Cognex has agreed to buy RealSense, the Intel-spun-out 3D sensing specialist, for approximately $500 million in cash, pushing the machine-vision maker into the fast-growing robotic-perception market.

Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX) shares rose sharply after mid-stage trial data showed its obesity drug held on to most of its weight-loss effect with less frequent dosing, pressuring incumbents Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk.

Henry Boot swung to a £6.3m interim pretax loss and scrapped its dividend as land and property sales stayed weak, though the Sheffield-based group said full-year profit remains on track.

M&C Saatchi's shares dropped sharply on results day after restructuring and one-off charges tipped its statutory first-half profit into a loss, even as the advertising group insisted its full-year targets remain intact.

Kepler Cheuvreux has downgraded British Land and Land Securities in fresh notes, pointing to higher interest rates squeezing both firms' room for manoeuvre.

Official figures released this morning showed UK government borrowing running well ahead of plan in August, sharpening the fiscal challenge facing the Chancellor five weeks before

Metlen Energy & Metals is putting almost €25 million into its Greek recycling plant, tightening the operational link between its recycled and primary aluminium businesses.

Rentokil Initial has agreed to sell its US lake and pond management business, SOLitude Lake Management, to private equity firm Bain Capital for $230m, as the pest control group pr

Chipotle Mexican Grill shares fell for a fifth consecutive session on Monday, closing at $33.14 and extending a losing run that has pulled the stock well below its 52-week high.

Salesforce shares fell for a fifth consecutive session on Monday, closing at $236.42, their longest run of daily declines since June. The stock traded on below-average volume as i

Oxford Biomedica shares fell after the gene and cell therapy manufacturer posted interim results showing revenue growth and record new client wins alongside a widened operating lo

Transense Technologies reported a 17% fall in annual revenue and a swing to a small statutory loss after a scheduled cut in its Bridgestone royalty rate, while guiding to more than 25% revenue growth next year.

London shares are little changed on Tuesday morning, with the FTSE 100 down 0.1% and the FTSE 250 flat, as investors weigh earnings against a fragile Middle East backdrop and fresh UK fiscal data.

Target Healthcare REIT delivered its strongest annual performance since listing in 2013, with net asset value, earnings and the dividend all rising as inflation-linked rents and disposals boosted returns.

Origin Enterprises grew group operating profit 1.8% to €100.7m in FY26 as its Living Landscapes division offset a weaker year in core Agriculture, with new growth targets due in November.

Corvex Management has requisitioned a general meeting of Whitbread shareholders to elect its partner James Gemmel to the board, escalating a year-long campaign after the hotel gro

Smiths Group has completed its £3.3bn sale of Detection and Interconnect, and guided to roughly 4% organic growth next year — well above the 1.2% its remaining businesses managed

Kingfisher raised its full-year profit guidance this morning after Screwfix's trade and online sales growth offset weakness at B&Q, prompting a fresh £50m share buyback tranch

Computacenter (LON: CCC) has now risen for five straight sessions, closing Monday at 5,510p and pushing the FTSE 350 IT services group within touching distance of its 52-week high

Hikma Pharmaceuticals shares rose for a seventh consecutive session on Monday, closing at 1611.0p on the London Stock Exchange, the specialty and generic drugmaker's longest run o