LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and Thursday afternoon: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- JPMORGAN CUTS JOHNSON MATTHEY PRICE TARGET TO 3850 (3900) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT' ---------- JEFF Read More

UK MORNING BRIEFING: Shares Gain At Open Ahead Of US Jobs Figures

6th Jun 2014 07:29

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Friday following a strong lead from Wall Street and ahead of US jobs figures later in the day. Four brokers have slashed their price targets for AIM darling ASOS, following its fall from grace on Thursday, but re Read More

MARKET COMMENT: UK Stocks Close Mixed, Tesco Slides

4th Jun 2014 16:31

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks closed mixed Wednesday, with the FTSE 100 at its lowest closing level in over a week, as investors continued to exercise caution ahead of Thursday's central bank meetings and Friday's monthly US jobs report. The listed UK supermarkets were among th Read More

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Tesco Sales Slump Continues

4th Jun 2014 12:20

LONDON (Alliance News) - Tesco Wednesday reported a sharp drop in sales in the first quarter of its financial year, as Britain's biggest supermarket chain said it was hit hard by deep price cuts across the business and by the acceleration of its store refit programme, while wa Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Smith & Nephew Resumes Rise As Grocers Fall

4th Jun 2014 10:42

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- Smith & Nephew, up 1.8%. The medical technology company is once again t Read More

UK BROKER RATINGS: Morgan Stanley Cuts SABMiller To Equal-Weight

4th Jun 2014 09:07

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- NOMURA RAISES REED ELSEVIER PRICE TARGET TO 1050 (975) PENCE - 'BUY' ---------- CITIGROUP CUTS TULLOW OIL PRICE TA Read More

Workspace Group Shares Fly, Pretax Profit Jumps As Strategy Pays Off

4th Jun 2014 07:35

LONDON (Alliance News) - Workspace Group PLC saw its shares jump to lead the FTSE 250 Wednesday after the company reported elevated pretax profit figures as it remains focused on redevelopment activity and its acquisition programme in London, which has boosted the value of its property portfolio Read More

UK MORNING BRIEFING: Tesco Reports Sales Decline Amid Price Cutting

4th Jun 2014 07:25

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened mostly lower, with small-caps slightly outperforming Wednesday ahead of the Queen's Speech and further European economic data. Starting the trading day on a negative note, Tesco PLC reported a sharp drop in sales in the Read More

MARKET COMMENT: UK Stocks Seen Quiet Before Queen's Speech, PMI's

4th Jun 2014 06:33

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to open broadly flat Wednesday following a disappointing session for US equities on Tuesday as well as for Asian markets overnight, and ahead of the Queen's Speech and UK service sector PMI data later in the morning. US markets broke their recent w Read More

UK Earnings, Trading Statements Calendar - Week Ahead

4th Jun 2014 05:14

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