AB Foods Share News (ABF)

UK dividends calendar - next 7 days

UK's FTSE 100 index closes flat, logs third-straight weekly gain

AJ Bell gains on rating upgrade

*

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Hot US jobs reading stifles equities

(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 came off session lows during an underwhelming day for European equities, with a hotter-than-expected US jobs report and news that China may relax strict Covid-19 measures acting as opposing forces at the end of the week.

UK shareholder meetings calendar - next 7 days

UK earnings, trading statements calendar - next 7 days

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Oil stocks weigh on FTSE 100 as Total cuts back

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were mixed on Friday at midday, with the FTSE 100 index held back by its heavyweight mining and oil stocks, and hesitant trading ahead of a key US jobs report.

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Jefferies raises AJ Bell to 'buy' from 'hold'

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks mixed with eyes on US data; dollar weaker

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London were mixed at the open on Friday ahead of the release of a key gauge of US economic health, the non-farm payrolls report, which many expect to influence the size of the Federal Reserve's next interest rate hike at its next meeting this month.

LONDON BRIEFING: Asos interim CFO departs; Safestore enters Germany

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open marginally lower on Friday, ahead of US non-farm payrolls later in the day, a piece of data expected to loom large for the US Federal Reserve at its December meeting.

Sunday newspaper round-up: Zero Covid, British Airways, Rolls Royce

(Sharecast News) - Protests against the government's zero-Covid strategy are spreading from Shanghai to other Chinese cities such as Guangzhou, Wuhan and Xi'an. Videos of the protests on social media, including some showing clashes with police and people chanting anti-government slogans, were taken down. In Urumqi, most of the city had been under lockdown for over three months, although lockdowns were lifted in some neighbourhoods on Saturday. China reported 39,506 cases of Covid-9 on Sunday, a record level, but small when compared to the levels recorded at the height of the pandemic in the West. - The Sunday Times

UK budget fashion chain Primark to invest 140 mln stg in stores

LONDON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - British fashion chain Primark set out plans to invest 140 million pounds ($169 million) in its UK store estate over the next two years, betting on its rock-bottom prices luring customers as the country grapples with a cost-of-living crisis.

Primark unveils £140m investment to create 850 jobs

(Sharecast News) - UK discount clothing retailer Primark said it planned to invest £140m, including the opening of four new stores and the creation of at least 850 jobs as it looks to increase footfall during the cost of living crisis.

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Panmure and Goldman Sachs cut boohoo from 'buy'

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning and Friday:

Britain's M&S names former Rentokil exec as interim finance chief

M&S names Jeremy Townsend as interim CFO

*

Marks & Spencer hires ex-Rentokil CFO Jeremy Townsend as interim CFO

(Alliance News) - Marks & Spencer Group PLC on Thursday said it appointed Jeremy Townsend, former chief financial officer at Rentokil Initial PLC, as the group's interim CFO.