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Monday Morning Markets: FTSE 100, European Stocks Rise as US-Iran Peace Deal Sparks Risk-On Mood

Markets have opened the new week in a broadly positive mood following significant developments in US-Iran peace negotiations over the weekend, with a formal deal framework now reported to be in place. 

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IQE Shares Surge as Tower Semiconductor Deal Signals AI Data Centre Breakthrough

Shares in IQE plc (LON: IQE) surged more than 16% on Monday morning, hitting an intraday high of 55.5p, after the Cardiff-based compound semiconductor specialist announced a landmark multi-year supply agreement with Tower Sem

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Frasers Group Shares Slip Into the Red Despite Accent Group Takeover Offer

Frasers Group (LON: FRAS) shares opened sharply higher on Monday morning before reversing course to trade in negative territory, as investors weighed a new all-cash takeover bid for Australian footwear and apparel retailer Ac

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Dusk Eyes £300M London Stock Exchange Float

Yorkshire-based homewares retailer Dusk is exploring a potential £300 million initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange, according to Sky News, in a move that could provide a much-needed boost to the UK's str

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Here’s Why Strategy Shares Are Down 31% in the Last Month

Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ: MSTR) has tumbled 31.9% over the past month, making it the worst-performing stock in the NASDAQ 100 and capping a bruising stretch for the Bitcoin-centric firm formerly known as MicroStrategy.

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Why Rolls-Royce Shares are a Top Pick

Rolls-Royce Holdings (LON: RR.) has cemented itself as one of the London market's standout performers, and a fresh wave of anal

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Standard Chartered, HSBC & Prudential: Here’s Why Their Shares Bounced Back

London-listed Asia-exposed financials staged a sharp recovery after a brutal mid-week sell-off — but the reasons behind both the fall and the rebound tell a more nuanced story

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UK Stocks to Watch This Week: Tesco, AO World and FirstGroup to Report

For London-listed companies, the week kicks off with a slate of full-year results and trading updates spanning retail, transport, financial services, and technology. The Ci

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Friday Morning Markets: FTSE 100 Surges as US-Iran Ceasefire Hopes Ignite Rally

The FTSE 100 is up +1.5% this morning as reports of progress toward a US-Iran ceasefire framework send risk appetite soaring across global markets.  [stock_market_widget

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Debenhams Group Shares Jump as US Distribution Centre Sublease Slashes Future Liabilities

Debenhams Group (AIM: DEBS) shares surged more than 5% on Friday — touching an intraday high of 25.5p against a previous close of 23.5p — after the online fashion retailer announced it had completed the sublease of its troubl

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McBride Shares Sink as Middle East Conflict Hammers Profit Outlook

Shares in McBride plc (LON: MCB) fell sharply on Friday, tumbling 8.3% from a previous close of 165.8p to trade around 152p, after the private-label cleaning products giant warned that ongoing Middle East conflict is squeezin

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Lloyds Shares Pause for Breath — But Is the Best Still to Come?

After an impressive run, Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY) shares appear to have shifted into a lower gear — raising the quest

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Barclays Cuts Vodafone Rating as German Market Struggles Persist

Barclays has downgraded Vodafone (LON: VOD) to Equal Weight from Overweight, cutting its price target to 110 pence from 120 pence per share. The bank said the telecommunic

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Hugo Boss Shares Surge 9% on Thursday – Here’s Why

Shares in Hugo Boss (ETR: BOSS) jumped more than 9% on Thursday after UK retailer Frasers Group announced an unsolicited voluntary public takeover offer for all outstanding shares in the German fashion house at €38.00 per sha

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Here’s Why SanDisk Shares Rallied 14.5% on Thursday

SanDisk Corp (NASDAQ: SNDK) closed at $1,881.51 on Thursday, up $238.28 (+14.50%), after Oracle's $70 billion capex guidance confirmed that hyperscaler demand for AI memory and storage is accelerating — not slowing.

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Adobe Stock Slides Despite Record Q2 Beat and Raised Guidance

Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) shares tumbled more than 6% in after-hours trading on Thursday after the creative software giant reported record fiscal second-quarter results that beat analyst expectations on both the top and bottom lin

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Tritax Big Box Jumps 5% as Heathrow Data Centre Approval Arrives Early

The planning consent for Manor Farm landed on Wednesday, the same morning Tritax Big Box had told investors to expect a further wait until July.

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Thursday Morning Markets: FTSE 100 Gains Despite Further US-Iran Strikes

London Holds Firm Despite Geopolitical Jitters The FTSE 100 is up 0.5% in early Thursday trading, despite news of further strikes between the US and

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Wizz Air Shares Gain as Record Passenger Numbers Offset Substantial Profit Drop

Shares in Wizz Air (LSE: WIZZ) surged more than 3% on Thursday after the budget carrier reported its full-year results for the twelve months to 31 March 2026 — a set of numbers that highlighted both the airline's underlying o

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Halma Shares Plunge Despite Record Revenue and Profit

Shares in Halma (LON: HLMA) plummeted more than 11% on Thursday — shedding over 510p to trade around 4,128p — as investors took fright at customer concentration risks in its fast-growing photonics division, even as the FTSE 1

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