(Alliance News) - European stocks climbed on Monday, with defence stocks to the fore, as leaders assembled in Paris to consider their response to events in Ukraine. Read More
(Alliance News) - European blue-chips were higher early on Monday afternoon, with defence stocks shining as geopolitical tensions simmer and as the expectation of military spend increases builds. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed a mixture of higher and lower on Friday, as trade policy and geopolitical uncertainty continue and world leaders gather at the Munich Security Conference. Read More
(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 traded lower around midday, as gains in sterling kept a lid on some dollar earners offsetting strong gains in miners. Read More
(Alliance News) - Shares in John Wood Group PLC tanked on Friday after it announced plans for further cost cuts, and a possible refinancing, as it battles weaker than expected trading and legacy issues. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened largely lower on Friday, with trade policy uncertainty continuing to hang over equities, after US President Donald Trump announced planned reciprocal tariffs. Read More
(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 is called to open a touch higher, while the dollar saw little impetus from the announcement of reciprocal tariffs from US President Donald Trump. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed mostly higher on Friday, after FTSE 100 leader Smiths Group pleased investors by announcing spin-offs and an increase to its buyback programme. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened mixed but with gains for the FTSE 100 on Monday, while in Europe, Destatis reported that German producer prices unexpectedly declined in December. Read More
John Wood Group PLC - Aberdeen, Scotland-based oilfield and engineering services provider - Awarded "significant" new contract by Esso Australia Resources Pty Ltd to provide maintenance of onshore and offshore assets in Gippsland Basin in Victoria state. John Wood says the "long-term" contract starts this month and will create 250 jobs in Victoria. It doesn't provide the monetary value of the contract, nor its exact term. Read More
John Wood Group PLC - Aberdeen, Scotland-based oilfield and engineering services provider - Completes the sale of its stake in its joint venture focused on rotating equipment, Ethos Energy Group Ltd, to One Equity Partners LP for USD138 million in cash. Says the USD42 million of prior planned loan notes were replaced by an additional cash consideration at completion. Wood owned 51% of EthosEnergy with Siemens Energy AG and says it contributed USD34 million of adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation in 2023. Read More
(Alliance News) - John Wood Group PLC on Thursday said it has won a "significant" contract with OMV Petrom for a sustainable aviation fuel production project in Europe. Read More
(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 was firmly in the red on Thursday, following a 'hawkish' speech from US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell alongside the expected quarter-point rate cut. Read More
(Alliance News) - EnergyPathways PLC on Monday said it has agreed a strategic engineering partnership with Wood Group UK Ltd, a subsidiary of FTSE 250-listed John Wood Group PLC. Read More
(Alliance News) - London's blue-chips were struggling for direction around midday on Thursday, underperforming European peers, as a profit warning from retailer Frasers sparked alarm. Read More
John Wood Group PLC - Aberdeen, Scotland-based oilfield and engineering services provider - Signs three "major agreements" with oil major BP PLC for engineering and project delivery services. Does not give any financial details of the contracts but says they consist of one new three-year deal and three-year extensions of two others. They cover a new master services agreement for engineering, procurement and construction management services and the extension of contracts for conceptual engineering and front end engineering and design services. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning and on Friday: Read More
(Alliance News) - Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC on Wednesday said it is collaborating with UK Biobank for an "epigenetic dataset targeting the causes of cancer, dementia, complex disease". Read More
(Alliance News) - Vistry Group PLC is set to be demoted from the FTSE 100, with retailers Frasers Group PLC and B&M European Value Retail SA leaving with it, after a pair of warnings rocked investor confidence in the housebuilder. Read More
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