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UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Standard Life Leads FTSE 100 Risers

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.

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FTSE 100 - WINNERS

Standard Life, up 5.2%. The company has agreed to buy Ignis Asset Mana

Independent Resources Announces Resource Estimate For Ksar Hadada

LONDON (Alliance News) - Independent Resources PLC Wednesday announced a USD837 million unrisked net present value for its Ksar Hadada permit, onshore Tunisia. The exploration and development oil firm said a Competent Persons Report carried out by Blackwatch Petroleum Services Ltd showed to

Independent Resources Moves Closer To Ksar Hadada Licence Extension

LONDON (Alliance News) - Oil firm Independent Resources said it has received a formal notice from Tunisia's Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mines inviting it along with Enterprise Tunisienne d'Activités Pétrolières to submit a revised programme to cover the proposed extended period of the Ksar H

Independent Resources' Pretax Loss Widens On Rivara Gas Storage Appeal

RSA director ditches shares

Timothy Mitchell, the Group Underwriting and Claims Director of RSA Insurance Group, has sold 77,500 shares a few weeks after the firm posted a significant decline in profits. Mitchell traded in the shares for 113.48p each, earning himself a total of £87,947. At the beginning of the month the fi

Resource stocks round-up: Rambler, Madagascar Oil, Ind. Resources ...

Rambler Metals and Mining said gold production in the second quarter of them miner's financial year was 4,022 ounces at its wholly-owned Ming gold and copper mine in Newfoundland. The average daily gold throughput for January was 600 metric tons per day (mtpd) with the highest one day throughput bei

Independent Resources doing lambada on approval for Rivara

The Italy focused gas company, Independent Resources (IRG), has seen its share price rocket 17% this morning on news of government approval for the "appraisal phase" of its Rivara project in the Po Valley. IRG wants to build a large gas storage facility underground at the site to alleviate Italy's

Sainsbury's finance boss heads to the till

John Rogers, chief financial officer at J Sainsbury, has purchased 17,000 shares at 285.7p, at a total value of £48,569. The purchase increases his stake in the company from 175,342 to 192,342 shares. Rogers, who has worked for Sainsbury's since 2005, was appointed to the board in July last year

Independent resources jumps on estimates

Shares in Independent Resources advanced after it announced the results of an independent review of its gas and coal resources in Italy. Original gas in place and gross prospective gas resources for the main coal seam, together with associated low-grade coal and organic matter-rich shale at the Ri

Small caps round-up: McKay Securities, Burford Capital, Ilika

McKay Securities, a real estate investment trust (REIT) focussed on commercial property in the South East, saw adjusted pre-tax profit drop to £2.52m in the half year to 30 September, down from £4.12m a year ago. Chairman David Thomas said the proceeds from last year's disposals still haven't been

Small caps round-up: Orosur Mining, Imperial Innovations...

Orosur Mining had a "good" first quarter as an increase in production to the upper end of expectations aided a swing to profit for the three months ended August 31. The company reported net income of $3.5m compared with a loss of $2.2m a year ago as output hit 12,937 ounces of gold and the average

London afternoon: Fire sale at BP continues

After yesterday's dramatic rise London is taking a pause for breath today and either digesting the steady stream of big company results already out this week or preparing for results from the giants of the insurance and banking sectors later this week. Insurance colossus Aviva , scheduled to releas

London midday: Rally stalls

A mid-morning rally petered out just before noon leaving the FTSE 100 index still in negative territory, though not by much. Specialist banking group Investec is the heaviest faller in the FTSE 100. It has raised £104.5m through a placing of 22m shares at 475p each. The placing increases the share

London close: Footsie fights back

Footsie fought hard to finish in the blue after easing back following yesterday's surge, and was just a whisker short of positive territory at trading's close. An improvement on Wall Street after a shaky start breathed life into London's leading share index. Insurance colossus Aviva , scheduled to

Independent Resources draws a blank

Shares in AIM-listed Independent Resources took a tumble on Tuesday morning after a disappointing drilling outcome. The Oryx-1 exploration well, on the Ksar Hadada Permit in Tunisia, has been plugged and abandoned after log analysis indicated there was no significant oil saturation in the reservoir