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LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Europe heads higher as ECB cuts interest rates

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in Europe close higher on Thursday, after the European Central Bank cut its interest rates for the first time since 2019.

London stocks close higher on miners boost; ECB cuts rates

FTSE 100 up 0.5%, FTSE 250 adds 0.2%

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LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Europe gets boost ahead of ECB rate call

(Alliance News) - Major European indices got a boost on Thursday, as investors eye the European Central Bank's latest interest rate decision.

Wood Group to 'engage' with Sidara on takeover proposal

(Sharecast News) - Wood Group said late on Wednesday that it had decided to "engage" with Sidara after the Dubai-based engineering and consulting firm made an improved and final takeover proposal last week at 230p a share.

TOP NEWS: John Wood decides to engage with Sidara over possible bid

(Alliance News) - John Wood Group PLC on Wednesday said it has decided to engage with Dar Al-Handasah Consultants Shair & Partners Holdings Ltd after evaluating a fourth bid proposal received last Wednesday.

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Stocks fall as US Treasury yields widen

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in Europe declined on Wednesday with markets nervy ahead of US data later this week, and as investors digest hawkish words from a US central banker.

TOP NEWS: John Wood gets "fourth and final" Sidara takeover bid

(Alliance News) - John Wood Group PLC on Wednesday confirmed that Dar Al-Handasah Consultants Shair & Partners Holdings Ltd has made another cash takeover offer.

Sidara raises proposed buyout offer for UK's Wood Group for third time

May 29 (Reuters) - Dubai-based engineering and consulting firm Sidara on Wednesday raised its proposed takeover offer for John Wood Group for the third time, saying that was its "final offer" for the British oilfield services and engineering company.

Sidara makes final takeover approach to Wood Group at 230p a share

(Sharecast News) - Wood Group said on Wednesday that it was evaluating a fourth and final "unsolicited, preliminary and conditional" takeover proposal from Dubai-based engineering and consulting firm Sidara at 230p a share.

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: FTSE 100 stumbles as rain dampens retail sales

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed mixed on Friday, with the FTSE 100 finishing lower, but smaller indices ending in the green.

London close: Stocks mixed after disappointing retail sales data

(Sharecast News) - London stocks closed with mixed results on Friday, influenced by earlier declines in the US and Asian markets, as investors reacted to a larger-than-expected drop in UK retail sales.

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: FTSE 100 in red as UK election heats up

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were mostly in the red at midday Friday, as the UK election debate heats up and retail sales come in below expectations.

TOP NEWS: John Wood spurns third takeover approach from Sidara

(Alliance News) - John Wood Group PLC on Friday said it rejected a third takeover approach from Dar Al-Handasah Consultants Shair & Partners Holdings Ltd, known as Sidara.

LONDON BRIEFING: UK retail sales fall amid wet April; Co-Op Bank deal

(Alliance News) - Stocks are called to open lower on Friday, following New York lower, as hopes of interest rate cuts have come into question.

Wood Group rejects new 220p-a-share approach from Sidara

(Sharecast News) - Wood Group said it had rejected a third unsolicited £1.52bn takeover proposal from rival Dubai-based engineering and consulting company Sidara, saying it continued to "significantly undervalue" the group and its prospects.