LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices closed lower Monday as geopolitical concerns over both Iraq and Ukraine weighed on investor sentiment, while the mining stocks provided some support on the back of comments from Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.<br /><br />Despite being lifted off intra-day Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>Fresnillo</strong>, up 2.3%, <strong>Glencore</strong>, up 2.0%, <strong>Anglo American Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices are lower Monday as geopolitical risk continues to weigh on sentiment, while the mining stock are providing some support for indices following comments from Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. By mid-morning Monday, the FTSE 100 is down 0.3% at 6,759.55, th Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices closed significantly lower 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.<br />< Read More
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) - Persimmon PLC Friday said a group of directors sold shares for tax purposes Thursday.<br /><br />Details are as follows.<br /><br /> <table class="w" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="l" valign="top"><p class="x"><span class="n">Name</span> </ Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>Smith & Nephew</strong>, up 5.1%. Hot on the heels of Stryker Corp denying plans Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's leading share indices are trading slightly lower Thursday, while major European indices, along with the euro, are barely moved ahead of the all-important policy announcement from the European Central Bank at 1245 BST. By mid-morning Thursday the FTSE 100 is Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Persimmon PLC Tuesday said a group of directors were allotted bonus shares at a price of 513.07 pence per share under the company share plan Monday.<br /><br />Details are as follows. <table class="y" style="width: 463px; height: 266px;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding= Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - US stocks are set to open a little firmer Thursday, with the focus squarely on the release of revised first-quarter GDP numbers at 1330 BST. Futures trading currently indicates that the DJIA, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq Composite all will open between 0.1% to 0.2% h Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks got off to a bad start Monday and never fully recovered after a further softening in Chinese house prices brought concerns over slowing growth in the world's second largest economy to the fore, while the reduced chance of some heavyweight merger and acquisiti Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are lower Monday as investors express concern over some weaker-than-expected Chinese house price data, while the FTSE 100 index is losing lustre as the possibility of big merger and acquisition activity fades. By mid-morning Monday the FTSE 100 is down 0.7 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 reached a fourteen-year high Tuesday as a dearth of fresh headlines out of Ukraine allowed investors to contemplate the potential for further monetary easing by central banks in China and Europe.<br /><br />Weak Chinese industrial production and retail sal Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday.<br />-------<br />F<strong>TSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>Barratt Developments</strong>, up 3.1%, and Persimmon, up 2.1%. The housebuilders have Read More