Ascential Share News (ASCL)

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: JPMorgan raises Unilever to 'overweight'

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning and on Wednesday:

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: UBS lifts Schroders; Barclays likes Wise

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

LONDON BRIEFING: AstraZeneca plots "new era of growth"; SSP confident

(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 is called to open lower on Tuesday, following a mixed close in New York overnight, and tepid trade in Asia.

IN BRIEF: Ascential up as company completes share consolidation

Ascential PLC - London-based events, subscription business and advisory services-focused company - Completes share consolidation, previously announced earlier this month, in which 17 existing shares have been consolidated into 10 new shares. Its total number of shares in issue is now 206.2 million shares.

UK dividends calendar - next 7 days

IN BRIEF: Ascential completes GBP300 million tender offer

Ascential PLC - London-based events, subscription business and advisory services-focused company - Confirms that the Tender Offer, the results of which were announced on Wednesday, completed on Friday. Under the terms of the Tender Offer, Bank of America Securities purchased 95.2 million shares at the strike price of 315 pence each. On Friday, these shares were subsequently acquired by Ascential from BofA Securities at the same price.

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: UBS raises Trainline, cuts Kingspan

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

TRADING UPDATES: Hellenic Dynamics and Ondine Biomedical raise funds

(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:

UK shareholder meetings calendar - next 7 days

London close: Stocks manage gains ahead of US payrolls report

(Sharecast News) - London markets closed higher on Thursday, driven by a robust showing from the mining sector and as investors contemplated the UK services sector's latest figures.

FTSE 250 movers: Media stocks Future and Ascential see shares surge

(Sharecast News) - Future stole the show on Thursday after the media group reported a return to organic revenue growth in its second quarter, largely attributed to robust performances in Go.Compare, B2B sectors, and resilient magazine sales.

Ascential fleshes out GBP850 million shareholder return proposals

(Alliance News) - Ascential PLC on Thursday provided further details on plans to return GBP850 million to shareholders, outlined in March.

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Shares rise despite US interest rate unease

(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 edged higher on Thursday morning, despite lingering US interest rate worries hanging over equities, while gold notched another record high in earlier trade.

Ascential lays out plans to return £850m to shareholders

(Sharecast News) - Ascential expanded on its plans to return £850m to shareholders on Thursday, involving a tender offer to acquire up to £300m of Ascential shares, a special dividend of at least £450m, and on-market share buyback programmes to acquire £100m of Ascential shares.

LONDON BRIEFING: Vodafone-Three deal faces deeper UK probe

(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 is called to open higher on Thursday, despite remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell failing to soothe lingering interest rate worries.