LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 ended Monday at its highest level since late February, following a strong performance by its mining constituents and after China's state council pledged to push ahead with a broad range of capital market reforms designed to increase liquidity. <br /><br /> Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- Rio Tinto, up 3.6%, BHP Billiton, up 2.4%, Antofagasta, up 2.4%, Anglo American, up 1.6%, and Glencore Xstrata, Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's major stock indices are firmer across the board Monday, as investors focus more on the possibility of further central bank stimulus, both from China and Europe, than the ongoing developments in Ukraine, where eastern cities have voted for independence from Kiev i Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rio Tinto PLC Wednesday said four of its managers were awarded shares at a price of 3,220 pence per share under its UK share incentive plan on April 30. The mining giant said its Chief Executive for Iron Ore Andrew Harding, Chief Executive for Copper Jean-Sebastien Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />TRADERS: NUMIS RAISES MELROSE INDUSTRIES TO 'HOLD' ('REDUCE') <br />----------<br />TRADERS: SOCGEN RAISES RBS PRICE TARGET TO 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>Lloyds Banking</strong> Group, up 4.8%. The banking group is the biggest riser in the Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rio Tinto PLC Tuesday said non-executive Director Paul Tellier bought 206 shares at a price of GBP31.77371 each. Shares in the mining company closed up 1.1% at 3,220.00 pence Tuesday. By Arvind Bhunjun; [email protected]; @ArvindBhunjun Copy Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG INITIATES CARNIVAL PLC WITH 'BUY' - TARGET 3,000 PENCE <br />----------<br />UBS RAISES ASTRAZENECA PRICE TARGET TO 4 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rio Tinto PLC said Monday that a group of executives, including Group Executive of Organisation Resources Hugo Bague, had bought shares and were awarded matching shares under the company's global employee share plan April 17.<br /><br />The transactions were as follows Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rio Tinto PLC Thursday said a group of executives acquired shares under a dividend reinvestment programme at a price of GBP33.8127 per share, details of which follow: <br /><br /> <table class="ad" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="t" valign="top Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rio Tinto PLC Thursday said a group of executives acquired shares as part of a dividend reinvestment.<br /><br />Details are as follows. <table class="ab" style="width: 608px;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="s" style="width: 186px;" valign="to Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />S&P CAPITAL IQ CUTS DIAGEO TO 'HOLD' ('BUY') - PRICE TARGET 2000 (2020) PENCE <br />----------<br />S&P CAPITAL IQ RA Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks closed firmly lower Tuesday, with the FTSE 100 more than reversing the modest gains it posted on Monday, as mounting tensions and military action in Ukraine again weighed on equity markets.<br /><br />London's major equity indices had spent much of the day tr Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) -<strong> Imperial Tobacco Group</strong> Tuesday said it will close factories in Nottingham and in Nantes in France with the loss of up to 900 jobs, in response to the continuing downturn in European cigarette markets.<br /><br />Companies including GKN, Aggreko and rec Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br />FTSE 100 - WINNERS<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>Aggreko</strong>, up 2%. The temporary power supplier is a big gainer after the Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Tuesday.<br />----------<br />COMPANIES<br />----------<br />The<strong> Barclays</strong> board has chosen Crawford Gillies as successor to John Sunderland as chairman of its remuneration committee. Gillies, who has been Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto PLC reported Monday that global iron ore production for the first quarter rose 8% from last year, reflecting the continuing ramp-up of mining operations in the Pilbara region, while production fell compared to the previous quarter d Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Aggreko is leading the FTSE 100 in early trading Tuesday after the temporary power company said it has seen mixed results in its first quarter, with strong underlying revenue growth in two of its three regions being impacted by adverse currency movements as previously exp Read More