LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices closed significantly lower again Friday, while the price of oil reached a nine-month high, as investors reacted to the increasing crisis in Iraq, as well as a warning of a potential early UK interest rate rise from the Governor of the Bank of England.< 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>Tullow Oil</strong>, up 1.9%, <strong>Royal Dutch Shell</strong>, up 0.5% <strong>BG Gr 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) - <strong>Lonmin</strong> Thursday said it has reached a tentative deal over wages and working conditions with the leadership of the union that has brought the South African platinum mining industry to a halt for several months.<br /><br />In a statement, the company sai Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Thursday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />The initial public offering of <strong>B&M European Value Retail</strong> SA, the discount retailer chaired by former<strong> Tesco</strong Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened flat Thursday, following negative trading in the US and Asia overnight. <br /><br /><strong>AstraZeneca</strong> is the third biggest gainer on the FTSE 100. The drugmaker said it has signed a global licence agreement with AIM-listed biotechnology Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Premier Oil PLC Thursday said that the UK government has approved its development plan for the Catcher oil and gas field area in the North Sea, meaning it can press ahead with developing oil fields within the area for first production, expected in mid-2017. The Prem Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Premier Oil PLC Thursday said that the UK government has approved its development plan for the Catcher oil and gas field area in the North Sea, meaning it can press ahead with developing oil fields within the area for first production, expected in mid-2017. The Prem Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Premier Oil PLC said Wednesday that a person connect to Executive Director of its Falkland operations Neil Hawkings sold 300,000 shares in the company. The individual sold 72,000 shares at 344.8875 Tuesday, and 228,000 at 335.8 pence Wednesday. Following this Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rockhopper Exploration PLC said it swung to a pretax loss in its recently completed financial year, due to a significant exceptional gain the prior year. For the year ended March 31, the oil and gas exploration company reported a pretax loss of USD16 million, compar Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Premier Oil PLC Thursday said Chief Executive Officer Simon Lockett sold 800,000 shares at a price of GBP3.4626 each, in a deal worth approximately GBP2.8 million Wednesday. Following this transaction, Lockett now holds 2.3 million shares, which represents a 0.4416% Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />LIBERUM INITIATES SCHRODERS WITH 'BUY' - TARGET 2,879 PENCE <br />----------<br />NOMURA CUTS SAINSBURY PRICE TARGET TO 285 (3 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Premier Oil PLC said Wednesday it has signed a rig contract and rig sharing agreement for its Falkland Islands exploration and appraisal campaign, for which it expects to commence in the second quarter of 2015. The rig has been contracted by Premier Oil for the Isob Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened mostly lower, with small-caps slightly outperforming Wednesday ahead of the Queen's Speech and further European economic data.<br /><br />Starting the trading day on a negative note, <strong>Tesco</strong> PLC reported a sharp drop in sales in the Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Premier Oil PLC Tuesday said that the following executive directors, including Chief Executive Simon Lockett, acquired shares at a price of GBP3.457 per share on May 22, via a share incentive plan. <table class="at" style="width: 512px; height: 135px;" Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />HSBC RAISES IMI PRICE TARGET TO 1,800 (1,750) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT' <br />----------<br />HSBC RAISES RSA INSURANCE PRICE TARGE Read More