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Plus500 Stock: Cavendish Turns Buyer After Sharp Share Slide

Cavendish upgraded Plus500 (LON:PLUS) to Buy from Hold in a note on Monday, arguing the recent selloff has left the trading platform's valuation disconnected from its strategic progress.

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Citi and Morgan Stanley Lift Rolls-Royce Targets as Power Systems Demand Surges

Rolls-Royce Holdings (LON: RR.) shares drew fresh attention on Monday after Citigroup and Morgan Stanley both raised their price targets on the FTSE 100 engineering giant, underscoring growing analyst confidence in the group'

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Reckitt Benckiser’s Mead Johnson Faces First Bellwether Trial Over Enfamil, Shares Slip

Shares in Reckitt Benckiser (LON: RKT) fell around 1.7% on Monday, dropping to 5,026p from a previous close of 5,114p, as its US subsidiary Mead Johnson entered the first bellwether trial in a sprawling multidistrict litigati

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Why argenx Stock Has Surged on Monday

Shares of argenx SE (NASDAQ: ARGX) rocketed higher on Monday, closing up roughly 16% at $990.80 after touching an intraday high near $998.82, as investors cheered positive Phase 3 trial results for the company's flagship drug

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Mining Stocks Buck Broader FTSE Weakness as Metals Prices Rally

Mining stocks were the standout performers on the FTSE 100 on Monday, August 17, 2026, rallying against a broader market backdrop that weakened over the session, as gold, silver and copper prices extended recent gains.

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Seeing Machines Signs Robotics Deal, But Shares Track Trading Update

Seeing Machines (LON: SEE), the AIM-listed maker of AI-powered driver and occupant monitoring systems, said on Wednesday it had signed an Advanced Robotics Development Contract with an unnamed global industrial technology company to trial its tech

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Kelso Escalates Boardroom Fight Over The Works Director

Kelso Group Holdings (LON: KLSO), a small UK investment vehicle that builds concentrated stakes in undervalued companies, has published a detailed rebuttal against the board of TheWorks.co.uk (LON: WRKS), the AIM-listed arts-and-crafts retailer, e

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Optima Health Shares Fall Despite Beating Profit Expectations

Optima Health (LON: OPT), the UK's largest independent provider of occupational health services, saw its shares fall on Monday despite full-year results that beat market profit expectations. Revenue rose 14.8% to £120.6m and adjusted earnings came in

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Mothercare Slides to £5m Loss as Middle East Turmoil Bites

Mothercare (LON: MTC), the AIM-listed brand licensor that earns royalty income from international franchise partners after exiting UK retail administration in 2019, swung to a statutory loss of £5.0m for FY26, the 52 weeks to 28 March 2026, agains

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Monday Morning Markets: Mining Stocks Gains as Metals Help Lift FTSE 100

European equities opened the week on a steady footing. The FTSE 100 has added 0.3% in early trading, while the

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AstraZeneca Advances Tagrisso Combination in Lung Cancer, Discontinues Volrustomig Trial

AstraZeneca (LON: AZN) issued two contrasting oncology updates on Monday 17 August 2026, revealing a win for one lung cancer combination therapy alongside the discontinuation of a separate late-stage trial.

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Anthropic’s IPO Valuation Rests on Bold $200 Billion Revenue Bet for 2028

Anthropic is preparing for what could rank among the largest IPOs on record, with Wall Street pricing the AI company based on a revenue forecast two years further out than investors typically consider,

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FTSE 100: Three Stocks to Watch for Breakouts Next Week

London's blue-chip index enters next week's session with several constituents flashing notable technical signals. Here are three FTSE 100 names where price action deserves close attention.

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Walmart and Analog Devices: The US Stocks to Watch This Week

Wall Street's attention this week turns to two bellwether earnings reports that will offer fresh signals on the health of American consumers and the industrial chip cycle, even as investors keep one eye on next week's blockbu

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UBS Expects European Stocks to Rise, Sees Opportunities in Japan

UBS's Chief Investment Office has struck an upbeat tone on global equities, arguing that investors should look beyond the US to capture a "broadening" stock market rally, with Europe and Japan singled out as regions offering

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Berkshire Hathaway Boosts Alphabet Stake by 83%, Making Google Parent a Top 3 Holding

Berkshire Hathaway significantly expanded its position in Alphabet Inc. during the second quarter, according to a regulatory filing released Friday, propelling the Google parent into the conglomerate's top three equity holdin

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GB Group Shares Crash 24% as Americas Weakness Forces Profit Warning

GB Group (LON: GBG), the Chester-based identity verification and fraud prevention business, saw its shares crash today after warning that its Americas Identity division has weakened again, forcing a cut to full-year revenue guidance.The sto

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Friday Morning Markets: FTSE 100 Slips as Miners Weigh, GBG Shares Plunge

The FTSE 100 has dipped 0.1% in early trading on Friday, weighed down by declines across the mining sector, while the domest

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Frasers Group Buys Harvey Nichols Out Of Administration, Shares Rise Further

Frasers Group (LON: FRAS), the retail and property group behind Sports Direct, House of Fraser and FLANNELS, has bought stricken department store chain Harvey Nichols out of administration. Shares rose further in early trade today after the deal w

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Rank Group Shares Jump 6% as Underlying Profit Rises

The Rank Group Plc (LON: RNK), operator of Mecca bingo halls and Grosvenor casinos, saw its shares jump after reporting FY2025/26 results showing underlying operating profit up 21% to £78.6m for the year to 30 June 2026. Statutory operating profit

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