LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />SOCGEN CUTS TESCO PRICE TARGET TO 240 (270) PENCE - 'SELL' <br />----------<br />SOCGEN CUTS MORRISON PRICE TARGET TO 170 (200) Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />MACQUARIE STARTS NATIONAL GRID WITH 'UNDERPERFORM' - PRICE TARGET 750 PENCE <br />----------<br />JEFFERIES RAISES PRICE TARGET Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have ignored a weak Asian session to open higher Tuesday.<br /><br />Europe's largest home improvement retailer<strong> Kingfisher</strong> gave a lift to the market, reporting an increase in profits and revenues for its recent financial year, despite continu Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Travis Perkins PLC Monday said manager Robin Proctor sold 11,278 shares at a price 1849.2433 pence following his exercise of nil cost options under the deferred share bonus Plan and the performance share plan. <br /><br />Proctor will reinvest the money into the compan Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Travis Perkins PLC Friday said Commercial Director Ian Preedy exercised options and sold shares under the Deferred Share Bonus Plan and The Performance Share Plan, on the dates set out below. <br /><br /> <table class="aq" style="width: 686px; height: 139px;" cellsp Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG CUTS TRAVIS PERKINS PRICE TARGET TO 1800 (1880) PENCE - 'HOLD' <br />----------<br />JEFFERIES CUTS LAND SECURITIES Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Travis Perkins PLC Tuesday said that Group Property Director Martin Meech sold 6,605 shares on March 7 at a price of 1899.8395 pence, and 9,306 shares at the same price, after bonus scheme options were exercised. Meech now holds a total of 51,494 shares in the compa Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Travis Perkins PLC said its Human Resources Director Carol Kavanagh exercised options over 5,497 shares under the company's deferred share bonus plan on Thursday. Following the transaction, Kavanagh holds 56,092 shares in the company. Travis Perkins shares clo Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK building merchant and home improvement retailer Travis Perkins PLC Thursday said that Executive Director Geoff Cooper and Norman Bell, a manager within the company, both sold shares earlier this week. Cooper sold 16,279 shares at a price of 1,944.3862 pence each Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Travis Perkins PLC Tuesday said a group of non-executive directors acquired shares at a price of 1907.70 pence per share Monday.<br /><br />Details are as follows.<br /><br /> <table class="ac" style="width: 476px; height: 155px;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tb Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS CUTS PEARSON PRICE TARGET TO 1,200 (1,400) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br />SOCGEN CUTS PEARSON PRICE TARGET TO 1030 (12 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Travis Perkins PLC Monday said Arthur Davidson, a divisional chairman, acquired shares under the Executive Share Options Scheme, the Performance Share Plan and the Share Matching Award, on the dates set out below. <br /><br /> <table class="bc" style="width: 534px; Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERNSTEIN CUTS RSA INSURANCE PRICE TARGET TO 115 (130) PENCE - 'OUTPERFORM' <br />----------<br />CITIGROUP CUTS RSA INSURANCE P Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />JEFFERIES RAISES MAN GROUP TO 'HOLD' ('UNDERPERFORM') <br />----------<br />BARCLAYS RAISES MAN GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 108 (94) P Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - ITV reported higher profits and revenues for 2013 and gave a bullish outlook for 2014, but has seen its shares punished Wednesday after it failed to increase its special dividend. The television company raised its total dividend for 2013 to 3.5 pence, from 2.6 pence Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Weir</strong> Group, up 6.5%. Despite reporting a fall in profit and revenue fo Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />Online domestic appliances retailer <strong>AO World</strong> PLC set the price for its upcoming initial public offering at 285 pence a share, Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Travis Perkins PLC, the UK's largest building merchant, Wednesday reported an increase in profit for the full year, but warned that although recovery for the building market continues to improve it is "still early days". The FTSE 100 company said it finally saw its Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened lower Wednesday ahead of UK GDP figures at 0930 GMT. <strong>ITV</strong> reported strong 2013 results and expressed confidence for 2014, but its shares are down 4.2% at the open on disappointment in the size of its special dividend.<br /><br / Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to follow their US counterparts marginally lower Wednesday, as investors take their positions ahead of the latest UK GDP estimate later in the day. Wall Street closed slightly lower Tuesday after US consumer confidence fell by more than expected in Read More