LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 overturned early strength to close lower Monday, as investors digested some weaker-than-expected Chinese trade data released over the weekend, amid a lack of fresh major macro-economic data releases. A report from the Chinese General Administration of C Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Rolls-Royce Holdings, up 2.9%. The group is the biggest riser on the blue-chip index after it said after the UK equity market Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning and Friday afternoon:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />DEUTSCHE BANK CUTS ROLLS-ROYCE PRICE TARGET TO 860 (1090) PENCE - 'SELL'<br />----------<br />MERRILL LYNCH Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rolls-Royce Holdings Friday said it welcomes German carmaker Daimler's plan to sell its 50% stake in joint venture Rolls-Royce Power Holdings Daimler said it is making use of an option to sell, which was agreed with Rolls-Royce in 2011. The option, which is su Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC Friday said non-executive Director DIain Conn bought 238 shares for 1,041 pence each. Conn now holds 28,171 shares in the company. Shares in Rolls-Royce Holdings were trading 0.6% higher at 1,045.00 pence per share Friday afternoon.</p Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - London's stock markets have Tuesday taken back all of the losses they made yesterday, after Russian President Vladimir Putin said the country would only send troops in to Ukraine as a last resort.<br /><br />The less threatening tone from Russia has led to a global equ Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The Indian defence ministry has asked for an official probe into sales in the country by Rolls-Royce Holding PLC, the Financial Times reported late Monday. The FT said the probe, about which Rolls-Royce has not yet been formally notified, could result in a new corru Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS CUTS HSBC PRICE TARGET TO 665 (715) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL' <br />----------<br />CANACCORD CUTS HSBC PRICE TARGET TO 750 (825) P Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>RSA Insurance</strong> is leading the FTSE 100 lower Monday after the struggling insurer confirmed it is considering a number of measures to bolster its balance sheet, while <strong>HSBC Holdings</strong> is also down after its results missed market forecasts.< Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rolls Royce Holdings PLC said Monday it has been awarded a USD90.1 million production contract for engines to power the MV-22 Osprey vertical take-off aircraft for the US Marine Corps. The power systems and services provider said the contract, which is a modificatio Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened lower Monday amid a raft of UK corporate announcements. <strong>HSBC Holdings</strong> is the biggest faller in the FTSE 100, down 4.0%, as it reported just after the open lower-than-expected pretax profit in its recent full year. <br /><br />Here is Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 looks set to post its sixth consecutive daily rise Friday, as it nears its 2014 high amid a continuing rally in stock markets around the world, largely driven by the recovery of the world's largest economy.<br /><br />The focus in London Friday has been on Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Friday.<br />----------<br />COMPANIES<br />----------<br /><strong>Royal Dutch Shell</strong> has reached a binding agreement to sell its Australia downstream businesses, excluding Aviation, to Dutch-owned oil trader Vito Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories xxxxday.<br />----------<br />COMPANIES<br />----------<br /><strong>Royal Dutch Shell</strong> has reached a binding agreement to sell its Australia downstream businesses, excluding Aviation, to Dutch-owned oil trader Vit Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Royal Bank Of Scotland Group is one of the top gainers early Friday on a report that it will shrink dramatically, while GlaxoSmithKline is off to a good start after one of its new drugs was recommended for approval in Europe.<br /><br />The London equity markets are hi Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to open higher Friday, taking a cue from gains on Wall Street late Thursday and as investors take positions ahead of UK retail sales data.<br /><br />After closing lower Wednesday, the positive sentiment that has buoyed Wall Street recently returned T Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rolls-Royce Holdings said Friday it has extended its contract with the US Air Force which will see the firm increase support of the C-130J transport fleet. The USD182.7 million contract - MissionCare - covers sustainment services for the Rolls-Royce AE 2100 engines Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks extended their recent gains Thursday, reversing early losses during a day driven by economic data.<br /><br />In the end, London's major indexes all ended slightly higher, but only after positive economic data from the US helped push up stocks on Wall Street Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks have struggled to get off the ground Wednesday, closing broadly unchanged despite some impressive individual stock performances. The FTSE 100 initially opened higher, continuing a rally that has seen the index retrace most of January's losses. However, after bre Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Defense giants <strong>BAE Systems</strong> and <strong>Rolls-Royce Holdings</strong> are among the biggest gainers on the FTSE 100 Wednesday, after the British and Saudi Arabian governments at long last came to a deal over how much more Saudi Arabia should pay for the Read More