(Alliance News) - Speedy Hire PLC on Thursday guided full-year earnings lower against a struggling market backdrop, but maintained an optimistic long-term view. Read More
Murray Income Trust PLC - Edinburgh-based investor primarily in UK equities - Says Artemis Fund Managers Ltd has completed 98.7% of portfolio transition, following it taking over management of Murray Income Trust on March 2. Murray Income Trust says this reflects change of about 75% of the portfolio. Read More
Thungela Resources Ltd - Rosebank-based coal miner - Non-Executive Director Seamus French disposes of 20,816 shares at an average ZAR166.36 apiece, worth ZAR3.5 million, in transactions on Friday last week and Tuesday this week. The share sale comes shortly after Chief Operations Officer Johan van Schalkwyk disposed of 32,092 shares at ZAR177.00 each for ZAR5.7 million on Monday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC on Thursday posted interim net asset value per share gains, but saw its total return lag its benchmark. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Thursday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
(Alliance News) - Atalaya Mining Copper SA on Thursday said has made an investment in Lara Exploration Ltd as the company raised funds to further work at its Planalto copper-gold project. Read More
(Alliance News) - Merchants Trust PLC on Thursday said it underperformed its benchmark in the 2026 financial year but raised its total dividend for the year. Read More
(Alliance News) - AstraZeneca PLC on Thursday posted encouraging phase-three trial results for its liver cancer treatment combination. Read More
(Alliance News) - JPMorgan Emerging Markets Dividend Income PLC on Thursday said it is optimistic about the outlook for emerging markets but noted that the global outlook is uncertain with the conflict in the Middle East likely to last longer than initially expected. Read More
Berkeley Group Holdings PLC - Surrey, England-based housebuilder - Jane Eady, wife of Chief Financial Officer Neil Eady, buys 1,750 shares at GBP28.86, worth GBP50,497, on Wednesday. Executive Chair Robert Perrins also bought company shares on Wednesday, buying 7,000 at GBP28.78, worth GBP201,482. Berkeley shares fell on Wednesday after it said it has decided to halt land buying amid a UK housing market downturn caused by the conflict in the Middle East. Berkeley also cited an "unprecedented" increase in cost and regulation in the UK in recent years, at a time of increasing interest rates and faltering consumer confidence. Read More
(Alliance News) - Smiths Group PLC on Thursday said it has completed the acquisition of US provider of heating and cooling systems for data centres DRC Heat Transfer. Read More
(Alliance News) - Enquest PLC on Thursday said that its Malaysian affiliate has signed a production sharing contract offshore from the Asian country's peninsula. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-cap and AIM stocks on Thursday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Three London-listed investment trusts late Wednesday upgraded the value of their holdings in SpaceX, after Elon Musk's company was reported to have filed with US regulators for a record-setting IPO. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning and on Wednesday: Read More