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>Prudential</strong>, up 4%. The group reported a sharp fall in 2013 pretax prof Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG CUTS TRAVIS PERKINS PRICE TARGET TO 1800 (1880) PENCE - 'HOLD' <br />----------<br />JEFFERIES CUTS LAND SECURITIES Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Share are lower at the open Wednesday, following Asian and US markets.<br /><br />Just after the open, insurer<strong> Prudential</strong> declared a 15% dividend increase for 2013. CEO Tidjane Thiam promised "more of the same, just better". It also announced an expand Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to open lower Wednesday, following on from weak sessions in the US and Asia, as investors continue to be starved of significant fresh data releases. Meanwhile, a host of FTSE 100-listed companies have gone ex-dividend which is set to further weigh Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Land Securities Group PLC Friday said non-executive Director David Rough sold 700 shares at a price of 1095.16 pence per share. Following this transaction, Rough now holds 16,950 shares. Land Securities shares were down 0.3% at 1,088.00 pence Friday. By Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks have made solid gains Monday, led higher by property companies after a house price survey showed the UK property market is continuing to boom. With an otherwise empty data calendar and US markets closed for the President's Day holiday, the FTSE 100 has rallied t Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK property companies are flavour of the day Monday, with commercial property trusts performing well on the back of strong results from <strong>Hammerson</strong> and housebuilders doing well after Rightmove reported a further surge in house prices.<br /><br />Hammerso Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />JPMORGAN RAISES LLOYDS TO 'OVERWEIGHT' ('NEUTRAL') - TARGET 95 (84) PENCE <br />----------<br />SOCGEN RAISES LLOYDS PRICE TARGE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERNSTEIN RAISES SAINSBURY TO 'OUTPERFORM' ('MARKET-PERFORM.') - TARGET 430 PENCE <br />----------<br />UBS CUTS SSE SCOTTISH & Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BARCLAYS RAISES LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE PRICE TARGET TO 2200 (1800) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT' <br />----------<br />NUMIS RAISES LONDON Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The unemployment rate in the UK declined by more than expected in the three months to November 2013, leading to calls for renewed clarity around forward guidance from Bank of England Governor Mark Carney. Meanwhile, minutes from the BOE's latest Monetary Policy Committ Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />Mining giant <strong>BHP Billiton</strong> Ltd. reported that global iron ore production for the second quarter grew 16% year-over-year, but r Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares are broadly higher Wednesday ahead of UK employment data and a Bank of England policy statement at 0930 GMT.<br /><br />Prior to the open FTSE 100 software developer <strong>Sage Group</strong> and FTSE 250 pub chain <strong>JD Wetherspoon</strong> both have pro Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Property company Land Securities Group PLC Wednesday reported improved occupancy rates in its retail properties, as it said it had secured GBP7.3 million of development lettings and GBP5.4 million of investment lettings since October 1, 2013. In a trading update, La Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to open modestly higher Wednesday ahead of the major UK economic focus of the week - the latest unemployment report and minutes from the latest Bank of England policy meeting. US markets were open again on Tuesday after a holiday on Monday, buy the Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's major stock indices all closed lower Tuesday, reversing early gains that saw the FTSE 100 reach within 10 points of its 2013 high and then tracking declines in the US indices when Wall Street opened. <br /><br />However, the pound got another boost from the la Read More