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Wise Shares Slide After US Regulator Rejects Bank Charter Application

Wise shares retreated after the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency denied its bid for a national trust bank charter, a setback to its American growth ambitions. Wise Group suffered a blow to its share price on Friday after the company disc

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Friday Morning Markets: FTSE Climbs as Oil Retreats From $100; discoverIE, Renishaw Surge

It is a positive Friday morning so far, with London stocks advancing. The FTSE 100 is up 0.5% and the FTSE 250 has gained 0.4%. The move is stronger on the continent, wher

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discoverIE shares jump over 11% on bumper Q1 trading update

discoverIE Group plc (LSE: DSCV) shares have surged on Friday morning after the customised electronics designer and manufacturer revealed a sharp acceleration in orders and sales for the first quarter of its financial year en

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HSBC Shares Rise After $2.1bn Sale of Singapore Life Insurance Arm to Allianz

HSBC Holdings (LON: HSBA) shares have climbed on Friday morning after the bank announced the sale of its Singapore life and health insurance business, HSBC Life (Singapore), to German insurer Allianz for S$2.7 billion (US$2.1

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Renishaw Shares Jump as Q4 Revenue Hits Record, Profit Tops Forecasts

Shares in Renishaw plc (LON: RSW) surged as much as 8% on Friday, 24 July 2026, after the Wotton-under-Edge-based precision engineering group revealed a bumper post-close trading update showing record fourth-quarter revenue a

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Daimler Truck Shares: mwb Research Stays Bearish Despite Guidance Upgrade

mwb Research reiterated a Sell rating on Daimler Truck Holding (ETR: DTG) shares in a note on Thursday after mixed preliminary second-quarter results, while raising its price target on the stock to 33 euros from 30 euros.

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Piper Sandler Starts Coverage on Big Oil Majors BP, Shell and TotalEnergies with Neutral Ratings

Piper Sandler on Thursday assumed coverage of three major European integrated oil companies — BP (LON: BP.), Shell (LON: SHEL), and TotalEnergies (NYSE: TTE) — all with Neutral ratings, signaling a wait-and-see stance across

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Why Aston Martin Shares Jumped on Thursday

Aston Martin Lagonda (LSE: AML) shares surged as much as 7.7% on Thursday, climbing to around 37-38p, after the British luxury carmaker announced it had closed a new £550 million ($736 million) debt financing package aimed at

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McCormick to Seek Secondary London Listing as Part of $45 Billion Unilever Foods Merger

McCormick & Company (NYSE: MKC) said Thursday it will pursue a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange as part of its planned $45 billion combination with Unilever's Foods business, unveiling the operating structur

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Segro Shares Hit Fresh High as Board Backs Prologis’ $18.7 Billion Takeover

Segro's board has agreed to back a best-and-final $18.7 billion Prologis takeover bid, sending shares to a fresh high on Thursday. Shares in Segro jumped further on Thursday after its board agreed to recommend a best-and-final £14 billion ($18.7 bil

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Howden Joinery Shares Edge Higher As Profit Growth Outpaces Sales In First Half

Howden Joinery's shares ticked higher after half-year profit grew faster than sales, extending a margin-expansion trend from a soft UK kitchen market. Howden Joinery Group shares rose modestly on Thursday after the kitchen and joinery supplier repor

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AJ Bell Shares Slip Despite Record Third-Quarter Inflows

AJ Bell shares fell on Thursday even after the investment platform reported record customer growth and net inflows for its third quarter. Shares in the Manchester-based platform dropped after AJ Bell published a trading update showing record inflows

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Centrica shares fall as first-half profit drops 18% on Spirit Energy disposals

British Gas owner Centrica's shares fell on Thursday after half-year core profit dropped 18%, hit by asset disposals, outages and 1,300 planned job cuts. Centrica published interim results for the six months to 30 June on Thursday morning, reporting

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Thursday Morning Markets: FTSE Lower, Brent Tops $98 on Red Sea Tanker Attacks; Segro Jumps

London stocks have drifted lower on Thursday morning with the FTSE 100 down 0.1% and the

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BT Group shares dip as flat revenue and lower profit temper “solid start” to the year

BT's first-quarter update showed flat revenue and a 4% fall in profit, nudging shares modestly lower on Thursday. BT Group said it had made a solid start to the year, but flat revenue and a fall in profit left its shares trading slightly lower on Th

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RELX Shares Climb After Strong H1 Growth and Reaffirmed Outlook

RELX (LON: REL) shares are up over 2% on Thursday after the FTSE 100 information and analytics group posted robust first-half results and reaffirmed its full-year guidance. [s

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EasyJet Shares Climb Despite Steep Profit Drop as Bookings Recover from Middle East Conflict Hit

Shares in easyJet (LON: EZJ) have risen more than 5% on Thursday, hitting around 615p, after the budget carrier reassured investors that booking trends are recovering following a difficult third quarter dominated by the Middl

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QinetiQ Shares: Zeus Capital Bullish, Sees “Attractive” Defence Tech Value

Zeus Capital initiated coverage of QinetiQ (LON: QQ.) with a Buy rating and a target price of 550p in a note on Wednesday, arguing the defence technology group offers "high returns and strong free cash generation, at an attra

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Why Super Micro Computer (SMCI) Stock Just Skyrocketed 20%+ Today

Shares of Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI) surged as much as 23% on Wednesday, trading near $31 after the AI server maker delivered a blockbuster preliminary update on its fiscal fourth quarter, sending the stock to its bi

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Why Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Stock Just Skyrocketed

Shares of Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARWR) skyrocketed on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, surging as much as 24% intraday, after the biotech unveiled blockbuster topline data from two pivotal Phase 3 trials.

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