LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />LIBERUM INITIATES SCHRODERS WITH 'BUY' - TARGET 2,879 PENCE <br />----------<br />NOMURA CUTS SAINSBURY PRICE TARGET TO 285 (3 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks closed mixed Wednesday, with the FTSE 100 at its lowest closing level in over a week, as investors continued to exercise caution ahead of Thursday's central bank meetings and Friday's monthly US jobs report.<br /><br />The listed UK supermarkets were among th Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>Smith & Nephew</strong>, up 1.8%. The medical technology company is once again t Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are trading mixed Wednesday, as investors remain wary ahead of major risk events still to come this week, in the form of the European Central Bank policy decision on Thursday and the US jobs report on Friday. By mid-morning Wednesday, the FTSE 100 is down Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Tesco PLC reported Wednesday a sharp drop in sales in the first quarter of its new financial year, as Britain's biggest supermarket chain said it was hit hard by deep price cuts across the business and by the acceleration of its store refit programme, while warning of mor Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Stocks across the UK and Europe slipped lower Tuesday amid a busy day of macroeconomic data that leaves the focus squarely on the European Central Bank's upcoming policy announcement on Thursday. European markets failed to take a lead from a broadly positive Asian s Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's biggest four supermarket chains continue to face pressure from heavy discounters Aldi and Lidl, new data showed Tuesday, and the price war that has ensued as the big chains try to win back customers means the broader market is growing at the slowest rate for more Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Wolseley</strong> is the biggest gainer on the FTSE 100 Tuesday after the plumbing and heating products distributor reported higher trading profit for its fiscal third quarter, driven by strong growth in the US and Nordic countries.<br /><br />However, adverse Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's biggest four supermarket chains continue to face pressure from the heavy supermarket discounters Aldi and Lidl, while a slowdown in the UK grocery market hit its lowest level for more than 11 years, as the supermarket price war and the "pricing race to the bottom Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>Wolseley</strong>, up 2.7%. The plumbing and heating products distributor is one of ju Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Stocks are are broadly lower across the UK and Europe Tuesday, amid a busy morning of economic data that looks like to pile pressure on European Central Bank President Mario Draghi to take action at a highly anticipated policy meeting on Thursday. Eurozone consumer 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) - J Sainsbury PLC Friday said Food Commercial Director Paul Mills-Hicks sold 14,918 shares at a price of GBP3.44 each and his wife sold 24,937 shares at GBP3.45 each. Following this transaction, Mills-Hicks now holds a beneficial interest in 14,363 shares. Share Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - J Sainsbury PLC Thursday said a group of executives and managers including outgoing Chief Executive Justin King acquired shares under the company share purchase plan.<br /><br />Details are as follows.<br /><br /> <table class="y" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tb Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's main stock indexes all closed higher Wednesday, tracking gains in the US ahead of the minutes from the US Federal Reserve's last policy meeting, while the pound reached a multi-day high against other major currencies after the Bank of England released the minu Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>Petrofac</strong>, up 1.8%, and <strong>AstraZeneca</strong>, up 1.6%. The companies Read More