Takeover speculation, a compelling valuation, and now a growing list of potential suitors have turned easyJet (LON: EZJ) into London's most closely watched airline stock. Here's what's driving the move, how it compare

Berenberg initiated coverage of WPP (LON:WPP) with a Buy rating and a 405 pence price target, striking a contrasting tone to Goldman Sachs, which launched coverage of the advertising giant with a Sell just last week.

Shares in Vodafone fell around 1.8% on Tuesday after reports emerged that the telecoms giant had tabled a bid for the consumer arm of struggling broadband provider TalkTalk.

London's blue-chip index opened the week's second session on the back foot, with the FTSE 100 falling 0.4% as a major pharma

Shares in Fever-Tree Drinks (LON: FEVR) surged on Tuesday morning after the premium mixer maker used its Annual General Meeting to deliver a confident trading update and announce a further extension to its share buyback progr

Shares in GSK fell more than 3% in early Tuesday trading after the British pharmaceutical giant announced it had agreed to acquire Boston-based oncology biotech Nuvalent, Inc. in a deal valued at $10.6 billion (£8.0 billion),

Deutsche Bank downgraded National Grid (LON: NG.) shares to Hold from Buy on Monday, cutting its price target to 1,250 pence from 1,370 pence, citing political risk tied to a potential Labour leadership change and stretched v

Rolls-Royce Holdings (LON: RR.) shares are trading at around 1,259p, having staged a remarkable recovery, but the stock faces fresh headwinds that investors should not ignore.

TP ICAP (LON: TCAP) surged to a 52-week high on Monday, closing at 326.8p — up 3.35% — as the inter-dealer broker unveiled RealQ, a new institutional credit trading and data platform that investors believe could materially ex

Weekend missile exchanges between Iran and Israel have impacted global market sentiment on Monday, pushing the FTSE 100 down 0.3% and sending oil prices sharply higher.  [stoc

Shares in AIM-listed Mpac Group (LON: MPAC) plunged as much as 20% on Monday morning, falling from Friday's close of 263p to a low of 200p, after the packaging and automation specialist issued a stark profit warning alongside

Shares in Tate & Lyle (LON: TATE) have jumped sharply this morning after the speciality food ingredients group confirmed it has agreed to a recommended cash acquisition by US rival Ingredion Incorporated in a deal valuing

Jefferies raised its price target on Ithaca Energy (LON: ITH) to 350 pence from 210 pence and reiterated its Buy rating, calling the North Sea oil and gas producer a different company since its 2024 business combination with

Shares in Raspberry Pi Holdings plc (LSE: RPI) surged 27.6% on Friday, closing at 1,051p after the Cambridge-based computing company issued a first-half trading update that left City forecast

Shares in Fresnillo (LON: FRES), the world's largest silver producer and Mexico's biggest gold miner, tumbled 6.22% on Friday as gold and silver prices suffered a sharp sell-off following a dramatically stronger-than-expected

A clutch of high-profile FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies are set to report this week, offering investors a fresh read on the health of the UK housing market, travel sector, and broader consumer economy.

London's blue-chip index is clinging on to fractional gains this morning, up just 0.3%, as the FTSE 100 takes in a subdued mood in markets this morning.  Among Europea

Shares in Defence Holdings PLC (LON: ALRT), the UK's first listed software-led defence technology group, surged more than 14% on Thursday after the UK Government published a Transparency Notice relating to a proposed Ministry

Evoke plc (LON: EVOK) shares surged more than 10% on Friday after the William Hill and 888 owner announced it had agreed to a recommended all-share acquisition by Bally's Intralot S.A., valuing the gambling group at approxima

Prudential (LON: PRU) shares suffered a steep sell-off on Thursday, tumbling as much as 7.6% in London trading — and the culprit appears to be Beijing's intensifying crackdown on illegal cross-border capital flows out of main

European markets are trading higher this morning, in contrast to the FTSE 100. The UK blue-chip index is nursing a modest -0.3% decline while the DAX climbs +0.5%, the CAC

Shares in Mitie Group (LON: MTO) moved higher on Wednesday after the UK's leading facilities management company delivered a strong set of full-year results for the 12 months to 31 March 2026, underlining continued momentum ac

Shares in CMC Markets (LON: CMCX) surged more than 17% on Wednesday morning, touching an intraday high of 439.5p, after the online trading and investment group reported a standout set of preliminary full-year results for the