St James's Place shares fell sharply on Friday after reports that partner firm Sovereign Wealth plans to leave for Swedish rival Söderberg & Partners. Shares in St James's Place, Britain's largest wealth manager, weakened  on Friday after a repo

Hays shares rose sharply on Friday after the recruiter said cost cuts and steadier fee trends would lift annual profit to the top of forecasts. Hays plc (LSE:HAS) shares surged on Friday after the recruitment group said cost-cutting and resilient fe

Shares fell sharply on Friday after weak hospitality demand hit the textile rental group's first-half revenue, despite unchanged full-year margin guidance. Johnson Service Group PLC (LSE:JSG) shares plunged after the textile rental and workwear grou

The FTSE 100 is flat on Friday morning, with heavyweight stock-specific moves offsetting each other, while the FTSE 250 has added 0.4%.  [stock_market_widget type="chart"

EasyJet (LON: EZJ) shares have surged on Friday after the budget airline confirmed it has agreed in principle to a sweetened £5.7 billion takeover proposal from US private equity giant Apollo Management, gatecrashing a deal t

Shares in Vodafone Group jumped on Friday after Emirates Telecommunications Group (e&) announced it has agreed to sell its entire 16.2% stake in the telecoms giant to Vega, an acquisition vehicle owned by French billionai

Admiral Group (LON: ADM) shares have climbed 14.2% year-to-date and more than 10% over the past 12 months, trading at 3,674 pence, with a 0.7% rise on Thursday following Goldman Sachs' upgrade of the insurer to Neutral from S

PepsiCo shares tumbled Thursday, falling as much as 5% intraday, with the stock currently down roughly 3% to around $138, after the beverage and snack giant delivered a mixed second-quarter earnings report that rattled invest

A sweeping "mega-rotation" away from Big Tech and into value-oriented sectors will be one of the defining investment themes for the remainder of 2026, according to Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group, one of the world's largest

UBS's Chief Investment Office is urging investors to look past renewed US-Iran tensions and stay positioned for further gains in the S&P 500, arguing that strong corporate earnings and resilient economic conditions should

Shares of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (LON: CCEP) fell for a second straight session on Thursday, extending Wednesday's losses even as Wells Fargo raised its price target on the beverage giant's U.S.-listed stock.

Playtech shares surged on Thursday after it lifted its 2026 profit forecast on booming US and Latin American growth. Shares in Playtech (LSE:PTEC) jumped sharply on Thursday after the gambling technology group forecast full-year profit well above an

AstraZeneca lost about £19 billion in market value on Thursday after its Wainua drug missed the main goal of a late-stage heart disease trial. AstraZeneca (LSE:AZN) shares dipped sharply in early trading on Thursday after the company said its heart

The FTSE 100 is trading lower on Thursday, down 0.5%, weighed down by a heavyweight pharma setback, while the FTSE 250 edged up 0.4% on strength from AI-linked and gaming names. 

GlobalData Plc (LON: DATA) shares fell sharply on Thursday after the data and analytics group flagged sluggish underlying growth and guided to the low end of full-year earnings expectations, overshadowing news of a £30 millio

Shares in Capita (LON: CPI) tumbled on Thursday after the outsourcing group warned that ongoing problems with its Civil Service Pension Scheme contract will hit profits and cash flow harder than previously expected, overshado

Computacenter shares hit an all-time high on Thursday after the IT services group said first-half profit would roughly double on surging AI and hyperscale demand. Computacenter plc (L.CCC) shares jumped to a new all-time high on Thursday after the F

BP's (LON: BP.) strategic pivot back to oil and gas is well underway, but the question for investors is whether its pace of exe

Shares of Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA) surged around 11% on Wednesday, closing around $108.98 after opening at $107.60 — the stock's best single-day performance in almost a year.

Shares of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: CRNX) jumped as much as 98.7% this week, currently trading around $83.48 after Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: VRTX) announced a definitive agreement to acquire the San Diego-based