(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 outperformed on a day of wider risk aversion for global markets, with US government shutdown fears keeping a lid on enthusiasm. Read More
(Alliance News) - Blue-chip stocks in Europe closed largely lower on Friday, as interest rate worries in the US kept a lid on enthusiasm at the end of the week. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in Europe closed lower on Thursday as hawkish words from the Federal Reserve hit equities, while the FTSE 100 ended off morning lows but failed to cling onto the gains it made after the Bank of England stood pat on interest rates. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were mostly higher at midday Tuesday, after news that eurozone inflation eased slightly in August and despite some less-than-stellar local corporate updates. Read More
(Alliance News) - Investors were pleased with Ocado Group PLC's trading update on Tuesday, after it said revenue grew in the third quarter as order and customer numbers increased. Read More
(Alliance News) - Annual grocery price inflation in the UK decelerated to 12.2% in the four weeks that ended September 3, from 12.7% a month before, according to survey data from Kantar on Tuesday. Read More
(Alliance News) - NatWest Group PLC on Wednesday confirmed it has appointed Rick Haythornthwaite as its new chair from April 15 next year, the move coming less than two months after the bank replaced its chief executive amid a row over the de-banking of UK politician Nigel Farage. Read More
(Alliance News) - Rick Haythornthwaite, former chair of British Gas-owner Centrica PLC, will succeed Howard Davies as chair of NatWest Group PLC, Sky News reported on Wednesday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened lower on Tuesday, with the FTSE 100 index weighed down by retailers and stocks with Chinese exposure. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London were higher at the close on Tuesday as markets celebrated better-than-expected public sector borrowing figures in the UK, and hoped that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt may have enough firepower in government coffers to enact some pre-election tax cuts. Read More
(Alliance News) - Grocery price inflation in the UK cooled by just over two percentage points to 12.7% in the four weeks that ended August 6, the second sharpest slowdown in price in 15 years, according to survey data from Kantar, with staples such as milk and vegetable oil seeing price cuts. Read More
Ocado Group PLC - Hertfordshire-based online grocer and warehouse technology firm - Luke Jensen will step down as chief executive officer of Ocado Solutions on September 30, in order to focus on external non-executive director positions. Jensen has been CEO of Ocado Solutions since 2017. The division offers Ocado's grocery warehouse and delivery technology to other supermarkets. Read More
(Alliance News) - Blue-chip European equities took confidence from a decent open in New York, despite some less-than-stellar PMI data darkening the mood earlier on Monday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Equity prices in Europe were mixed heading into Monday afternoon, with a warning of the challenges facing the Chinese economy hurting investor sentiment at the start of a busy week of central banking action. Read More