Lloyds Share News (LLOY)

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Barclays raises Breedon but cuts Domino's Pizza

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

London close: Stocks rise amid raft of solid earnings

(Sharecast News) - London's stock markets finished in positive territory on Thursday, bolstered by upbeat performances from US AI chipmaker Nvidia and engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce.

CORRECT: Lloyds profit rises but books GBP450 million probe provision

(Correcting sum of Lloyds Banking Group PLC's final dividend.)

TOP NEWS: Lloyds profit rises but books GBP450 million probe provision

(Alliance News) - Lloyds Banking Group PLC on Thursday reported an annual profit surge and announced a new share buyback, though it said it has booked a provision in connection to a UK watchdog probe on historic motor finance arrangements.

LONDON BRIEFING: Lloyds sets aside GBP450 million for UK motor probe

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to higher on Thursday, as earnings from Nvidia, at the heart of an artificial intelligence boom, did not disappoint.

Lloyds FY profit soars, puts aside £450m for motor finance probe

(Sharecast News) - Lloyds Bank on Thursday reported a 57% jump in full-year profits and announced another £2bn share buyback, but also set aside £450m for the regulatory probe into UK motor financing.

Thursday preview: Global PMIs, Lloyds in focus

(Sharecast News) - All eyes on Thursday will be on a raft of purchasing managers' surveys due out in the euro area, UK and US covering the month of January.

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Pound boosted after BoE's Bailey talks rate cuts

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed lower on Tuesday, whilst the pound bounced back, after the Bank of England's Andrew Bailey talked interest rate cuts.

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Banking stocks drag FTSE 100 into green

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were mixed at midday Tuesday, after a busy morning of corporate updates and earnings.

IN BRIEF: GCP Infrastructure enters into new revolving credit facility

GCP Infrastructure Investments Ltd - Jersey-based investment fund focused on infrastructure - Announces that it entered into a new revolving credit facility on Thursday. The RCF has a three-year term and has been agreed with Lloyds Bank PLC, Mizuho Bank Ltd, Allied Irish Bank and Clydesdale Bank PLC acting as lenders. GCP says it has reduced the total RCF commitments to GBP150 million from GBP190 million, in line with the company's capital policy as outlined in its 2023 annual report. In December, GCP adopted a policy realising around 15% of its portfolio, GBP150 million, to "rebalance sectors and reduce equity exposures, and to apply the funds towards a material reduction in the RCF", as well as to facilitate the return of at least GBP50 million to shareholders by the end of calendar 2024.

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks slide; banks rise as Barclays outperforms

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened in the red on Tuesday, as European markets failed to find upward momentum amid muted trading in Asia, and Monday's public holiday in the US.

London close: Stocks rise as UK retail sales rebound

(Sharecast News) - London's stock markets saw positive gains on Friday, buoyed by encouraging UK retail sales data and favourable earnings reports from NatWest.

UK earnings, trading statements calendar - next 7 days

Santander reportedly lodges complaint about Nationwide ad

(Sharecast News) - Santander UK has filed a formal complaint with Britain's advertising regulator over a Nationwide campaign which it claims "discredits and denigrates" the high street banking sector.

PRESS: Iran used Lloyds and Santander to evade sanctions, FT reports

(Alliance News) - Shares in Lloyds Banking Group PLC and Banco Santander SA fell on Monday, after a report that Iran used the two banks to covertly move money around the world as part of a sanctions-evasion scheme.