The FTSE 100 is flat on Friday morning, with heavyweight stock-specific moves offsetting each other, while the FTSE 250 has added 0.4%.  [stock_market_widget type="chart"

Shares in Vodafone Group jumped on Friday after Emirates Telecommunications Group (e&) announced it has agreed to sell its entire 16.2% stake in the telecoms giant to Vega, an acquisition vehicle owned by French billionai

EasyJet (LON: EZJ) shares have surged on Friday after the budget airline confirmed it has agreed in principle to a sweetened £5.7 billion takeover proposal from US private equity giant Apollo Management, gatecrashing a deal t

Admiral Group (LON: ADM) shares have climbed 14.2% year-to-date and more than 10% over the past 12 months, trading at 3,674 pence, with a 0.7% rise on Thursday following Goldman Sachs' upgrade of the insurer to Neutral from S

Shares of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (LON: CCEP) fell for a second straight session on Thursday, extending Wednesday's losses even as Wells Fargo raised its price target on the beverage giant's U.S.-listed stock.

Playtech shares surged on Thursday after it lifted its 2026 profit forecast on booming US and Latin American growth. Shares in Playtech (LSE:PTEC) jumped sharply on Thursday after the gambling technology group forecast full-year profit well above an

AstraZeneca lost about £19 billion in market value on Thursday after its Wainua drug missed the main goal of a late-stage heart disease trial. AstraZeneca (LSE:AZN) shares dipped sharply in early trading on Thursday after the company said its heart

The FTSE 100 is trading lower on Thursday, down 0.5%, weighed down by a heavyweight pharma setback, while the FTSE 250 edged up 0.4% on strength from AI-linked and gaming names. 

GlobalData Plc (LON: DATA) shares fell sharply on Thursday after the data and analytics group flagged sluggish underlying growth and guided to the low end of full-year earnings expectations, overshadowing news of a £30 millio

Shares in Capita (LON: CPI) tumbled on Thursday after the outsourcing group warned that ongoing problems with its Civil Service Pension Scheme contract will hit profits and cash flow harder than previously expected, overshado

Computacenter shares hit an all-time high on Thursday after the IT services group said first-half profit would roughly double on surging AI and hyperscale demand. Computacenter plc (L.CCC) shares jumped to a new all-time high on Thursday after the F

BP's (LON: BP.) strategic pivot back to oil and gas is well underway, but the question for investors is whether its pace of exe

Shares in Gamma Communications (LON: GAMA) jumped sharply on Wednesday, rising as much as 6.8% to touch an intraday high above 900p before settling around 886p, up from Tuesday's close of 829.5p.

Shares of International Consolidated Airlines Group (LON:IAG), the parent of British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus, tumbled sharply on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, after renewed military strikes between the United States and Ira

BP shares jumped on Wednesday after fresh US military strikes on Iran sent the price of Brent crude surging, reviving fears of a wider Middle East conflict. BP led the FTSE 100 higher after renewed fighting between the United States and Iran pushed

European markets are trading lower on Wednesday as the latest US-Iran escalation rattled investors.  [stock_market_widget type="chart" template="candlestick" assets="^FTS

IG Group proposed a new Jersey-based parent company on Wednesday, alongside a trading update that showed growth was partly acquisition-driven. IG Group Holdings plc (LSE:IGG) plans to insert a new Jersey-incorporated company above itself as parent,

The Jet2 plc (LON: JET2) share price has surged as much as 11.2% on Wednesday, touching a high of 1,581p before settling near 1,508p, after the UK's leading package holiday operator and third-largest airline reported record p

Vistry Group (LON: VTY) shares tumbled as much as 10% on Wednesday, falling from Tuesday's close of 252.4p to around 228p, after the UK housebuilder warned of an expected first-half pre-tax loss and revealed the surprise depa

Cavendish raised its price target on Polar Capital Holdings (LON: POLR) to 1,216p and reiterated its Buy rating on the stock in a note on Tuesday following the asset manager's recently released fiscal year 2026 results, with

London's mining stocks fell sharply on Tuesday, tracking a pullback in precious metals prices as spot gold and silver both retreated from recent highs, weighing heavily on the FTSE 100's resources-heavy segment.

Shares in Lloyds Banking Group (LON: LLOY) are on course to close near their 52-week high, extending a powerful rally that has seen the stock climb roughly 52% over the past year.

A lender to London-listed housebuilder Henry Boot saw its shares fall by over 1% on Tuesday after Sky News reported it has begun a process to appoint external debt advisers to scrutinise the company's finances, as pressure co