UK Dividends Calendar - Week Ahead
21st May 2014 15:41
(An item published at 1224 BST misstated the direction of the markets. The correct version follows) LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Pearson</strong> leads the FTSE 100 as we head into afternoon trading Friday after the company maintained its full-year adjusted earnings per share guidanc Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Pearson</strong> leads the FTSE 100 as we head into afternoon trading Friday after the company maintained its full-year adjusted earnings per share guidance for 2014, as it said it had seen a "solid start to the year" in a statement ahead of its annual general Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Spectris PLC Friday expressed confidence for 2014, after it saw sales decline in the first quarter to end-March, hit by the strengthening of sterling. The company produces instrumentation and control technologies. Spectris said reported sales were down 1%, as a 6% d Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened lower Friday on heightened concerns about the standoff in Ukraine.<br /><br /><strong>William Hill</strong> said it will close 109 gaming shops in response to the UK government's hike to machine gaming duty, putting 420 employees at risk. William Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to open slightly lower Friday, following a volatile session on Thursday, as concerns about the escalating crisis in Ukraine threaten to overshadow yet another batch of broadly positive US corporate earnings reports. Stock markets in Europe and the Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed Thursday at its highest level for more than six weeks, boosted by some strong quarterly earnings results from US companies. <br /><br />However, European markets moved sharply off their highs late in the session as tensions in Ukraine ratcheted up.< Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks closed firmly lower Friday, ensuring that both the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 snapped a run of three consecutive weekly gains, with technology stocks leading the sell-off again. For the second time this week, tech stocks were pushed significantly lower amid fea Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - A large number of companies resumed or hiked shareholder payouts on the biggest day of the UK earnings season Thursday, as earnings generally headed higher thanks to the gradual economic recovery in 2013.<br /><br />Housebuilders Barratt Developments and Redrow both re Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Spectris PLC raised its total dividend Thursday as pretax profit increased in 2013, bolstered by the sale of its Fusion business in December. The instrumentation and controls company raised its total dividend 9.6% to 42.75 pence from 39.0 pence in the previous year 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 following UK shares received analyst recommendation or price target changes Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />CITI RAISES RANDGOLD RESOURCES TO 'NEUTRAL' ('SELL') - TARGET 4897 (3544) PENCE <br />----------<br />GOL 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) - Oil giant <strong>Royal Dutch Shell</strong> shocked the market Friday by warning that its profits will be well below expectations after nearly every part of its business performed below its expectations in the fourth quarter.<br /><br />The profit warning has sent its Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Aviva</strong>, up 1.5%. The insurer has revealed that it has entered into a 50-50 Read More