LONDON (Alliance News) - Mining giant Rio Tinto PLC Tuesday said Non-Executive Director Anne Lauvergeon bought 3,350 shares at a price of GBP30.51 each Monday. The shares closed up 0.8% at 3,049.00 pence Tuesday. By Arvind Bhunjun; [email protected]; @ArvindBhunjun Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG INITIATES BAE SYSTEMS WITH 'HOLD' - TARGET 445 PENCE <br />----------<br />BERENBERG INITIATES GKN WITH 'BUY' - TARGE 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) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BARCLAYS RAISES RSA TO 'OVERWEIGHT' ('EQUAL WEIGHT') - TARGET 538 (102) PENCE <br />----------<br />SOCGEN CUTS ROLLS-ROYCE TO ' Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and Thursday afternoon:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />JPMORGAN CUTS STANDARD CHARTERED PRICE TARGET TO 1450 (1500) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'<br />----------<br />JPMOR Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed fractionally higher Thursday, having spent the day trading within a tight range, with oil and gas exploration and production company <strong>BG Group</strong> leading the gains as the price of oil climbed amid escalating violence in Iraq.<br /><br / 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>ITV</strong>, up 2.7%. ITV's shares have spent June trading in tight ranges, and Libe Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Karelian Diamond Resources PLC Wednesday said that the Finnish Mining Authority has granted the company a further three exploration Claim Reservations in the Lapland region of the country. The diamond mining company, with operations in Finland, said that in all thre Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />GOLDMAN RAISES BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PRICE TARGET TO 3630 (3470) PENCE <br />----------<br />GOLDMAN RAISES AB FOODS PRICE T Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to open lower Tuesday, shrugging off a strong performance by Asian equities overnight, ahead of some key macro economic data from Europe that could influence the highly anticipated European Central Bank meeting later this week. Asian stocks are bro Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 started the month on the front foot Monday, closing higher, after a gauge of China's factory activity rose to a five-month high in May, suggesting the world's second-largest economy is stabilising after a subdued start to the year.<br /><br />China's offic Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>GlaxoSmithKline</strong> has signed a collaboration and licensing agreement with UK-based biotechnology company Adaptimmune Ltd for its cancer programme, a move that comes just weeks after it agreed to sell its own cancer drug business to Novartis as part of a Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday.<br />-------<br />FTSE 100 - WINNERS<br />-------<br /><strong>Anglo American</strong>, up 1.9%, <strong>Rio Tinto</strong>, up 1.7%, <strong>Glencore</strong>, up 1.4 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's leading stock index is trading higher Monday, with the mining sector leading the gains after an improved Chinese manufacturing PMI was released on Sunday, while the picture in Europe is more mixed as Markit PMI readings released across the region Monday have been Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks had a mixed session Friday, closing out the month with little clear direction as major stock markets around the world sit near to all-time highs, but struggle to push any further as investors remain reticent to add to positions ahead of a the key European Centra Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Polymer products manufacturer <strong>Fenner</strong> saw its shares plummet Friday, after it issued a profit warning that it blamed on a further deterioration in trading in the US and the loss of a profitable contract in Australia.<br /><br />It is the biggest faller Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday.<br />-------<br />FTSE 100 - WINNERS<br />-------<br /><strong>Smith & Nephew</strong>, up 2.2%. The medical technology company, which closed as the blue-chip inde Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks trade mixed Friday, with the FTSE 100 struggling to add to its recent strong gains, as it is weighed down by some of its mining constituents. By mid-morning, the FTSE 100 is almost perfectly flat at 6,871.2, the FTSE 250 is up 0.3% at 16,009.16, and the AI Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rio Tinto PLC Wednesday said that Non-Executive Director Paul Tellier bought 204 shares for GBP32.1796 each. Shares in the mining company closed 1.8% lower Wednesday at 3,177,34 pence. By Rowena Harris-Doughty; [email protected]; @rharrisdou Read More