LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Friday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>Petra Diamonds</strong> Ltd shares jumped to the top of the FTSE 250 index after saying it has recovered another exceptional 122.52 carat Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are lower across the board Friday, while the price of Brent oil has risen to a nine-month high, as investors show concern over the deteriorating situation in Iraq, where radical militants have taken control of part of the country and are threatening to attack th Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Petra Diamonds Ltd shares jumped to the top of the FTSE 250 index Friday morning after saying it has recovered another exceptional 122.52 carat blue diamond at the Cullinan mine in South Africa. Petra Diamonds shares were up 6.3% to 177.54 pence. The diamond m Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The deteriorating situation in Iraq has depressed shares early Friday, as the UK market also contemplates a sooner-than-expected rise in interest rates by the Bank of England.<br /><br /><strong>SSE</strong>,<strong> Tullow Oil</strong> and <strong>BG Group</strong> le Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS CUTS HSBC PRICE TARGET TO 630 (665) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL' <br />----------<br />LBBW CUTS HSBC PRICE TARGET TO 650 (690) PENCE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened mostly higher Thursday ahead of interest-rate decisions by the Bank of England and European Central Bank and amid tentative signs of reduced tensions in Ukraine.<br /><br /><strong>BT</strong> and <strong>Barclays</strong> lead the FTSE 100 at the Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Associated British Foods</strong> said Wednesday profit for the first half of the year increased, driven primarily by sales at its low-cost fashion retail chain Primark, which more than offset a substantial hit to its sugar business.<br /><br />The food, ingred 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>Associated British Foods</strong>, up 8.9%. The food, ingredients and retail group r Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Petra Diamonds Ltd Wednesday said that production rose in the third quarter, which boosted revenues in the period, and said that it is firmly on track to meet its full-year production target. The diamond mining company said that production in the third quarter ended Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG CUTS BURBERRY TO 'HOLD' ('BUY') - TARGET 1500 (1660) PENCE<br />----------<br />CITIGROUP RAISES SHIRE PRICE TARGET TO Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERNSTEIN CUTS RSA INSURANCE PRICE TARGET TO 115 (130) PENCE - 'OUTPERFORM' <br />----------<br />CITIGROUP CUTS RSA INSURANCE P Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />MORGAN STANLEY CUTS UNITED UTILITIES TO 'EQUAL-WEIGHT' ('OVERWEIGHT') <br />----------<br />UBS STARTS RANDGOLD RESOURCES WIT Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Centrica, up 3%. The major energy supplier's shares have jumped despite it reporting that pretax profit fell 32% to GBP1.65 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Thursday. ---------- COMPANIES ---------- Defence giant BAE Systems has reported a sharp drop in profit in 2013 as sharply higher impairment charges more than offset higher revenues, and the company wa Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Petra Diamonds Ltd Thursday said it swung to a pretax profit in its first-half on increased production, lower costs and major sales. The diamond mining company with operations in Tanzania, Botswana and South Africa posted a pretax profit of USD42.2 million for the s Read More