National Grid says its regulated networks are on track, but a strong first half in its Ventures division means full-year earnings growth is now expected to land slightly above guidance.

Ithaca Energy has agreed to buy Suncor's offshore Canadian assets for US$860m in cash plus up to US$250m of oil-price-linked payments, its first deal outside the UK. Its shares were higher in early trade today.

EnSilica, the AIM-listed chip designer, swung to a £5.9m EBITDA on 53% higher revenue. Grants and tax credits helped lift the profit, and chip supply sales grew far more slowly than design fees.

Schneider Electric has agreed an all-cash deal for US engineering software group PTC at $205 a share, a 42.3% premium to Friday's close, while its own shares fell sharply in Paris.

BT has bought the failed broadband provider TalkTalk out of administration to protect 2.5m customers, at an estimated cash cost of about £400m this financial year, with a regulatory review still to come.

Western Digital and Seagate shares were lower today on competition fears, after a report that Toshiba plans to double its AI data-centre hard-drive capacity, which could add a third supplier challenging their pricing power.

Why is Admiral Markets rebranding to Admirals? Traders and investors will already be aware of how fast asset prices can change. One recent development, which runs in line with the ever-changing nature of markets, is news that Admiral Market

CMC Markets shares fell 7.97% in morning trade in London today, their largest one-session fall in six months, leaving them at 605.55p by 08:14 London time.

Wizz Air carried almost a quarter more passengers in September than a year earlier, while its load factor dipped slightly as the airline grew seats faster than demand and pricing

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo will test their Datroway cancer drug alongside Summit Therapeutics' ivonescimab, starting with a Phase III breast cancer trial. No financial terms a

The FTSE 100 is up 0.2% in early trading on Friday, after Thursday's 1.7% fall

IG Group shares plunged on Friday as it said less of its customer trading flow turned into revenue in the third quarter, even as new customers kept arriving, and it now expects 20

IP Group has sold 10m Oxford Nanopore shares for about £21m after a roughly 73% three-month rally in the stock, while keeping a 7.23% stake in the company.

Plus500 shares were down 5.62% at 3,224p by 8:00am London time today, trading at the lowest point of a session that has so far ranged up to 3,298p.

Bloomberg reports that Broadcom's banks are starting to assemble about $60bn of AI chip financing for Anthropic and others, a day after a filing showed Broadcom agreed to lend Anthropic up to $42bn.

Wetherspoon's annual profit fell 28% as wage, repair and business rate costs rose, though the pub group says the new financial year has started strongly, with recent like-for-like

Fair Isaac shares dropped about 7% after the US close today on a Bloomberg report that mortgage finance regulators plan to cut the credit reports they require from three bureaus t

MicroStrategy shares closed higher in today's session, in a move that ranks 34th among the last 126 sessions, with trading lighter than usual.

BAE Systems is among the potential bidders weighing an offer for Dutch drone detection firm Robin Radar, Reuters reported, in a sale that could value the company at about €2bn.

The US September jobs report is due tomorrow, Friday, at 13:30 UK time, after August payrolls came in far above the forecast. This preview sets out the forecast and what to check when it lands.