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Prudential Shares Post Seventh Straight Daily Gain

Prudential shares rose for a seventh consecutive session yesterday, closing at 944.2p, two sessions short of the longest winning run in the stock’s price history, though still well…

Gem Diamonds Lifts Guidance After Revenue Jump

Gem Diamonds sold fewer carats in the third quarter but took in more revenue, helped by large stones including a 347 carat diamond. It raised full-year production and…

Foresight Solar NAV Slips to 93.8p

Foresight Solar Fund’s net asset value slipped 1.1p a share in the third quarter as higher discount rates and the dividend outweighed time value, power prices and inflation,…

Barratt Redrow Keeps Guidance, Private Demand Softens

Barratt Redrow left full-year guidance unchanged in its AGM trading update this morning, but its underlying private reservation rate fell and completions dropped 12.1%, with rental deals lifting…

Coca-Cola HBC Lifts Revenue Guidance

Coca-Cola HBC has raised its 2026 organic revenue growth guidance after third-quarter sales grew 9.0%, but left its profit growth target unchanged. The shares have yet to trade…

Zotefoams Footwear Slump Cuts Organic Sales

Zotefoams says non-footwear markets are growing strongly, but footwear sales fell faster than planned in the third quarter. The board still expects full-year adjusted profit in line with…

Smith+Nephew Cuts Guidance, Ends J&J Talks

Smith+Nephew has lowered its full-year profit outlook on weak US hip and knee sales and confirmed that talks with Johnson & Johnson about its Orthopaedics business have ended,…

M&S Profit More Than Doubles to £403.2m

Marks and Spencer’s first-half adjusted profit has rebounded from last year’s cyber-attack hit, led by Food, while Fashion, Home & Beauty profitability lagged and full-year guidance is only…

Jefferies Upgrades Centrica to Buy

Jefferies upgraded Centrica to buy and raised its target price to 200p, saying the market is overlooking the business’s visibility and growth. Tuesday’s morning spike faded by the…

IWG Shares Post Biggest Rise in Six Months

IWG, the flexible workspace provider, posted its largest one-day gain in six months today, closing at 214.2p after third-quarter results and a statement that full-year adjusted EBITDA should…

International Biotechnology Trust Returns 73.6%

International Biotechnology Trust returned 73.6% to shareholders in the year to the 31st of August 2026, in a year when takeovers of its portfolio companies were central, though…

Shield Therapeutics Drops 2026 Profit Target

Shield Therapeutics has withdrawn its goal of an operating profit for 2026 and now expects a single-digit million-dollar loss, as full US control of its iron treatment ACCRUFeR…

Likewise Group Sees FY26 Profit of At Least £6m

Likewise Group, the AIM-listed flooring distributor, says October revenue rose 36.7% and now expects full-year pre-tax profit of at least £6m, materially ahead of market expectations, as it…

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