CORRECT: LONDON MARKET OPEN: FTSE 100 higher thanks to miners
(Correcting the day of the week in the opening sentence, and the closing percentages for US equities.)
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(Correcting the day of the week in the opening sentence, and the closing percentages for US equities.)
Read more(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 in London opened higher on Friday, thanks to miners rising on the back of some hopeful data that China's economy is improving.
Read more(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 ended in the green on Thursday, after a weak start to the day, as the narrative around the future of UK interest rates shifted following dovish words from central bank chief Andrew Bailey.
Read more(Sharecast News) - London's stock market presented a mixed close on Thursday, with the bourse's top-flight index ending in positive territory, buoyed by a weakening pound.
Read more(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened in the red on Thursday, as concerns over oil prices, interest rates and weak Chinese data sapped risk appetite across global equities.
Read moreRio Tinto PLC - London-based miner - Hires Jerome Pecresse from General Electric Co to be chief executive of its Aluminium business, replacing Ivan Vella. Rio had announced back in June that Vella had accepted a new position outside the company, having served Rio for 20 years. Pecresse, a French citizen, was until recently CEO of GE Renewable Energy, having joined the US industrial conglomerate upon GE's acquisition of the energy activities of France's Alstom SA, where he also had led Renewable Energy. Pecresse will join Rio on October 23.
Read more(Sharecast News) - Rio Tinto said on Tuesday that it has appointed Jérôme Pécresse as chief executive of its aluminium business, succeeding Ivan Vella.
Read more(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened higher on Monday, as risk sentiment across the globe improved following developments in the US labour market and in China.
Read more(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened higher on Tuesday, as UK markets return from a long bank holiday weekend and news that UK shop price inflation decelerated in August.
Read more(Alliance News) - Rio Tinto PLC on Tuesday said it has completed the agreement to sell a majority stake in the La Granja copper project in Peru to First Quantum Minerals Ltd, banking just over USD100 million and gaining a partner who will invest another half billion into the project.
Read more(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are called to open higher on Tuesday, following a long bank holiday weekend.
Read more(Sharecast News) - British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto said its La Granja copper project in Peru is one step closer to development after the completion of a joint venture transaction with First Quantum Minerals.
Read moreTOKYO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - A global aluminium producer has offered Japanese buyers a premium of $120 per metric ton for October-December primary metal shipments, down 6% from the current quarter, three sources directly involved in quarterly pricing talks said on Friday.
Read more(Alliance News) - The Serious Fraud Office has dropped a 10-year probe into Rio Tino PLC and former FTSE 100 miner Eurasian Natural Resources Corp, saying it does not have enough evidence to prosecute.
Read moreLONDON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has dropped two high-profile corruption probes, into Kazakh miner ENRC and Australian-British miner Rio Tinto , according to updates on its website on Thursday, in the latest blow to the watchdog.
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