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Block Shares Jump 14% Intraday on Third-Quarter Beat

Block’s shares were sharply higher by 15:30 London time today, on an intraday reading their biggest daily gain in six months, after third-quarter results beat estimates and the…

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FIS Shares Fall 20% to a 52-Week Low

Shares in Fidelity National Information Services fell to a fresh 52-week low in today’s US session, their steepest one-day drop in 126 sessions, on a day the company…

US Stock News

McDonald’s Profit Rises 11% but US Visits Fall

McDonald’s beat profit and sales-growth forecasts in the third quarter, but US same-store sales still fell as fewer customers came through the door, and revenue came in short…

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CVS Health Plans to Split Drugstores From Aetna by 2028

CVS Health plans to break up the integrated model it built around the $78bn Aetna deal, separating its drugstores from its insurance and drug-benefits businesses. Existing shareholders will…

UK Stock News

Petra Diamonds Secures $20m Advance Deal

Petra Diamonds says a diamond buyer will advance at least $20m against future output from its Cullinan mine, and its senior lender will hold off enforcement for up…

UK Stock News

Prudential Shares Post Seventh Straight Daily Gain

Prudential shares rose for a seventh consecutive session yesterday, closing at 944.2p, two sessions short of the longest winning run in the stock’s price history, though still well…

UK Stock News

MedPal Repeat Revenue More Than Doubles to £1.34m

MedPal AI’s New Health weight-loss clinic grew October revenue by a third to £3.63m as revenue from returning customers more than doubled, though funding talks are still at…

UK Stock News

Gem Diamonds Lifts Guidance After Revenue Jump

Gem Diamonds sold fewer carats in the third quarter but took in more revenue, helped by large stones including a 347 carat diamond. It raised full-year production and…

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Foresight Solar NAV Slips to 93.8p

Foresight Solar Fund’s net asset value slipped 1.1p a share in the third quarter as higher discount rates and the dividend outweighed time value, power prices and inflation,…

International Markets

Novo Nordisk Raises Outlook on Wegovy Pill Beat

Novo Nordisk beat third-quarter forecasts on strong sales of its Wegovy pill and raised its 2026 outlook again, with its Copenhagen shares higher before the US opens.

UK Stock News

Barratt Redrow Keeps Guidance, Private Demand Softens

Barratt Redrow left full-year guidance unchanged in its AGM trading update this morning, but its underlying private reservation rate fell and completions dropped 12.1%, with rental deals lifting…

UK Stock News

Coca-Cola HBC Lifts Revenue Guidance

Coca-Cola HBC has raised its 2026 organic revenue growth guidance after third-quarter sales grew 9.0%, but left its profit growth target unchanged. The shares have yet to trade…

UK Stock News

Zotefoams Footwear Slump Cuts Organic Sales

Zotefoams says non-footwear markets are growing strongly, but footwear sales fell faster than planned in the third quarter. The board still expects full-year adjusted profit in line with…

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