LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Tuesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />Plumbing and heating products distributor <strong>Wolseley</strong> PLC reported higher trading profit for its fiscal third quarter, driven by s Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Stocks are are broadly lower across the UK and Europe Tuesday, amid a busy morning of economic data that looks like to pile pressure on European Central Bank President Mario Draghi to take action at a highly anticipated policy meeting on Thursday. Eurozone consumer Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened marginally lower Tuesday ahead of European data seen as having a possible influence on Thursday's European Central Bank meeting. <strong>Wolseley</strong> leads the FTSE 100 gainers after reporting a strong third quarter. It is up 2.3%. < Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC has fallen foul of the adjudicator of the groceries code after overcharging suppliers, the Financial Times reported Tuesday. According to the FT, the Groceries Code Adjudicator stepped in after the supermarket debited 67 suppliers withou Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's leading stock index is trading higher Monday, with the mining sector leading the gains after an improved Chinese manufacturing PMI was released on Sunday, while the picture in Europe is more mixed as Markit PMI readings released across the region Monday have been Read More
<p class="aak">LONDON (Alliance News) - Shires Income PLC Thursday said it had outperformed its benchmark over the course of its recently completed financial year, driven by its exposure to small companies and its overweight position in the aerospace and defence sector.<br /><br />In a statement, Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's main stock indexes all closed higher Wednesday, tracking gains in the US ahead of the minutes from the US Federal Reserve's last policy meeting, while the pound reached a multi-day high against other major currencies after the Bank of England released the minu Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>Petrofac</strong>, up 1.8%, and <strong>AstraZeneca</strong>, up 1.6%. The companies Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are trading mixed Wednesday, while the pound has jumped to a multi-day high against the dollar and a multi-month high against the euro following some much stronger-than-expected UK retail sales data and the release of the Bank of England's latest Monetary Policy Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />CITIGROUP RAISES RSA INSURANCE PRICE TARGET TO 501 (480) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL' <br />----------<br />BERENBERG CUTS BABCOCK INTER Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened lower Wednesday, following a negative lead from Wall Street and Asia and ahead of the release of central bank meeting minutes in the UK and US.<br /><br />A few interesting executive changes have been announced before the London open Wednesday. <b Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks closed mixed Friday, with the FTSE 100 outperforming its smaller index peers, but the FTSE 250 fell sharply for a second consecutive session, and a third in total, after another busy day of reporting by its constituents.<br /><br />The mid-cap index had its w Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>WM Morrison Supermarkets</strong>, up 4.2%, <strong>J Sainsbury</strong>, up 2.6%, and Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks trade lower Friday, with a notable divergence continuing between the UK's leading index, the FTSE 100, and its mid-cap peer, the FTSE 250. A lack of new top-tier economic data and a quieter corporate calendar Friday leaves little to shift the sentiment fro Read More