LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 has recorded its highest closing price since 1999. Although opening lower, some positive European data and a strong start to equities trading in the US gave London's leading index a boost, sending the FTSE 100 higher for the seventh consecutive day, recording Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rio Tinto PLC Monday said Jacynthe Côté a divisional chief executive acquired shares under the company share plan Friday.<br /><br />Details are as follows. <table class="ad" style="width: 429px; height: 82px;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rio Tinto PLC Friday said non-executive Director Richard Goodmanson sold 9,931 shares at a price of GBP36.105 per share. The stock closed at 3,601.00 pence Friday, up 7.50 pence or 0.2% By Anthony Tshibangu; [email protected]; @AnthonyAllNews</ Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />CITIGROUP RAISES SPORTS DIRECT PRICE TARGET TO 900 (815) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br />CITIGROUP RAISES VODAFONE PRICE T Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - EMED Mining PLC Thursday said it has received a key document towards the development of its Rio Tinto Copper Project in Spain. The Europe-based minerals development and exploration company said The Ministry of Environment of the Government of Andalusia issued the Di Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />JPMORGAN RAISES LLOYDS TO 'OVERWEIGHT' ('NEUTRAL') - TARGET 95 (84) PENCE <br />----------<br />SOCGEN RAISES LLOYDS PRICE TARGE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - London's equity markets have focused on individual stocks Thursday after a plethora of earnings reports and trading updates, with <strong>Rolls-Royce Holdings</strong> and<strong> Tate & Lyle</strong> among the biggest losers after they cut guidance, and <strong>Im Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Thursday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>International Consolidated Airlines</strong> Group PLC said Iberia has finally reached agreement in principle with pilots' union SEPLA Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The market is dissecting the <strong>Lloyds Banking</strong> Group earnings statement early Thursday. The state-controlled bank said it swung to profit in 2013, while confirming its intentions to restart paying a dividend and to sell off more of the UK government's sha Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to open lower Thursday, ahead of a busy day of corporate earnings, as the recent rally loses momentum. The pound has continued higher against the dollar overnight, following Wednesday's upgrade to UK growth forecasts by the Bank of England. The cen Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rio Tinto PLC Thursday said it swung to a pretax profit, increased underlying earnings 10% and will raise its dividend for the full-year 2013. The Anglo-Australian mining giant said its profit before tax for the year reached USD3.51 billion for the twelve months en Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto PLC said it posted a annual net profit attributable to owners of the company of USD3.665 billion, compared to a net loss of USD3.028 billion last year. Earnings per share totaled 197.3 cents, compared to last year's loss per share 1 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks indices have closed flat Wednesday at the end of a relatively subdued session for equities. Meanwhile the pound made its strongest gains of the year against both the dollar and the euro after the Bank of England increased its economic growth forecasts for UK.</p Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rio Tinto PLC (RTPPF.PK, RIO.L, RIO, RTNTF.PK) announced it has entered into an option agreement with LNG Canada, a joint venture comprising Shell Canada Energy, Phoenix Energy Holdings Limited, Kogas Canada LNG Ltd., and Diamond LNG Canada Ltd. to acquire or lease a whar Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rio Tinto PLC Monday said a group of divisional chief executives acquired shares under the company share plan Friday<br /><br />Details are as follows.<br /><br /> <table class="ad" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="y" style="width: 220px;" valig Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG CUTS BSKYB PRICE TARGET TO 680 (750) PENCE - 'SELL' <br />----------<br />BARCLAYS RAISES WHITBREAD PRICE TARGET TO Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd. reported Wednesday that global iron ore production for the second quarter grew 16% year-over-year, but remained flat sequentially. Production of metallurgical coal grew 30%. Total iron ore production for the first half of 2014 increase Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's major stock indices all closed lower Tuesday, reversing early gains that saw the FTSE 100 reach within 10 points of its 2013 high and then tracking declines in the US indices when Wall Street opened. <br /><br />However, the pound got another boost from the la Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS CUTS BHP BILLITON PRICE TARGET TO 2060 (2090) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br />GOLDMAN CUTS BHP BILLITON PRICE TARGET TO Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Karelian Diamond Resources PLC said Monday that it had been granted the first two of four exploration claim reservations in the Kuusamo region of Finland by the Finnish Mining Authority. The company said that both reservation areas have been shown to contain mineral Read More