Unilever (LON: ULVR) (NYSE: UL) received price target increases from two Wall Street firms on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, as analysts grew more optimistic on the consumer goods giant following a better-than-expected second-quar

Shares in Diageo (LSE: DGE) fell on Wednesday, July 29, after Deutsche Bank cut its rating on the drinks giant, warning that the stock's recent rally leaves it facing greater downside than upside risk heading into next week's

Lancashire Holdings (LON: LRE), the Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer that writes property, energy, marine, aviation and casualty risks through London, Bermuda and Lloyd's platforms, saw its shares fall over 6% today after half-year re

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 (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

London's blue-chips opened firmer on Wednesday, with the

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 (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 (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

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.

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

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 (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 (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

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 (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 (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 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 (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 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

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 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

Barclays (LON: BARC) shares fell sharply on Tuesday despite the bank posting a stronger-than-expected set of second-quarter results and raising its full-year income guidance, as investors focused on rising impairment charges