Leading indexes rally on return to trading despite thin news

UK stocks are in positive territory at midday trading as miners pull the rest of the market up by their bootstraps in the first session...

Fri, 27/12/2019 - 12:12


UniVision profit slumps on major contract margin pressure and Hong Kong disruption

CCTV specialist UniVision Engineering said half-year pre-tax profit had slumped from HK$10.6m to HK$1.7m.

A major contract with Mass Transit Railway became more labour-intensive, resulting...

Fri, 27/12/2019 - 09:46


Prudential completes purchase of Thai fund management business

Prudential's Asian asset management business Eastspring has completed the acquisition of 50.1% of Thanachart Fund Management, the eighth largest mutual fund manager in Thailand.

At...

Fri, 27/12/2019 - 09:40


FTSE 100 and 250 jump as market reopen following Christmas break

Markets brought some post-Christmas cheer as stocks began trading for the first time since the festive break.

The FTSE 100 moved 0.4% higher to 7,657...

Fri, 27/12/2019 - 08:54


Chaarat concludes tax agreement in the Kyrgyz Republic

Gold miner Chaarat has concluded an agreement with the government of Kyrgyz Republic whereby it will benefit from any future changes of direct taxes and...

Fri, 27/12/2019 - 08:30


Spectra Systems expands patent portfolio

Spectra Systems has expanded its patent portfolio for products used in banknote authentication, products authentication and banknote cleaning.

Between October 2018 and December 2019 it...

Fri, 27/12/2019 - 08:19


Globaltrans extends contracts and confirms in-line trading

Globaltrans Investment has extended its service contract with Metalloinvest for a further one-year period, providing at least 70% of its freight rail needs.

It has...

Fri, 27/12/2019 - 08:13


Adamas Finance Asia updates on quarry investment

Adamas Finance Asia said 85%-owned Future Metal has now installed a processing line for its quarry and the initial run of the processing plant has...

Fri, 27/12/2019 - 08:07


InfraStrata appoints ex-Qinetiq and BAE Systems exec as Chairman

Clive Richardson has been appointed as Chairman of infrastructure specialist InfraStrata. He will start on 1 February 2020.

Richardson was recently chief executive of V.Group,...

Fri, 27/12/2019 - 07:48


Marston's confirms start date for new non-executive director Octavia Morley

Pubs group and brewer Marston's has confirmed that Octavia Morley will join the board as non-executive director on 1 January 2020.

She will become Chairman...

Fri, 27/12/2019 - 07:43


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