A clutch of high-profile FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies are set to report this week, offering investors a fresh read on the health of the UK housing market, travel sector, and broader consumer economy.

London's blue-chip index is clinging on to fractional gains this morning, up just 0.3%, as the FTSE 100 takes in a subdued mood in markets this morning.  Among Europea

Shares in Defence Holdings PLC (LON: ALRT), the UK's first listed software-led defence technology group, surged more than 14% on Thursday after the UK Government published a Transparency Notice relating to a proposed Ministry

Evoke plc (LON: EVOK) shares surged more than 10% on Friday after the William Hill and 888 owner announced it had agreed to a recommended all-share acquisition by Bally's Intralot S.A., valuing the gambling group at approxima

US financial stocks have emerged as the week's clear standout, helping push the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a fresh record close of 51,561.93 — a single-session gain of 874.86 points — while the broader S&P 500 edged

Prudential (LON: PRU) shares suffered a steep sell-off on Thursday, tumbling as much as 7.6% in London trading — and the culprit appears to be Beijing's intensifying crackdown on illegal cross-border capital flows out of main

mwb Research initiated coverage of Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ETR: LHA) with a Buy rating and a €21.00 price target in a note on Thursday, implying 152% upside from Wednesday's close, arguing the stock is deeply undervalued relat

Shares of Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) tumbled more than 10% in after-hours trading on Thursday after the athletic apparel giant delivered a mixed first-quarter fiscal 2026 report, with a slight earnings bea

Shares of Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) surged 5.9% on Thursday, closing at $6.07, as investors cheered a pair of developments reinforcing the company's improving financial health and long-term ambitions in augmented reality.

mwb Research reiterated its Buy rating and €52.00 price target on Bayer AG (ETR: BAYN) after a U.S. legal developments added fresh uncertainty to the German drugmaker's already litigation-heavy equity story, analyst Abed Jara

European markets are trading higher this morning, in contrast to the FTSE 100. The UK blue-chip index is nursing a modest -0.3% decline while the DAX climbs +0.5%, the CAC

Shares in Mitie Group (LON: MTO) moved higher on Wednesday after the UK's leading facilities management company delivered a strong set of full-year results for the 12 months to 31 March 2026, underlining continued momentum ac

Shares in CMC Markets (LON: CMCX) surged more than 17% on Wednesday morning, touching an intraday high of 439.5p, after the online trading and investment group reported a standout set of preliminary full-year results for the

Goldman Sachs initiated coverage of Relx (LON: REL) with a Buy rating and a 3,000p price target in a note to clients on Wednesday, pushing back against the view that the data analytics and publishing group is vulnerable to ar

CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ: CRWD) shares dropped more than 8% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the cybersecurity giant reported fiscal first-quarter 2027 results that topped Wall Street estimates but failed to satisf

Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) shares have fallen around 4.5% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the chip giant reported its fiscal second-quarter 2026 results, even as the company delivered a beat on bo

Goldman Sachs has initiated coverage of WPP (LON: WPP) with a Sell rating and a 240p price target, saying the advertising holding company faces limited visibility on a return to healthy organic growth under its current asset

RBC Capital has downgraded Rio Tinto (LON: RIO) to Underperform from Sector Perform, arguing that a recent share price rally has left the mining giant's stock fully valued with limited room for upside.

London's blue-chip index is down -0.4% in early Wednesday trade, dragged lower alongside European peers, with the Stoxx 600 off -0.3%. As the fragile US-Iran ceasefire fray

Shares in Debenhams Group (LON: DEBS) jumped more than 11% on Tuesday after the online fashion retailer — formerly known as Boohoo Group — reported a return to growth in its first quarter, marking what management called a piv