PZ Cussons (LON: PZC), the Manchester-based consumer goods group behind Imperial Leather, Carex and Original Source, saw its shares fall sharply on Thursday despite reporting FY26 adjusted operating profit up 8.4%, as markets focused on a dip in e

London's blue-chip index nudged up 0.2% in early trading on Thursday, tracking modest gains across Europe, with the FTSE 250 also adding 0.2%. The DAX was flat, while the

Metlen Energy & Metals (LON: MTLN) shares have surged more than 10% on Thursday morning after the Anglo-Greek industrial group posted record first-half results and reaffirmed its 2026 guidance, easing investor concerns fo

Harworth Group (LON: HWG), the UK regeneration and strategic land developer, has received a firm cash takeover offer of 172.5p a share from Peel Pepper (UK) Limited, a Peel Group vehicle, valuing the company at about £582.9m. Shares jumped almost

Persimmon (LON: PSN), the housebuilder, said completions rose 13% to 5,189 homes in the first half of 2026 and underlying operating profit climbed 10% to £189.1m, as the group gained market share in a difficult sales market. Persimmon published its

The Admiral Group (LON: ADM) share price has risen over 3% on Thursday morning, up around 80p to 3,786p, after the motor insurer's half-year results showed resilience despite a sharp fall in profits, with investors apparently

Cavendish reiterated its Buy rating on Filtronic (LON: FTC) and raised its target price on the stock after the company's full-year results, remaining upbeat even as the shares fell following the print.

AppLovin Corporation (NASDAQ: APP) shares have cratered more than 20% in after-hours trading Wednesday, August 5, after the mobile advertising technology company posted second-quarter results that fell short of Wall Street's

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) stock has tumbled sharply on Wednesday, falling as much as 6.6% to trade around $484.50, after the chipmaker's second-quarter results — while technically beating estimates — failed to live

Vistry Group (LON: VTY) has topped the London Stock Exchange's short-selling league tables, with hedge funds and other investors betting against the FTSE 250 housebuilder at levels rarely seen in the UK market.

Shares in Bodycote (LON: BOY) rocketed 23.1% on Wednesday, closing around 923p, after the FTSE 250 heat-treatment and thermal processing specialist confirmed it has received two separate conditional takeover proposals from ri

ECR Minerals (LON: ECR), the AIM-listed gold explorer, saw its shares surge after it said underground development at its Maddens gold project has struck a mineralised quartz vein with visible gold, with ore now stockpiled for processing.The

Beazley plc (LON: BEZ), the London-listed Lloyd's of London specialist insurer, reported first-half profit before tax down 53% to $237.7m from $502.5m a year earlier. The shares traded flat at 1,291p today, in line with yesterday's close and withi

Hiscox Ltd (LON: HSX), the Bermuda-based specialty insurer that writes cover through its Retail, London Market and Re divisions, published interim results before the London open earlier today. Insurance contract written premium rose 10.1% to $3,23

4imprint Group (LON: FOUR), the direct marketer of branded promotional products such as apparel, bags and drinkware, saw its shares jump around 10% today after the group raised full-year guidance despite a fall in half-year profit.The stock

Tullow Oil (LON: TLW), the London-listed oil and gas producer focused on Ghana's Jubilee and TEN fields, raised its full-year 2026 free cash flow guidance to $170-250 million after new wells outperformed expectations at both fields and oil price real

Ibstock (LON: IBST), which holds a leading share of the UK clay brick market, reported a statutory pre-tax loss of £27m for the first half of 2026, reversing an £8m profit a year earlier, after taking a £25m non-cash impairment on mothballed soft-

S4 Capital (LON: SFOR), the digital advertising and marketing technology group founded by Sir Martin Sorrell, saw its shares jump on Wednesday after half-year results showed record operational EBITDA, sharply lower debt and its first-ever interim

London stocks edged higher in early trading on Wednesday, with the FTSE 100 up 0.3% and the mid-cap FTSE 250 climbing 0.6%, as a raft of half-year results and a rally in metals prices lifted sentiment.

Next plc (LON: NXT) shares gained more than 7% on Wednesday, touching 15,900p, after the fashion and homeware retailer delivered a blowout trading update that comfortably beat its own forecasts and prompted another upgrade to