LONDON (Alliance News) - Rio Tinto PLC said Thursday that Organisational Resources chief Hugo Bague had exercised options over 15,714 shares at an exercise price of 1,653 pence each and subsequently sold all of them at 3,473 pence each. Shares in Rio Tinto closed up 1.6% at 3,460.78 pence T Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />MORGAN STANLEY RAISES WEIR PRICE TARGET TO 2250 (2040) PENCE - 'EQUAL-WEIGHT' <br />----------<br />UBS RAISES WEIR GROUP PRIC Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened slightly lower Thursday amid a flurry of corporate results. <br /><br /><strong>RBS</strong>, <strong>RSA Insurance</strong> and <strong>WPP</strong> are competing to be the biggest FTSE 100 losers following earnings announcements and, in the case of Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed down for the first time in eight days Tuesday, retreating from Monday's 14-year closing high, as renewed worries about Chinese economic growth weighed on stock markets in Asia and Europe. The Asian session saw the Hang Seng close down 0.3% and th Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 is Tuesday threatening to snap the seven-day winning streak that took it to its highest close since 1999 Monday, hit by renewed concerns over growth in China.<br /><br />The index, like European peers, is down as investors take profits out of the recent ra Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS CRH, up 4.6%. The Irish building materials group is the index's leading gainer after its operating profit beat its previous Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's main stock indices are trading lower Tuesday, with the mining and metal sectors leading the falls after Chinese stocks underperformed in Asia overnight. The Shanghai Composite closed more than 2% lower on the back of ongoing concern over a slowdown in Chin Read More
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