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PageGroup Shares Jump as Q2 Update Beats Gloomy Expectations, Full-Year Guidance Held

Shares in PageGroup (LON: PAGE) rallied sharply on Monday morning after the London-listed recruitment specialist reassured investors with a "good" second-quarter trading update that showed signs of stabilisation across severa

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FTSE-Listed IPOs Rise as London Market Shows Signs of Revival

The London Stock Exchange recorded seven new listings in the first half of 2026, raising £577 million, as UK markets show early signs of recovery, according to EY-Parthenon's latest IPO analysis.

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Analyst Flags Downside Risk For Anglo American Shares – Here’s Why

Anglo American (LON: AAL) shares are down 4% over the past month despite gains of 16.9% year-to-date and 63.9% over the past 12 months, trading at 3,621 pence, with JPMorgan raising its price target on the miner while maintai

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SK Hynix Shares: What’s Next After Wall Street’s Biggest Foreign Listing Ever

SK Hynix's (NASDAQ: SKHYV) historic Nasdaq debut has set the stage for an intense debate among analysts over what comes next. The South Korean memory giant's ADRs, trading

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U.S. Stocks to Watch This Week: Bank Earnings, ASML, Netflix & TSMC Set to Move Markets

Wall Street enters a pivotal week as earnings season shifts into high gear, with a heavyweight lineup spanning banking, healthcare, semiconductors, and streaming set to move markets.

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FTSE Stocks to Watch: Ocado, WOSG, Barratt Redrow & Wise — What to Expect

London's corporate calendar swings into a higher gear this week, with investors zeroing in on updates from Ocado Group, Watches of Switzerland, Barratt Redrow and Wise — a cross-section of retail, housing and fintech that sho

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St James’s Place Shares Slide as Major Partner Firm Reportedly Plans Exit to Söderberg

St James's Place shares fell sharply on Friday after reports that partner firm Sovereign Wealth plans to leave for Swedish rival Söderberg & Partners. Shares in St James's Place, Britain's largest wealth manager, weakened  on Friday after a repo

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Hays Shares Jump After Recruiter Lifts Profit Guidance to Top of Range

Hays shares rose sharply on Friday after the recruiter said cost cuts and steadier fee trends would lift annual profit to the top of forecasts. Hays plc (LSE:HAS) shares surged on Friday after the recruitment group said cost-cutting and resilient fe

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Johnson Service Group Shares Slump Over 12% as Hospitality Weakness Hits First-Half Trading

Shares fell sharply on Friday after weak hospitality demand hit the textile rental group's first-half revenue, despite unchanged full-year margin guidance. Johnson Service Group PLC (LSE:JSG) shares plunged after the textile rental and workwear grou

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Friday Morning Markets: UK Stocks Steady as EasyJet Soars on Apollo Deal, Hays Jumps on Upbeat Guidance

The FTSE 100 is flat on Friday morning, with heavyweight stock-specific moves offsetting each other, while the FTSE 250 has added 0.4%.  [stock_market_widget type="chart"

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EasyJet Shares Soar as Apollo Trumps Rival Bidder in £5.7bn Takeover Battle

EasyJet (LON: EZJ) shares have surged on Friday after the budget airline confirmed it has agreed in principle to a sweetened £5.7 billion takeover proposal from US private equity giant Apollo Management, gatecrashing a deal t

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Vodafone Shares Surge After Niel Family Vehicle Agrees £4.4bn Stake Purchase from e&

Shares in Vodafone Group jumped on Friday after Emirates Telecommunications Group (e&) announced it has agreed to sell its entire 16.2% stake in the telecoms giant to Vega, an acquisition vehicle owned by French billionai

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Admiral Group Shares Get Lift as Goldman Sachs Ups Rating

Admiral Group (LON: ADM) shares have climbed 14.2% year-to-date and more than 10% over the past 12 months, trading at 3,674 pence, with a 0.7% rise on Thursday following Goldman Sachs' upgrade of the insurer to Neutral from S

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Why PepsiCo Shares Declined Today

PepsiCo shares tumbled Thursday, falling as much as 5% intraday, with the stock currently down roughly 3% to around $138, after the beverage and snack giant delivered a mixed second-quarter earnings report that rattled invest

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“Mega-Rotation” Out of Big Tech Set to Define Markets Through 2026, Says deVere CEO

A sweeping "mega-rotation" away from Big Tech and into value-oriented sectors will be one of the defining investment themes for the remainder of 2026, according to Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group, one of the world's largest

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UBS: S&P 500 Set to Climb Despite US-Iran Flare-Up, Investors Told to Stay Diversified

UBS's Chief Investment Office is urging investors to look past renewed US-Iran tensions and stay positioned for further gains in the S&P 500, arguing that strong corporate earnings and resilient economic conditions should

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Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Shares Slide Despite Wells Fargo Price Target Hike

Shares of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (LON: CCEP) fell for a second straight session on Thursday, extending Wednesday's losses even as Wells Fargo raised its price target on the beverage giant's U.S.-listed stock.

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Playtech Shares Jump Nearly 19% After Raising 2026 Profit Outlook

Playtech shares surged on Thursday after it lifted its 2026 profit forecast on booming US and Latin American growth. Shares in Playtech (LSE:PTEC) jumped sharply on Thursday after the gambling technology group forecast full-year profit well above an

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AstraZeneca shares slide 9% as Wainua drug fails key heart trial

AstraZeneca lost about £19 billion in market value on Thursday after its Wainua drug missed the main goal of a late-stage heart disease trial. AstraZeneca (LSE:AZN) shares dipped sharply in early trading on Thursday after the company said its heart

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Thursday Morning Markets: FTSE 100 Slips as AstraZeneca Tumbles, Computacenter Surges

The FTSE 100 is trading lower on Thursday, down 0.5%, weighed down by a heavyweight pharma setback, while the FTSE 250 edged up 0.4% on strength from AI-linked and gaming names. 

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