London's blue-chips are trading slightly lower on Thursday, with the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 both down 0.1% in early trading, tracking a mixed tone in Europe where the DAX (+0.1%), CAC 40 (+0.2%) and Stoxx 50 (+0.1%) edged high

Currys (LON: CURY) shares opened higher but are now trading around 0.6% lower in early trading on Thursday, even as the electricals retailer posted a strong start to its financial year and left full-year guidance unchanged.

THG (LON: THG) shares have swung sharply on Thursday after the Manchester-based beauty and nutrition group posted a strong set of interim results, only for early gains to evaporate as the session progressed.

Fever-Tree Drinks (LON: FEVR) shares are trading around 4.2% lower on Thursday morning after the premium mixer maker published interim results for the six months to 30 June 2026, even though the company reported growth in rev

Shares in Associated British Foods (LON: ABF) fell sharply on Thursday, dropping around 9.6% to roughly 1,825p, after the Primark owner published its fourth-quarter trading update.

Persimmon (LON: PSN) shares slipped Wednesday even after UBS began coverage of the homebuilder with a bullish rating. [stock_market_widget type="chart" template="candlestick"

Bernstein SocGen Group raised its price target on Rio Tinto (LON: RIO) (NYSE: RIO) to $89.50 from $88.50 on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, while reiterating its "Outperform" rating on the mining giant's shares, according to a

BP's North Sea oil and gas operations have attracted interest from a string of potential buyers, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter, as the British energy major presses ahead with

Asiamet Resources (LON: ARS), the AIM-listed copper explorer, has completed the $104.9m cash sale of its KSK copper project to Hong Kong-based buyer Norin Mining, and confirmed a $93.0m special dividend for shareholders. Shares surged in early tra

Eurowag (LSE: EWG), the pan-European fuel and toll payments provider, raised the bottom of its full-year profit guidance on Wednesday after first-half growth beat expectations, yet its shares barely moved on the news.EWG shares traded at 99

Alternative Income REIT (LON: AIRE), a property investment trust, saw its board reverse its rejection of Glenstone REIT's takeover bid after the 70p-a-share cash offer became unconditional today, and now urges shareholders to accept.AIRE sh

Corero Network Security (LON: CNS), the AIM-listed DDoS protection specialist, soared by as much as 28% on Wednesday after swinging to a first-half profit and raising full-year guidance above market expectations. Shares touched 10.9p intraday, accor

Energean (LON: ENOG), the London-listed oil and gas producer focused on the Eastern Mediterranean, rose on Wednesday after half-year results showed profit surging despite a government-mandated shutdown of its Israeli gas output earlier in the year

London stocks are trading lower on Wednesday, tracking weakness across Europe, as investors weighed another rise in oil prices against renewed geopolitical risk in the Middle East.

Victrex shares surged as much as 14% on Wednesday after the specialty chemicals maker raised its full-year profit guidance, offering the clearest evidence yet that chief executive James Routh's turnaround plan is beginning to bear fruit.The

Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) plc (LON: MAB1), the AIM-listed mortgage broker, cut its full-year profit guidance in a trading update issued before the market opened today, sending shares down almost a fifth.The stock fell to around 396p

Nexteq plc (LON: NXQ), the AIM-listed technology group behind gaming computer platforms under its Quixant brand and display technology under Densitron, swung to a $4.7m statutory pre-tax loss in unaudited first-half results released this morning,

Harworth Group plc has published a formal response document urging shareholders to reject an unsolicited cash takeover offer from Peel Pepper (UK) Limited, a vehicle indirectly owned by Peel Holdings Group, valuing the regene

Goodwin PLC has confirmed it is in advanced discussions to sell a substantial part of its Mechanical Engineering division, following recent press speculation about the potential deal.

Shares in The Gym Group (LON: GYM) rose sharply on Wednesday after the low-cost fitness operator posted a strong set of interim results and told investors it expects full-year earnings to come in at the top end of analysts' f

The Property Franchise Group (LON: TPFG), the UK's largest multi-brand residential property franchisor behind Belvoir, Martin & Co, EweMove and Hunters, reported record first-half revenue and profit earlier today, alongside a 10% increase in its i

Frontier Developments (LON: FDEV) has risen more than 6% on Wednesday after the Cambridge-based video games developer and publisher reported record financial results for the year ended 31 May 2026, alongside news of a special

Shares in Victrex (LON: VCT) jumped more than 13% on Wednesday after the specialist polymer maker raised its full-year profit outlook in a pre-close trading update.' [stock_ma