(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened lower on Thursday despite stronger-than-expected UK labour market data, with a raft of stocks trading ex-dividend weighing on the FTSE 100. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning and on Wednesday: Read More
(Alliance News) - XPS Pensions Group PLC on Thursday reported a slight decline in annual profit, despite double-digit revenue growth, but gave shareholders a chunky dividend hike. Read More
(Alliance News) - Whitbread PLC on Thursday expressed confidence in its full-year outlook, as it posted improved sales in its first quarter. Read More
(Alliance News) - Tesco PLC on Thursday said it was "pleased" with progress in the first quarter, reporting a modest sales increase, although UK sales growth fell short of market expectations. Read More
(Alliance News) - Informa PLC on Thursday backed its 2026 guidance, and said next year will see "stronger growth". Read More
Kingfisher PLC - London-based home improvement products retailer under B&Q, Screwfix, Castorama and Brico Depot brands - Completes GBP75 million first tranche of GBP300 million share buyback, started in April. BNP Paribas SA buys back 26.6 million shares for Kingfisher. The second tranche will be announced "in due course", Kingfisher says. The company also conducted GBP300 million buybacks in each of the past two years. Read More
(Alliance News) - UK unemployment edged lower in the three months to April, as wages grew faster than expected, while Tesco backed annual guidance after first-quarter sales growth and Whitbread reported improved trading as it outlined plans to generate GBP2 billion in free cash flow by financial 2031. Read More
(Alliance News) - The UK unemployment rate fell in the three months to April, although payroll employment and vacancies continued to decline, data showed on Thursday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open lower on Thursday, despite the formal signing of a US-Iran agreement to end the conflict in the Middle East. Read More
(Alliance News) - Voters will go to the polls in Makerfield on Thursday in what could be one of the most consequential by-elections in British political history. Read More
(Alliance News) - GSK PLC and Spero Therapeutics Inc on Wednesday said that the US Food & Drug Administration has approved Utebzi, an oral antibiotic for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of trading updates by London-listed companies, issued on Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earnings and trading updates by London-listed companies, issued on Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks posted modest gained on Wednesday, after better-than-hoped inflation data, and as investors eye interest rate decisions in the US and UK. Read More