S4 Capital (LON: SFOR), the digital advertising and marketing technology group founded by Sir Martin Sorrell, saw its shares jump on Wednesday after half-year results showed record operational EBITDA, sharply lower debt and its first-ever interim

London stocks edged higher in early trading on Wednesday, with the FTSE 100 up 0.3% and the mid-cap FTSE 250 climbing 0.6%, as a raft of half-year results and a rally in metals prices lifted sentiment.

Next plc (LON: NXT) shares gained more than 7% on Wednesday, touching 15,900p, after the fashion and homeware retailer delivered a blowout trading update that comfortably beat its own forecasts and prompted another upgrade to

Legal & General (LON: LGEN) shares have declined in early trading on Wednesday, down around 1% to 299.6p, even after the insurer and asset manager posted an 11% rise in core operating earnings per share for the first half

The Glencore share price has risen over 5% on Wednesday morning, touching 579.7p, after the FTSE 100 miner and commodities trader reported a sharp jump in first-half profits and announced plans for a secondary listing on the

HSBC (LON: HSBA) shares came under pressure after two brokers downgraded the stock following the bank's second-quarter results, even as the underlying quarter was viewed as solid.

TCC Group Holdings Co., the Taiwanese conglomerate behind Taiwan Cement, is leaning toward London as the venue for a planned listing of its European business, according to people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg News repor

Shares in Travis Perkins (LON: TPK) jumped sharply on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, after the builders' merchant reported first-half results that showed early but tangible signs of a turnaround under its ongoing restructuring prog

Metro Bank Holdings (LON: MTRO) reported record underlying profit for the first half of the year on Tuesday, yet its shares retreated sharply as markets focused on a shrinking deposit base rather than the earnings beat. The stock traded at 163.64p b

Domino's Pizza Group (LON: DOM), the master franchise holder for Domino's Pizza in the UK and Ireland, rose to a fresh 52-week high today after half-year results showed sales, earnings and free cash flow all strengthening, with management reaffirm

Smith & Nephew (LON: SN.), the medical devices maker known for joint replacements and wound care products, saw its shares fall sharply this morning after it cut its full-year revenue growth guidance from around 6% to around 4%, even as first-half

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (LON: CCEP), the bottler that makes and distributes Coca-Cola drinks across Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, saw its shares fall 4.3% today after first-half profit beat forecasts, with a second-quarter slowdown ov

Prologis, Inc. (NYSE: PLD) has agreed a recommended £14bn takeover of SEGRO plc (LON: SGRO), the FTSE 100 warehouse and data-centre landlord. Both companies confirmed the deal via a London Stock Exchange announcement this morning. SEGRO shares stood

Metro Bank Holdings (LON: MTRO), the UK high street bank, saw its shares fall over 9% in early trade on Tuesday after reporting a record half-year underlying profit of £61m, as markets focused on weakening capital buffers and rising loan-loss char

Halma (LON: HLMA), the FTSE 100 group of life-saving technology companies, said in an RNS at 07:00 BST this morning that it has completed the sale of its NovaBone orthobiologics unit to US buyer Isto Biologics for $60m (£45m), on a cash and debt-f

London shares opened higher on Tuesday, with the FTSE 100 up 0.4% and the

BP (LON: BP.), the London-listed oil and gas major, said second-quarter underlying replacement cost profit more than doubled to $5.7bn, beating analyst forecasts, as new chief executive Meg O'Neill used the results to press ahead with a break-up o

Fresnillo (LON: FRES), the Mexico-focused silver and gold miner, rose in early trade today after interim results showed profit more than tripling in the first half of 2026, driven by sharply higher precious metals prices even as output fell and co

Convatec Group Plc (LON: CTEC), the FTSE 100 medical products group focused on chronic-condition care, reported interim revenue up 4.4% to $1,232m for the six months to June, with organic growth of 5.0% excluding its InnovaMatrix wound-care product,

Shares in HSBC Holdings (LON: HSBA) opened lower on Tuesday, even as the banking giant posted a sharp rise in first-half profit and announced a new share buyback. [stock_marke

Filtronic (AIM: FTC) shares dropped at the open on Tuesday, currently down close to 11% after the RF technology group's full-year results revealed a sharp drop in profitability, overshadowing a narrative of strategic progress

Edison analysts told clients in a note on Monday that International Airlines Group (LON: IAG) shares remain underpinned by the resilience of the British Airways owner's business model, even after a more challenging second qua

TotalEnergies has agreed to acquire Shell's (LON: SHEL) entire European onshore renewables business, marking one of the biggest consolidation moves yet in the region's clean power sector as the British major continues to retr