Judges Scientific Share News (JDG)

Friday broker round-up UPDATE

888 Holdings: Deutsche Bank lowers target price from 166p to 160p retaining its hold recommendation. Aberdeen Asset Management: JP Morgan cuts target price from 529p to 509p and stays with its overweight rating. Advanced Medical Solutions: Investec shifts target price from 121p to 129p, while down

Judges Scientific Raises Total Dividend As Acquisitions Boost Results

LONDON (Alliance News) - Precision instrument maker Judges Scientific PLC raised its total dividend as revenue was boosted by acquisitions, although pretax profit was damped by exceptional costs in 2013. Judges proposed a final dividend of 13.4 pence, bringing its total dividend for 2013 to

UK MORNING BRIEFING: UK Consumer Confidence Rises; Aviva In US Sale

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Friday, as a consumer confidence survey has reinforced positive sentiment from strong UK retail sales figures released on Thursday.

British consumer confidence hit its highest level since August 2007 on upbeat general economic an

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Judges Scientific CEO, Finance Director Acquire Shares

LONDON (Alliance News) - Judges Scientific PLC Monday said that Chief Executive Officer David Cicurel and Finance Director Ralph Cohen both acquired shares on March 5 at a price of 2305.0 pence per share under a share incentive plan. Cicurel acquired 5 shares, and now holds a total of 916,4

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Judges Scientific Directors Receive Shares

LONDON (Alliance News) - Judges Scientific PLC Tuesday said the trustees of its share incentive plan bought shares on behalf of Chief Executive David Circurel and Finance Director Ralph Cohen at a price of 2,350.0 pence. Cicurel and Cohen both received five shares each. Following this

Vedanta's Anil Agarwal ramps up stake, again

In an announcement made after the close of trade on Thursday, Vedanta Resources announced that Executive Chairman Anil Agarwal had once again added to his already gargantuan stake in the mining behemoth - marking his second purchase of the week. The transaction came the same day he told his Twitte

Judges Scientific Says 2013 Earnings To Be At Top End Of Hopes

LONDON (Alliance News) - Judges Scientific PLC Friday said it expects its 2013 adjusted earnings per share to be at the higher end of market expectations after it achieved good organic sales growth and margins were "satisfactory", but it described the recent strength of sterling as unhelpful.

UK MORNING BRIEFING: Shares Open Higher On Interest Rate Assurance

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Friday, as Bank of England Governor Mark Carney backed off of forward guidance and said there is "no immediate need" to raise interest rates.

Royal Mail has reported a 2% increase in like-for-like revenues for th

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Judges Scientific Directors Sell Shares

SABMiller Chairman reduces family trust's holding

Graham Mackay, the Chairman of drinks giant SABMiller, reduced his beneficial interest in the company after the E.A.G Mackay Family Trust sold 15,370 shares. The £499,986 disposal, which saw the shares sold at 3,253p each, reduced Mackay's stake to just under 1.4m shares. Meanwhile, Non-Executive

Judges Scientific Anticipates Earnings Ahead Of Market Expectations

Judges Scientific expects to beat forecasts with full-year results

Judges Scientific, the AIM-listed scientific instruments group, has said that full-year profits for 2013 are now predicted to beat forecasts. In a short trading update on Wednesday, the company said that sales and margins since the end of the first half have been "satisfactory". The recent acquisi

AIM IN BRIEF: Rangers FC Appoints Graham Wallace As CEO

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Judges Scientific CEO, Finance Director Buy Shares

STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-UK small caps rise 0.1 pct early on

UK small caps and junior-listed AIM shares gain 0.1 percent and 0.3 percent, respectively, outperforming a flat FTSE 100, while the mid-caps gain 0.4 percent. Hydrodec, the refiner of used transformer oil into new SUPERfine oil, falls 4 percent to 11.92 pence after announcing it has conditi