The FTSE 100 ended a volatile week in subdued fashion on Friday, closing slightly lower, despite a batch of encouraging economic data as retail sales, consumer confidence and business activity all ...

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened mostly higher on Friday, ahead of European peers, after data showed that UK retail sales unexpectedly rose in December. The FTSE 100 index opened up ...

(Alliance News) - AVI Global Trust's investment manager, Asset Value Investor, has urged HarbourVest Global Private Equity Ltd to prioritise shareholder returns and consider running a formal sales ...

SSP still expects annual earnings per share towards the upper end of the 12.9 and 13.9 pence range, improving from 11.9p. The company releases half-year results on May 19. Shares in the company traded ...

The platinum producer said earnings got a boost from a 26% stronger PGM dollar basket price of USD1,852 an ounce, as well as the delivery of ZAR5 billion operational cost reductions. These, it said, ...

(Alliance News) - HSBC Holdings PLC on Friday noted that the High Court sanctioned the privatisation of Hang Seng Bank Ltd. The London-based, Asia-focused lender expects the privatisation to become ...

(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers on AIM on Friday.

Kepler Cheuvreux raises St James's Place price target to 1,775.69 (1,741.48) pence - 'buy' Deutsche Bank Research raises Standard Chartered price target to 1,900 (1,700) pence - 'hold' Deutsche Bank ...

Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation climbed 3.9% to GBP67.7 million from GBP65.1 million, while the adjusted Ebitda margin edged down slightly to 19.0% from 19.3%.

(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-caps on Friday.

The Dublin-based firm, which makes beer, cider, wine, spirits and soft drinks, said it now expects adjusted operating profit in the range of EUR70 million and EUR73 million for the year that ends on ...

The FTSE 100 index opened up 19.47 points, 0.2%, at 10,169.52. The FTSE 250 was down 52.50 points, 0.2%, at 23,318.43, and the AIM all-share was up 2.20 points, 0.3% at 819.87.