sha Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning and Tuesday afternoon:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />S&P CAPITAL IQ CUTS BARCLAYS PRICE TARGET TO 310 (320) PENCE - 'BUY'<br />----------<br />UBS CUTS Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Ladbrokes PLC Monday said its Chief Executive Richard Glynn, Chief Financial Officer Ian Bull and others bought shares at a price of 150.70 pence per share Wednesday.<br /><br />The company went on to say those buying shares also were provided bonus shares as part of L Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />KEPLER CHEUVREUX STARTS BP WITH 'BUY' - PRICE TARGET 545 PENCE <br />----------<br />KEPLER CHEUVREUX STARTS BG GROUP WITH 'HOLD Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS CUTS BHP BILLITON PRICE TARGET TO 2060 (2090) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br />GOLDMAN CUTS BHP BILLITON PRICE TARGET TO Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Oil giant <strong>Royal Dutch Shell</strong> shocked the market Friday by warning that its profits will be well below expectations after nearly every part of its business performed below its expectations in the fourth quarter.<br /><br />The profit warning has sent its Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Betting company William Hill PLC Friday joined smaller rival Ladbrokes PLC in warning that football results had gone badly against it in the second week of this year, taking some of the sheen off otherwise strong trading results for the final quarter of 2013. The FT Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices are struggling to hold onto higher ground Friday, in the face a some negative company reports, but the pound has received a big boost from unexpectedly strong UK retail sales. By mid-morning Friday, the FTSE 100 is up 0.2% at 6,833.00, the FTSE 250 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />SOCGEN STARTS MORRISON WITH 'SELL' - TARGET 200 PENCE <br />----------<br />SOCGEN CUTS PRICE TARGET TESCO TO 270 (290) PENCE - Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - A raft of strong trading updates from retailers including Primark, Dixons, Home Retail, and Halfords effectively brought the Christmas retail reporting season to a close Thursday, and confirmed that the period had been positive overall despite weak trading for some of Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Rio Tinto</strong>, up 3.8%. The mining company has reported that it has increas Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Ladbrokes PLC said Thursday that it expects operating profit for the group to meet the middle of analysts' current forecasts of between GBP129.8 million and GBP151 million, following guidance issued in November. In a post-close trading update for the year to Decembe Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares are set to open cautiously Thursday after US markets made further gains Wednesday, with the S&P 500 posting another record close. Global inflation will be in focus throughout the day, with CPI data due from Europe and the US. Spredbetters are calling the F Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks have rallied Wednesday, with the FTSE 100 outperforming its smaller peers, peaking at almost an 8-month high, as major equity markets around the global rise, following an increase to the global-growth forecast by the World Bank. Meanwhile the dollar has broadly Read More