(Alliance News) - European stocks opened mixed on Thursday, with the FTSE 100 underperforming, as Russia-Ukraine uncertainty, tariff worries and the possibility of higher for longer interest rates ...

Lloyds lifted its final dividend by 15% to 2.11 pence per share final dividend, giving a 3.17p per share total payout, up 15%. It also plans a GBP1.7 billion share buyback, down 15% from GBP2.0 ...

In early UK corporate news, Lloyds Banking Group announced another motor finance provision, Anglo American reported a swing to loss, while Wood Group said it has won a deal extension with Shell. Here ...

(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 is called to open a touch higher on Thursday, in what could be its first gain of a tricky week so far. IG says futures indicate the FTSE 100 to open 17.4 points ...

(Alliance News) - Keir Starmer backed Volodymyr Zelensky in a phone call on Wednesday after Donald Trump claimed the Ukrainian president was "a dictator without elections".

In January, Rio Tinto reported its production and sales volumes were little changed in 2024. Pilbara operations produced 328.0 million tonnes, with shipments of 328.6 million tonnes, each 1% lower ...

(Alliance News) - John Wood Group PLC on Wednesday said Chief Financial Officer Arvind Balan has resigned with immediate effect after it emerged that his professional qualifications had been ...

The FTSE 100 index closed down 54.20 points, 0.6%, at 8,712.53. The FTSE 250 ended down 173.77 points, 0.8%, at 20,707.79, while the AIM All-Share closed down 5.09 points, 0.7%, at 719.43.

MHA, the UK arm of Baker Tilly International, is understood to have hired advisers at investment bank Cavendish to look at a possible listing on the junior AIM market, the Times said.

(Alliance News) - Hundreds of Tesco PLC customers have reported issues with the supermarket's website and app, leaving them unable to complete online grocery orders. Users have reported large numbers ...

(Alliance News) - Rosebank Industries PLC on Wednesday said it is considering to buy Electrical Components International Inc, a US manufacturing business.

(Alliance News) - Nearly 50 major investors in BP PLC have called on the oil firm to let them vote on potential plans to scrap its climate goals. BP is holding a strategy meeting next week where it is ...