UK MORNING BRIEFING: London Shares Firm Ahead Of Carney Testimony
24th Jun 2014 07:29
LONDON (Alliance News) - The major UK stock indices are trading higher Wednesday, while the pound jumped to an almost five-year high against the dollar before falling back on a mixed message from the latest Bank of England policy meeting minutes. By mid-morning Wednesday, the FTSE 100 is up Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices closed lower Monday as geopolitical concerns over both Iraq and Ukraine weighed on investor sentiment, while the mining stocks provided some support on the back of comments from Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.<br /><br />Despite being lifted off intra-day Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>Fresnillo</strong>, up 2.3%, <strong>Glencore</strong>, up 2.0%, <strong>Anglo American Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stock indices are lower Monday as geopolitical risk continues to weigh on sentiment, while the mining stock are providing some support for indices following comments from Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. By mid-morning Monday, the FTSE 100 is down 0.3% at 6,759.55, th Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK residential and commercial property companies are among the biggest fallers in a declining market Friday, after Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said the interest rates in the UK could rise sooner than investors expect and Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osbo Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>Tullow Oil</strong>, up 1.9%, <strong>Royal Dutch Shell</strong>, up 0.5% <strong>BG Gr Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Friday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>Petra Diamonds</strong> Ltd shares jumped to the top of the FTSE 250 index after saying it has recovered another exceptional 122.52 carat Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are lower across the board Friday, while the price of Brent oil has risen to a nine-month high, as investors show concern over the deteriorating situation in Iraq, where radical militants have taken control of part of the country and are threatening to attack th Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The deteriorating situation in Iraq has depressed shares early Friday, as the UK market also contemplates a sooner-than-expected rise in interest rates by the Bank of England.<br /><br /><strong>SSE</strong>,<strong> Tullow Oil</strong> and <strong>BG Group</strong> le Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Tullow Oil PLC Friday said it has refinanced its USD330 million Norwegian exploration loan facility, increaing the facility to USD500 million and extending the loan availability to the end of 2017. The FTSE 100 oil and gas exploration company said the arrangement re Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Tullow Oil PLC Friday said non-executive Director Mike Daly bought 3,175 shares at a price of GBP8.422609 per share, which represents his only holding in the company. Shares closed down 0.1% at 845.50 pence Friday. By Arvind Bhunjun; arvindbhunjun@alliancenews Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />NOMURA RAISES REED ELSEVIER PRICE TARGET TO 1050 (975) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br />CITIGROUP CUTS TULLOW OIL PRICE TA Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Faroe Petroleum PLC Monday said drilling has started at the Centrica PLC operated Butch South West exploration well 8/10-6S in the Norwegian North Sea. The oil and gas company, with operations in Norway, the Atlantic margin and the North Sea, said the well, which is Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - There was some bad drilling news for two of the UK's leading oil stocks, as resource companies dominated corporate news Tuesday morning. <strong>Tullow Oil</strong> PLC said it will plug and abandon the exploration well 31/2-21S in the Gotama prospect, offs Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Tuesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>Lloyds Banking</strong> Group PLC said it intends to go ahead with an initial public offering of TSB Banking Group PLC on the London Sto Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Tuesday, catching up with gains made during the bank holiday Monday in Asia and Europe.<br /><br />The mid-cap FTSE 250 is outperforming once again, led by<strong> AVEVA Group</strong>, which raised its total dividend and expressed confiden Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Tullow Oil PLC said Tuesday it will abandon and plug the exploration well 31/2-21S in the Gotama prospect, offshore Norway, after its drilling programme failed to encounter reservoir quality sandstones in the Upper Jurassic main target. The FTSE 100-listed oil compa Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed lower Friday, ensuring that it posted its biggest weekly loss for six weeks, but individual stocks were again in focus as the broader index traded a tight range ahead of the long weekend. "The Federal Reserve, quantitative easing, and low rates a Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) -<strong> Barclays</strong> was Friday fined GBP26.0 million by UK regulators for failings surrounding the London Gold Fixing, while one of its former traders has been banned for trying to influence the price-setting process just one day after the bank was fined for its Read More