(Alliance News) - Stocks in London closed higher on Thursday, as investors weighed earnings, rate calls in Europe and the US and a hefty share price fall for Google owner Alphabet. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were higher at midday on Thursday, with Shell leading the FTSE 100 following stronger-than-expected earnings, while investors awaited the European Central Bank's interest rate decision after President Christine Lagarde announced plans to step down early next year. Read More
(Alliance News) - Lloyds Banking Group PLC on Thursday said pretax profit nearly doubled in the third quarter from a year before, amid a strong rise in net interest income, and the lender confirmed its annual guidance. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened higher on Thursday, with gains for oil major Shell helping the FTSE 100 advance, but earnings for banking firm Lloyds failed to inspire. Read More
(Alliance News) - Lloyds Banking Group reports a sharp rise in third-quarter profit, while Shell more than doubles its earnings and announces a USD5 billion share buyback. Premier Inn owner Whitbread expects to benefit from UK budget measures limiting business rates increases for hospitality businesses. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London ended mixed on Wednesday as investors assessed Chancellor John Healey's first budget and looked ahead to an expected US interest rate hold. Read More
(Alliance News) - Chancellor John Healey on Wednesday said he was raising taxes on gambling operators and UK banks to help fund the energy support packages. Read More
(Alliance News) - The UK is set to hike bank taxes less steeply than feared, as Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey seeks to balance the competitiveness of the City with the need to raise funds for voter giveaways in his first budget, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened lower on Wednesday, as investors braced for Chancellor John Healey's first budget and the US Federal Reserve's interest rate decision, while losses for GSK and Unilever weighed on the FTSE 100. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in Europe opened lower on Monday, as traders digested another tech sell-off in New York, while dramatic events in France over the weekend hit shares in Paris, as well as those with exposure to the country. Read More
(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 made further strong gains on Friday as Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey played down inflation fears, although banks missed out amid fears of a tax hit. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were higher at midday on Friday, with gains for industrial stocks offsetting weakness among banks, as investors digested eurozone inflation figures and comments from Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in Europe opened mixed on Friday, but the mood in markets was calmer after a tech sell-off in Asia and US made way for more constructive trade overnight. Read More
(Alliance News) - UK Chancellor John Healey is poised to tax Britain's banks more heavily in his October 28 budget, to help offset the damage inflicted on the public finances by war in the Middle East, the Guardian reported late Thursday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Aviva has backed its 2027 profit goal for its Wealth arm, Man Group reports net inflows of over USD10 billion in the third quarter, while Wise says it expects net revenue growth around the top of its guided range. Read More