Savills plc (LON: SVS), the global real estate services group, confirmed on Monday that it has completed its acquisition of US investment bank Eastdil Secured Holdings, LLC, with shares rising in early trading. The stock traded at 935p on M

Plus500 (LON: PLUS), the multi-asset trading platform, saw its shares fall on Monday morning even as it announced the launch of Single Stock Futures in the US, a move that extends its product range but was not sized financially by the company.

AstraZeneca (LON: AZN), the Cambridge-based pharmaceutical group, saw its shares fall sharply today after the Financial Times reported that the company has held preliminary talks with US rival Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) about a possible merger.

London's blue-chips opened mixed on Monday, with the FTSE 100 initially down before climbing 0.1% while the mid-cap FTSE 250 added 0.5%. [stock_market_widget type="chart" tem

Shares in RWS Holdings (LON: RWS) rose around 10% on Monday morning, trading near 106p, after the AIM-listed AI content and language solutions group announced a binding agreement to acquire Acogroup, the parent of Acolad, a l

Shares in Clarkson PLC (LON: CKN) surged 15% on Monday morning after the shipping services group posted record first-half results and said full-year profit would come in “materially ahead” of market expectations, as disruptio

Shares in easyJet (LON: EZJ) have risen around 2.5% on Monday morning after the airline confirmed it had aligned the "put up or shut up" (PUSU) deadlines for the two private equity groups vying to take the budget carrier priv

UBS's Chief Investment Office believes the S&P 500 has further room to climb, arguing that "constructive fundamentals" continue to underpin the rally despite recent bouts of volatility tied to leveraged position unwinds.

US markets face another pivotal week of corporate earnings beginning August 3, with five heavyweight names worth a combined $2.8 trillion set to report results that could reshape sentiment across pharma, semiconductors, and i

London's boardrooms open their books this week in what is another busy FTSE earnings run, with a trillion pounds of combined market value reporting between Monday and Thursday.

AstraZeneca (LON: AZN), the UK's second most valuable listed company, has held discussions with US pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb about a possible merger that would create one of the largest drugmakers in the world

NatWest Group (LON: NWG), the Edinburgh-based retail and commercial bank, said pre-tax profit rose 20% to £4.3bn in the first half, beating analyst estimates of around £4bn. Shares jumped 3.2% to close at 705.8p on Friday, a fresh 52-week high aga

The FTSE 100 pushed to a fresh intraday record on Friday morning, up 0.7%, as investors shrugged off Middle East tensions.

Shares in J Sainsbury plc (LON: SBRY) rose sharply on Friday after the supermarket giant announced it has agreed to sell Argos to Swift Partners, a newly formed retail investment vehicle.

Shares in Taylor Wimpey (LON: TW.) fell sharply on Friday, dropping around 3.9% to 79.79p, after the UK housebuilder cut its shareholder distribution policy alongside half-year results that highlighted a tougher-than-expected

HSBC upgraded Centrica (LON: CNA) to Buy from Hold on Thursday, telling investors that a sharp share-price decline has opened up an attractive entry point despite the broker trimming its price target.

Shares of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALNY) plunged as much as 29% on Thursday, July 30, 2026, closing down roughly 27.8% at $206.88, after the RNAi therapeutics company reported second-quarter results that fell short of

Shares in Aviva (LON: AV.) have pushed to the upper end of their 52-week range in recent sessions, trading around 695.8p after touching an intraday peak of 698p on Thursday — just shy of the stock's 52-week high.

Berenberg raised its rating on Rio Tinto (LON: RIO) to "Buy" from "Hold" on Thursday, July 30, 2026, citing an improved cash flow outlook and what it called a compelling valuation for the Anglo-Australian mining giant.

Shares in Ceres Power Holdings (LON: CWR) staged a sharp rebound on Thursday, topping the FTSE 250 leaderboard as investors piled back into the fuel cell technology group following a bruising few weeks for the stock.