Melrose Share News (MRO)

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Whitbread and AB Foods get price target hikes

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

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Dowlais team buy GBP2.2 million worth after debut

(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of share dealings by London-listed company directors and managers announced on Tuesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:

Citi resumes coverage of Melrose with a 'buy'

(Sharecast News) - Citi has resumed coverage of Melrose Industries with a 'buy' rating, in a note published on Monday.

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Europe up but New York set for tepid end to week

(Alliance News) - Blue-chip stocks in Europe closed higher on Friday, though the FTSE 100 underperformed, held back by its mining sector.

IN BRIEF: Melrose spin-off Dowlais to slot into FTSE 250 next week

Dowlais Group PLC - engineering group focused on the automotive sector - Dowlais to become a FTSE 250 constituent from next week Tuesday, index operator FTSE Russell says on Thursday. Melrose Industries PLC on Thursday said it completed the demerger of the GKN Automotive, GKN Powder Metallurgy and GKN Hydrogen businesses from the company into Dowlais. Shares in Dowlais were admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the UK Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's Main Market.

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Stocks mixed; new listing Dowalis tops FTSE 100

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were mixed at midday on Friday as uneven growth in the UK private sector suggested to markets that another rate hike by the Bank of England next month is an "increasingly done deal".

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: FTSE directionless but European carmakers slump

(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 closed flat on Thursday, paring earlier losses and outperforming European peers, which were dragged lower by share price slumps for automotive firms.

IN BRIEF: Melrose Industries COO buys shares as part of bonus deferral

Melrose Industries PLC - Birmingham-based buyer, manager and seller of manufacturing businesses - Alice Dilnot, wife of Chief Operating Officer Peter Dilnot, buys 32,111 shares at GBP3.80, worth GBP121,970, on Thursday. The purchase is part of a bonus deferral scheme, under which COO Dilnot must use 50% of his 2022 bonus after tax to buy shares held for at least two years. Dilnot now is interested in 65,444 Melrose shares.

TOP NEWS: Melrose Industries completes GKN demerger plans

(Alliance News) - Melrose Industries PLC on Thursday said it has completed the demerger of the GKN Automotive, GKN Powder Metallurgy and GKN Hydrogen businesses from the company into Dowlais Group PLC.

UK dividends calendar - next 7 days

UK shareholder meetings calendar - next 7 days

Sunday newspaper round-up: SVB, Melrose, Tesco

(Sharecast News) - Silicon Valley Bank's demise does not pose a systemic risk to the UK's financial services sector, Rishi Sunak said on Sunday, even as he committed himself to finding a way to keep hundreds of UK tech outfits from going bust. The US lender was believed to have "several thousand" business customers in the UK, many of which relied on their deposits at SVB to pay staff and suppliers. Ministers' concern was that many of those businesses might go under lest some sort of bail out could be thrashed out, inflicting serious harm on the country's technology sector. The Prime Minister added that the Treasury was working at pace to find a solution that would provide operational liquidity for people's cash flow needs. - The Sunday Times

BofA Merrill Lynch upgrades Melrose to 'buy'

(Sharecast News) - Bank of America Merrill Lynch upgraded Melrose on Tuesday to 'buy' from 'neutral' and lifted the price target to 181p from 160p.

UK dividends calendar - next 7 days

TOP NEWS: Melrose Industries "delighted" with results before spin-off

(Alliance News) - Melrose Industries PLC on Thursday reported a narrowed annual loss and a rise in revenue, and it said preparations for spinning off part of GKN have progressed well.