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Aberdeen Shares Fall as Client Outflows Overshadow Profit Beat
Aberdeen Group (LON: ABDN), the asset manager and owner of the Interactive Investor trading platform, saw its shares fall sharply on Wednesday after half-year results showed £3.0bn of client withdrawals, even though adjusted operating profit beat
St James’s Place Profit Falls as New Charging Model Bites
St James's Place (LON: STJ), the UK's largest wealth manager, saw its shares fall on Wednesday as half-year profit dropped 9% to £278.4m, hit by lower margins under its new charging structure and a sharp drop in net inflows.The stock traded
Wednesday Morning Markets: FTSE Edges Up as Mid-East Escalation Sends Oil Higher; Greggs, Reckitt Shine on Results
London's blue-chips opened firmer on Wednesday, with the
Standard Chartered Shares Jump on Profit Beat and Buyback
Standard Chartered (LON: STAN), the London-headquartered bank focused on Asia, Africa and the Middle East, saw its shares jump around 5% on Wednesday after first-half profit beat forecasts and management raised full-year guidance while launching a
Reckitt Benckiser Shares Jump as Q2 Growth Accelerates, Outlook Reiterated
Reckitt Benckiser (LON: RKT) shares have risen sharply on Wednesday, climbing around 4.9% to 5,430p, after the consumer health and hygiene giant reported an acceleration in second-quarter growth and reiterated its full-year g
Whitbread Confirms September Closing Dates For Restaurants
Whitbread (LON: WTB), the Premier Inn owner, has confirmed the final closing dates for its remaining branded restaurants, with shares ticking up marginally in early trade today. The stock traded at 2,524p, up 0.3% from Tuesday's close of 2,516p afte
Greggs Shares Surge as First-Half Profits Beat Expectations
Shares in Greggs (LON: GRG) have surged as much as 11% on Wednesday, hitting a high of 1,890p after the bakery chain reported stronger-than-expected interim results and reaffirmed full-year guidance.
GSK Shares: Analyst Stays Bullish After Q2 Beat and New CEO’s “Aggressive Intent”
AlphaValue reiterated its positive recommendation on GSK (LON: GSK) in a note to clients on Tuesday following the company's Q2 results, pointing to another quarterly beat and what it called the new chief executive's aggressiv
FTSE 100 Within a Whisker of Record High — Here’s What Could Push It Over the Top on Wednesday
The FTSE 100 closed within touching distance of uncharted territory on Tuesday, finishing at 10,871.02 points after a 0.8% gain, leaving London's blue-chip index just shy of the all-time closing high of 10,910.55 set on 27 Fe
AB Dynamics Shares Crash 30% on Guidance Cut, China Exit
AB Dynamics (LON: ABDP), the AIM-listed maker of vehicle testing and simulation equipment for carmakers, saw its shares fall by as much as 30% earlier today after warning that Middle East-linked customer delays would hit revenue and confirming it
PCI-Pal Shares Surge on FY26 Revenue and EBITDA Beat
PCI-Pal (LON: PCIP), the AIM-listed cloud provider of secure payment and data-protection technology, saw its shares surge as much as 20% in today's session after a trading update showed revenue, profit and recurring revenue all ahead of market exp
Why Micron Stock Has Plunged Today
Shares of Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) have plunged over 8% so far on Tuesday, dropping from Monday's close of $900.20 to as low as $789 intraday before moving to around $821, as the artificial intelligence memory-chip rall
Coats Group Leads FTSE 250 Gainers After Resilient First-Half Results
Coats Group (LON: COA) was the standout performer on the FTSE 250 on Tuesday, with shares surging 9.9% to 85.2p, as the industrial thread and technical textiles maker reassured investors with a resilient set of first-half res
Admiral Group Shares Jump as Citi Upgrades to “Buy”
Admiral Group (LON: ADM) surged as much as 4.9% on Tuesday, making the motor insurer one of the top gainers on the FTSE 100 after Citi upgraded the stock to "buy" from "neutral."
GSK Shares Jump 6% as Q2 Beat Meets Cambridge R&D Bet
GSK (LON: GSK), the UK-headquartered biopharma group focused on vaccines, specialty medicines and general medicines, saw its shares jump more than 6% earlier today after second-quarter core earnings beat forecasts and chief executive Luke Miels pa
Croda Shares Rise as Beauty Boom Lifts Profit Growth
Croda International (LON: CRDA), the UK specialty chemicals group that supplies ingredients to beauty, pharma and crop-protection customers, climbed sharply in early trade today as it reported interim profit growth that comfortably outpaced sales,
Man Group Shares Jump on Record Inflows as Fees Triple
Man Group (LON: EMG), the London-listed hedge fund manager, saw its shares jump today after half-year results showed record assets under management and net inflows across all four product lines, a rare complete beat for a sector markets usually tr
SSP Shares Rise as UK Growth Offsets Middle East Slump
SSP Group, the travel food and drink operator behind Upper Crust and Millie's Cookies, said UK & Ireland like-for-like sales - sales from stores open in both periods - grew 11% in its third quarter, offsetting a Middle East-driven slowdown elsewh
Tuesday Morning Markets: FTSE Steady as ULVR Jumps, Barclays Slides on Earnings
London stocks have edged higher on Tuesday, with the FTSE 100 up 0.2% and the FTSE 250 gaining 0.1%. Gains are modest across the continent too, with Germany's DAX up 0.1%,
Games Workshop shares slide despite record annual profit and revenue
Games Workshop posted record annual profit and revenue, but a steep drop in licensing income and a lower dividend sent shares sliding on Tuesday. Games Workshop Group shares fell sharply in early trading on Tuesday after the Warhammer maker reported