Ocado Group (LON: OCDO) shares surged more than 15% on Wednesday, touching 256p intraday before settling around 255p — their highest level since late January — after JPMorgan sharply raised its price target on the online groc

Bunzl (LON: BNZL) shares fell on Wednesday after Deutsche Bank downgraded the FTSE 100 distribution group to "hold" from "buy," arguing that the stock's recent rally has now caught up with its operational recovery.

Evoke plc (LON: EVOK), the owner of William Hill, said earlier today that the UK's higher gambling duty cost it £46m in the first half of 2026, confirming the pressure that had already pushed its board to accept a £243.1m takeover by Bally's Intra

Atalaya Mining Copper (LON: ATYM), the European copper producer that operates the Proyecto Riotinto mine in southwest Spain, saw its shares fall sharply after commodity trading house Trafigura sold its entire remaining stake in an overnight placin

London's benchmark index opened broadly unchanged on Wednesday, with the FTSE 100 flat and the FTSE 250 edging up 0.1%, as investors positioned cautiously ahead of key US inflation data due later today.

Genuit Group (LON: GEN), the UK maker of water, climate and ventilation products for homes and buildings, held its full-year guidance despite a weak first half dragged down by two one-off charges at its Adey filtration business, and shares have stead

FTSE 100 mining stocks are higher today as gold and silver prices continue to climb, with US inflation data due later in the session setting up the next test for the rally. Gold traded near $4,399 an ounce, up 0.66% on the day, while silver stood ne

Shares in Hill & Smith (LON: HILS) edged lower on Wednesday morning, slipping around 0.3% to trade near 3,075p, even after the infrastructure products group raised its full-year profit guidance on the back of a strong fir

Shares in Balfour Beatty (LON: BBY) jumped on Wednesday morning after the infrastructure group posted strong half-year results and raised its full-year profit guidance, citing robust momentum across its earnings-based busines

RBC Capital initiated coverage of BAE Systems (LON: BA.) with a Sector Perform rating and a 2,200p price target on Tuesday, striking a cautious note on the stock even as it turned positive on the broader European defence sect

M&G (LON: MNG) and Legal & General (LON: LGEN) shares fell on Tuesday after UBS downgraded both British financial services firms to "sell" from "neutral," adding to a broader wave of bearish analyst sentiment across t

Afentra (LON: AET), the AIM-listed oil and gas producer focused on Angola, saw its shares surge sharply on Tuesday after announcing a significant oil discovery and the successful restart of a long-shut well offshore in Angola. The stock traded up 11

IWG (LON: IWG), the flexible-workspace operator behind the Regus, Spaces and HQ brands, saw its shares fall more than 2% on Tuesday despite reporting an 11% rise in system-wide revenue for the first half of 2026 and reiterating its full-year profi

Bellway (LON: BWY), the Newcastle-based housebuilder, said completions rose 10.8% to 9,695 homes in the year to 31 July, beating its own guidance of 9,300 to 9,500 homes. Shares were little changed on the update. The stock traded at 2,090p on Tuesda

Lion Finance Group (LON: BGEO), the London-listed parent of Bank of Georgia and Armenia's Ameriabank, reported earlier today that first-half profit rose 17.3% year-on-year to GEL 1,203.8m, with loan growth running well ahead of its own targets. Sh

Shoe Zone (LON: SHOE), the AIM-listed footwear retailer that runs 253 stores selling own-brand and licensed shoes including Skechers and Hush Puppies, saw its shares surge around a fifth after a pre-market update flagged a cash surplus and a new shar

The FTSE 100 slipped 0.2% and the FTSE 250 fell 0.2% in early Tuesday trading, tracking a soft tone across Europe, with Germany's DAX down 0.3% and France's CAC 40 off 0.1%, while the Euro Stoxx 50 edged up 0.1%.

Seeing Machines (LON: SEE), a maker of AI-powered driver and occupant monitoring systems for carmakers, said its second half turned profitable as new European safety rules drove a surge in vehicle production volumes. Shares were trading choppily i

Spirax Group (LON: SPX), the Cheltenham-based industrial engineer supplying thermal energy and fluid-technology equipment, saw its shares fall sharply today after half-year results beat growth guidance on paper. Revenue and profit both grew faster

Shares in InterContinental Hotels Group (LON: IHG) have declined as much as 2.1% on Tuesday, touching an intraday low of 150.95p and trading around 152.25p, down from Monday's close of 155.55p, even as the hotel giant posted

Funding Circle Holdings (LON: FCH) shares have risen on Tuesday after the SME lending platform announced a new institutional funding agreement with Castlelake, a global alternative investment manager. The stock was up around

Jubilee Metals Group (LON: JLP), the AIM- and Altx-listed copper producer with operations in Zambia, said yesterday it had received two binding offers for the outright sale of its Large Waste Project (LWP), a Zambian tailings and waste-rock project i

Cavendish initiated coverage of Funding Circle (LON: FCH) with a Buy rating and 275p target price in a note on Monday, arguing the market does not fully reflect the quality or medium-term earnings potential of the UK small-bu