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
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />CITIGROUP RAISES RSA INSURANCE PRICE TARGET TO 501 (480) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL' <br />----------<br />BERENBERG CUTS BABCOCK INTER 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>Carnival</strong>, up 4.3%. The world's largest cruise ship operator said Tuesday that Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />PANMURE RAISES RSA INSURANCE PRICE TARGET TO 485 (425) PENCE - 'HOLD' <br />----------<br />UBS RAISES WEIR GROUP PRICE TARGET Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Company acquisitions and disposals have roared back to the fore Tuesday, with <strong>RSA Insurance</strong>, <strong>London Stock Exchange</strong>, <strong>Wolseley</strong>, <strong>RPS</strong>, <strong>Cobham</strong> and others all making pre-market announcements Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks closed mixed Friday, with the FTSE 100 outperforming its smaller index peers, but the FTSE 250 fell sharply for a second consecutive session, and a third in total, after another busy day of reporting by its constituents.<br /><br />The mid-cap index had its w 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>WM Morrison Supermarkets</strong>, up 4.2%, <strong>J Sainsbury</strong>, up 2.6%, and Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks trade lower Friday, with a notable divergence continuing between the UK's leading index, the FTSE 100, and its mid-cap peer, the FTSE 250. A lack of new top-tier economic data and a quieter corporate calendar Friday leaves little to shift the sentiment fro Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Global stock indices lost ground Thursday amid a raft of disappointing eurozone economic data and concern over some disappointing company updates, with the FTSE 250 mid-cap index suffering its heaviest loss in more than six months, losing more than 350 points, as inves Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />UBS CUTS HSBC PRICE TARGET TO 630 (665) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL' <br />----------<br />LBBW CUTS HSBC PRICE TARGET TO 650 (690) PENCE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks closed lower Wednesday, with the FTSE 100 ending down for a second consecutive day as investors digested some disappointing macro economic data from Asia and a batch of mixed earnings from individual UK stocks. <br /><br />The FTSE 100 ended every day of last 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>Legal & General</strong> Group, up 3.2%. The group said it expects to write more Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - British supermarket chain J Sainsbury PLC Wednesday reported higher pretax profit for its recent financial year, as the group's convenience stores and online offering continued to drive the group forward. The UK's third-largest grocer, after Tesco PLC and Wal-Mart's Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Tesco PLC is to launch its first own-brand smartphone by the end of the year, while a refreshed version of the Hudl tablet will be released in September, the BBC reports quoting Tesco Chief Executive Philip Clarke. The BBC added that it understands the phone will ru Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - London's major stock indices closed higher and the pound reached a fresh multi-year high against the dollar Thursday, as UK data showed the manufacturing sector expanding quickly and the housing market continuing to boom.<br /><br />The UK's main stock indices opened h Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC Thursday launched a new round of permanent price cuts with big splashes in UK newspapers and advertising elsewhere, part of its bid to turn around its declining market share and fend off the heavy discounters that have been luring away its cus Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>Lloyds Banking</strong> Group, up 4.8%. The banking group is the biggest riser in the Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />GOLDMAN RAISES WILLIAM HILL PRICE TARGET TO 395 (385) PENCE - 'BUY' <br />----------<br />DEUTSCHE BANK RAISES WHITBREAD PRICE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed marginally higher Wednesday, adding to gains posted on Monday and Tuesday, and ensuring that the blue-chip index closed the month of April firmly higher than it opened it. <br /><br />Meanwhile, it was a volatile day in the forex market following a 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>Royal Dutch Shell</strong>, up 4.7%. The oil and gas giant said its earnings almost Read More