LONDON (Alliance News) - Vedanta Resources PLC Tuesday said Chairman Anil Agarwal bought 27,597 shares at a price of GBP8.08 per share Thursday. Following this transaction, Agarwal holds 182 million shares, which represents a 68.38% stake in the firm. Shares in the mining company clos Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Friday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />Biopharmaceutical company <strong>Shire</strong> PLC saw its shares fall Friday after it said late Thursday it would abandon clinical development Read More
(Correcting name of European Court of Justice.) LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's main stock indices are modestly higher Friday, holding on to small morning gains but losing Thursday's momentum amid mixed UK economic data and ahead of the key US jobs report still to come this afternoon. Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Tate & Lyle, up 2.2%. The speciality food and bulk ingredients manufacturer has jumped after JPMorgan Cazenove upgraded its r Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's main stock indices are modestly higher Friday, holding on to small morning gains but losing Thursday's momentum amid mixed UK economic data and ahead of the key US jobs report still to come this afternoon. By mid-morning Friday, the FTSE 100 is up 0.2% at 6 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and Thursday afternoon:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />S&P CAPITAL IQ RAISES ASTRAZENECA PRICE TARGET TO 3800 (3700) PENCE - 'HOLD' <br />----------<br />SO Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Friday, as the market looks ahead positively to the US non-farm payrolls report later in the day.<br /><br />After its results on Thursday, <strong>AstraZeneca</strong> has been named a Conviction Buy by Liberum. Meanwhile, JPMorgan has lif Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Vedanta Resources PLC Thursday said Executive Chairman Anil Agarwal recently bought over 1.1 million shares in the company for a total of over GBP9.0 million. The miner and oil and gas producer said Agarwal bought 377,488 shares at 802 pence per share on Monday, 534 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />JEFFERIES CUTS WEIR GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 2335 (2500) PENCE - 'HOLD' <br />----------<br />SOCGEN INITIATES ITV WITH 'HOLD' - TA Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 is set to post its worst January performance for five years after the global equities sell-off resumed Friday amid further concerns about slowing growth in emerging markets and some poor corporate reports in Europe and the US.<br /><br />The main London in Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Vedanta Resources PLC Friday said its revenues fell 3% in its fiscal third quarter following lower production from its zinc unit after unplanned shutdown. The major mining and oil company said revenue in the quarter ending December 31 fell 3% to USD3.45 billion from Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Imperial Tobacco Group, up 2.5%. The tobacco giant is the leading gainer in the FTSE 100 after Goldman Sachs raised it to Con Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Friday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br /><strong>BT Group</strong> PLC raised its full-year expectations for earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, as it saw reven Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - A strong earnings report from <strong>BT Group</strong> has helped lift UK shares at the open Friday. The FTSE 100 telecom stock is up 3.7% at 384.60 pence.<br /><br />Brokers are providing their take on Thursday's corporate news makers, with Goldman Sach cutting <stro Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Vedanta Resources PLC Friday reported higher production of refined zinc at its Zinc India unit, record oil and gas production and a 3% rise in operating profits for its fiscal third quarter, although mined metal production fell 5% and revenues fell. The oil and meta Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are called to open marginally lower Friday, following a mixed close on Thursday, amid a lack of UK data releases. Meanwhile, BT Group has raised its full-year EBITDA guidance following a strong third quarter. Having spent the latter part of January in decl Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks closed mixed Thursday as positive US growth data pared some of the early losses made on the back of the Federal Open Market Committee's decision to continue to taper its quantitative easing programme. Unfazed by the recent sell-off in emerging markets, the Read More