LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BARCLAYS RAISES RSA TO 'OVERWEIGHT' ('EQUAL WEIGHT') - TARGET 538 (102) PENCE <br />----------<br />SOCGEN CUTS ROLLS-ROYCE TO ' Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning and Monday afternoon:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />SOCGEN RAISES WEIR GROUP TO 'HOLD' ('SELL') - TARGET 2600 (2300) PENCE <br />----------<br />TRADERS: EXAN Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Weir Group PLC Thursday said Gavin Nichol, a divisional executive, sold 5,000 shares at a price of GBP25.85 each. Following this transaction, Nichol now holds 4,557 shares. Shares in the industrial equipment company were down 1.2% at 2,595.00 pence Thursday.</ Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG RAISES ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS TARGET TO 3,060 (2,600) P. - 'HOLD'<br />----------<br />PANMURE INITIATES WEIR GROUP Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened slightly higher Monday on a good manufacturing PMI reading from China at the weekend and ahead of Thursday's European Central Bank meeting.<br /><br />Goldman Sachs likes the shares of UK estate agents, raising <strong>Countrywide</strong> to Buy Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Weir Group PLC Thursday said a number of directors and managers, including Chief Executive Keith Cochrane, exercised an award under a long-term incentive plan and sold a portion of the shares acquired to pay tax.<br /><br />The transactions occurred Thursday.<br /><br Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Weir Group PLC Thursday said a number of directors and managers, including Chief Executive Keith Cochrane, exercised an award under a long-term incentive plan and sold a portion of the shares acquired to pay tax.<br /><br />The transactions occurred Thursday.<br /><br Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />TRADERS: CREDIT SUISSE CUTS NATIONAL GRID TO 'NEUTRAL' ('OUTPERFORM') <br />----------<br />BERENBERG RAISES LEGAL & GENER Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares are higher at open Thursday, ahead of some US economic data later in the day.<br /><br />B&Q and Screwfix owner <strong>Kingfisher</strong> is leading FTSE 100 fallers, down 5.4%. Despite showing a strong increase in its retail profit for the first quarte Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Weir Group</strong> said Wednesday that it no longer intends to pursue a takeover of Metso Oyj, after the Finnish company rejected an improved offer.<br /><br /><strong>GlaxoSmithKline</strong> is down after it said late Tuesday that it is under criminal invest Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.<br />-------<br />FTSE 100 - WINNERS<br />-------<br /><strong>London Stock Exchange Group</strong>, up 2.3%. The group's shares have risen after it was added to a Read More
(An item published at 1126 BST misstated the company name in the headline. The correct version follows.)<br /><br />LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday.<br />----------<br />COMPANIES<br />----------<br />Engineering firm <strong>Weir Group</strong Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday. ---------- COMPANIES ---------- Engineering firm Weir Group said it no longer intends to pursue a takeover of Metso Oyj, after the Finnish company rejected an improved offer. The FTSE 100-li Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are trading mixed in low volumes Wednesday, with some disappointing eurozone data leading to investor caution ahead of the European Central Bank policy meeting next week. By mid-morning Wednesday, the FTSE 100 is down 0.1% at 6,841.81, while the FTSE 250 i Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Engineering firm Weir Group PLC Wednesday said it no longer intends to pursue a takeover of Metso Oyj, after the Finnish company rejected and improved offer. The FTSE 100-listed engineering company said it had made a new all-share offer under which Metso shareholder Read More