EasyJet shareholders are entering the next phase of the airline's £5.7bn ($7.7bn) buyout, after the board formally recommended a firm offer from US private equity giant Apollo Global Management earlier this week, ending a mon

London's blue-chip index enters the new week on solid footing after the FTSE 100 closed at a record-adjacent 10,901.09 on Friday, up 0.3% on the day and for the week, while the FTSE 250 notched a fresh all-time closing high o

Wall Street's earnings this week arrives with three heavyweight tech names reporting: Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), and Coherent Corp (NYSE: COHR).

Deutsche Bank upgraded Persimmon (LON: PSN) to Buy from Hold on Friday, reversing a downgrade the bank made in January and adding to a wave of bullish sentiment following the housebuilder's half-year results.

Hikma Pharmaceuticals (LON: HIK), the generic and branded drugmaker, saw its shares jump yesterday after half-year results showed core operating profit rising far more than revenue, a margin-led beat that brokers said was well ahead of expectation

OSB Group (LON: OSB), the specialist buy-to-let and residential mortgage lender, saw its shares fall sharply after it cut its 2026 profitability guidance alongside half-year results. The specialist lender reported profit before tax of £187.2m for

Diageo (LON: DGE), the drinks group behind Johnnie Walker and Smirnoff, saw its shares jump after new chief executive Sir Dave Lewis unveiled a $1bn cost-savings plan alongside a weak set of full-year results. The stock closed yesterday at

Murray International Trust (LON: MYI), a London-listed investment trust that invests globally for income and capital growth, reported a net asset value (NAV) total return of 10.5% and a share price total return of 9.9% for the six months to 30 Jun

London's blue-chip index nudged up 0.2% in early trading on Friday, tracking a broadly firmer mood across Europe, with the FTSE 250 flat. The DAX and CAC 40 both added 0.4%, while the Euro Stoxx 50 rose 0.3%.

The Renewables Infrastructure Group (LON:TRIG), an investment trust that owns wind, solar and battery storage assets, reported interim results before the market opened today showing net asset value per share down to 101.1p. The board reaffirmed its 7

Oxford Biomedica (LON: OXB), the London-listed contract manufacturer of viral vectors used in cell and gene therapies, saw its shares fall sharply today after cutting full-year revenue guidance. The company blamed client order delays and a further se

Hargreaves Lansdown believes RELX's (LON: REL) valuation looks attractive, arguing in a recent article that the market may be underestimating the information and analytics group's ability to harness AI within its own products

Shares in Goodwin PLC (LON: GDWN) jumped as much as 6% on Friday to around 199.36p, after the engineering group confirmed it has launched a strategic review that could see it sell off a significant portion of its Mechanical E

Shares in Genel Energy plc (LON: GENL) jumped sharply on Friday after the Kurdistan-focused oil and gas producer confirmed it had rebuffed a possible cash takeover approach from Norwegian rival DNO ASA, worth approximately £2

JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD), the sportswear and trainers retailer, has appointed Peter Agnefjäll, former IKEA chief executive, as permanent Chair effective 1 September. He succeeds Darren Shapland, interim Chair since the AGM on 21 July, who stays on

Pharos Energy (LON: PHAR), the AIM-listed oil and gas explorer operating in Vietnam and Egypt, has received an increased takeover offer from Ratio Petroleum Energy LP worth 32.8183p a share, topping a rival bid from Serica Energy (LON: SQZ) and pr

mwb Research lowered its price target on Zalando (ETR: ZAL) but kept a Buy rating after the German online retailer reported a mixed second quarter and revised its outlook to a more cautious, back-end loaded stance.

Shares of Honeywell Aerospace (NASDAQ: HONA) cratered on Thursday, August 6, 2026, falling as much as 24% intraday to a fresh 52-week low of $150.03 before stabilizing near $155, after the company delivered a disappointing fi

Goldman Sachs reinstated coverage of Smiths Group (LON: SMIN) on Thursday, August 6, 2026, with a Buy rating and a price target of 3,150 pence, signalling meaningful upside from current levels for the diversified industrial t

BP (LON: BP) shares climbed on Thursday after Freedom Broker analyst Sergey Pigarev upgraded the oil major to "Hold" from "Sell," lifting his price target to $43 from $39.