LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />S&P CAPITAL IQ RAISES ASTRAZENECA PRICE TARGET TO 4460 (3800) PENCE - 'HOLD' <br />----------<br />BERNSTEIN RAISES ASTRAZEN Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened lower Friday on heightened concerns about the standoff in Ukraine.<br /><br /><strong>William Hill</strong> said it will close 109 gaming shops in response to the UK government's hike to machine gaming duty, putting 420 employees at risk. William Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Ophir Energy PLC Friday said non-executive Director Ronald Blakely bought 12,000 shares at a price of 255.93 pence per share last Friday. Following this transaction, Blakely now holds 47,000 shares. Shares in the oil and gas company were down 1.8% at 237.60 pe Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK regulators have now confirmed they will investigate whether the country's major energy companies are preventing effective competition in the market, a decision that prompted British Gas parent Centrica to warn that the review could delay crucial investments in new i Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Ophir Energy PLC Thursday said it has provisionally been awarded an exploration block in the Myanmar offshore licensing round, while drilling operations have now commenced on both the Affanga Deep-1 well on the Gnondo Block, offshore Gabon, and the Taachui well on Block 1 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened lower Thursday following a weak close in NY on Wednesday.<br /><br /><strong>Babcock International</strong> is leading the FTSE 100 lower after announcing a GBP1.10 billion rights issue to fund the GBP920 million acquisition of helicopter firm Avinci Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened mixed Monday despite a strong lead from Asian markets, as tensions in Ukraine continue to concern investors.<br /><br /><strong>Kentz</strong> Corp said its pretax profit increased in 2013 driven by revenue growth at its Technical Support Services di Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Meggitt, up 1.2%. UBS has upgraded the engineering company to Buy, from Neutral, and increased its price target to 530.00 pen Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS RAISES MEGGITT TO 'BUY' ('NEUTRAL') - TARGET 520 (530) PENCE <br />----------<br />BARCLAYS CUTS RBS TO 'EQUAL WEIGHT' ('OVE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened higher Friday, following gains in the US and Asia overnight, as the London market looked to take back its recent losses while still digesting the UK budget, US central bank comments, and the situation in Ukraine.<br /><br /><strong>BG Group</strong> 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>Next</strong>, up 1.9%. The homeware and clothing retailer reported higher profi Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Ophir Energy PLC Thursday said its pretax loss widened significantly in its full-year 2013 as exploration write-offs and impairments hit the company. The FTSE 250-listed oil and gas exploration company said its pretax loss widened to USD280.5 million from USD40.9 mi Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS CUTS SMITHS GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 1220 (1340) PENCE - 'SELL' <br />----------<br />JPMORGAN CUTS SMITHS GROUP PRICE TARGET Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Ophir Energy PLC Thursday said its pretax loss widened significantly in its full year 2013 as exploration write-offs and impairments hit the company. The FTSE 250 oil and gas exploration company said its pretax loss widened to USD280.5 million from USD40.9 million t Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened lower Thursday, as markets around the world react to Fed Chair Janet Yellen's hint of an earlier-than-expected rise in US interest rates. The CEO of handbag firm <strong>Mulberry</strong> has stepped down after only two years in the job. <br /> Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK equities are set to follow US and Asian stocks lower Thursday after comments made by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen after the UK stock market close sparked fears that US interest rates may rise sooner than expected. As had been expected, the Fed further reduc Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - London's blue-chip and mid-cap indexes closed lower Wednesday as annuity providers and betting companies were hard hit by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne's changes to pension rules and a hike to gaming machine duty<br /><br />The FTSE 100 closed down 0.5% at Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne is expected Wednesday to again hail the country's continuing economic recovery whilst reiterating that yet more needs to be done to ensure it is sustained. <br /><br />In his annual budget speech, which starts at 1230 GMT, Read More