London's key stock index was rallying into the weekend on Friday, supported by its heavyweight mining constituents.The FTSE 100 index was up 121.99 points, or 1.7%, at 7,384.05 at midday. The mid-cap FTSE 250 index was up 245.64 points, or 1.3% at 19,125.34. The AIM All-Share index was up 7.41 points, or 0.9%, at 876.77.The Cboe UK 100 index was up 1.6% at 737.51. The Cboe 250 was up 1.2% at 16,45

London's FTSE 100 cheapened the best part of 30 points to 7,065 on Tuesday, despite remarks from Donald Trump that the US and China would 'very shortly' resume trade talks. A rare bout of strength in the pound served to weigh on UK stocks that earn in US dollars, explaining the share price declines seen at Carnival (CCL) and Ferguson (FERG).Flexible office space supplier IWG (IWG) sparked up 2.6%

London's FTSE 100 firms 66 points to 7,345 on Monday, with the surprise news overnight that China's manufacturing sector returned to growth in March providing a boost for miners and global advertising group WPP (WPP) in demand due to a broker upgrade.Budget airline EasyJet (EZJ) loses altitude, shares marked 7.25% lower to £10.37 as the low-cost carrier issues a more cautious outlook for the seco

Coal bed methane (CBM) play Tlou Energy (TLOU:AIM) has reported a big upgrade to the estimated resources attached to its assets in Botswana.The news may help to win back the market's interest. Market sentiment was hit earlier in February by authorities in Botswana asking for a re-tender on its bid to develop a CBM-based gas-to-power project.House broker Shore Capital sees this as a 'mild frustrati

Botswana coal bed methane (CBM) play Tlou Energy (TLOU:AIM) is about to announce results from flow testing on its 100%-owned Lesedi project that are a precursor to booking independently-verified reserves. This may help the company get more recognition from the market.Tlou's plan is to build a 10 megawatt (MW) pilot gas plant on the field before scaling up. The eventual plan is to build a mid-tier

Fulcrum has upgrade potentialAt 21.5p gas pipeline engineer Fulcrum Utility Services (FCRM:AIM) should be in line for earnings upgrades after a stellar set of half-year results (1 Dec). Pre-tax profit of £1.6 million suggests the £2.4 million forecast for the full year will have to be hiked. (TS)Tlou Energy's AIM debutBotswana-focused coal bed methane (CBM) firm Tlou Energy (TLOU:AIM) is making