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Tuesday Morning Markets: Mitie Soars; Miners, Defence Lead FTSE Higher

London stocks have risen so far on Tuesday morning, with the FTSE 100 up 0.1% and the

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Rosebank Industries Shares Jump as Group Upgrades Full-Year Outlook

Rosebank Industries (LON: ROSE) shares have jumped around 10.2% on Tuesday morning after the industrial acquisitions vehicle upgraded its full-year expectations, citing stronger-than-anticipated performance from its recently

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Mitie Shares Skyrocket 39% After £3.1bn OCS Takeover Offer

Shares in Mitie Group (LON: MTO) surged this morning, rising as much as 38.7% to around 209.5p, after the facilities management group agreed to a recommended cash takeover by rival OCS Group International.

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Here’s Why Mizuho Prefers BP Over Shell Shares

Mizuho began coverage of two of Europe's largest oil majors on Monday with contrasting views, initiating Shell (LON: SHEL) at Neutral with a $98 price target while starting BP (LON: BP.) at Outperform with a $51 price target.

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Ocado Shares Rebound 7% as Oversold Bounce Meets Renewed US Optimism

Ocado (LON: OCDO) shares surged roughly 7% to close at 177.2p on Monday, recovering sharply after tumbling to a 13-year low of 140.3p just two sessions earlier, a rally that technical analysts attribute largely to an oversold

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Atalaya Mining Shares Climb as RBC Gets Bullish

Shares in Atalaya Mining Copper (LON: ATYM) rose 2.6% on Monday, July 20, 2026, after RBC Capital Markets upgraded the stock to “outperform” from “sector perform” and lifted its price target to 1,100p from 1,000p.

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Why Computacenter Shares Topped the FTSE 100 Risers Today

Computacenter (LSE: CCC) shares led the FTSE 100 risers on Monday, climbing as much as 5.5% to close at 4,834p, after investment bank Berenberg delivered a bullish double upgrade on the IT services provider.

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Ryanair Shares Slide as First-Quarter Profit Drops 34% Due to Increasing Fuel Costs

Ryanair's profit after tax fell 34% to €538m in the June quarter as the Middle East conflict pushed fuel costs higher and forced fares down 6%. Europe's largest budget airline reported the drop on Monday, and markets responded by sending its shares

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Monday Morning Markets: Segro Slips as Prologis Sweetens Bid; Busy Earnings Week Ahead

London stocks have started the week slightly lower, with the FTSE 100 down 0.3% and the

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Big Yellow Shares Reverse Early Gains as Occupancy Dip and Cautious Outlook Weigh

Shares in Big Yellow Group (LON: BYG) opened higher on Monday before reversing course to trade around 1.8% lower, as investors digested a mixed first-quarter trading update from the UK's self-storage leader.

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Craneware Shares Drop Following Cybersecurity Breach Disclosure

Shares in Craneware plc (AIM: CRW.L), the Edinburgh-based healthcare financial performance software specialist, have dropped over 7% on Monday after the company disclosed a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorised access

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Why Watch Marks & Spencer Shares Still Have Upside Potential

Marks & Spencer (LON: MKS) remains one of Hargreaves Lansdown's five shares to watch in 2026, with the firm's mid-year review noting that the retailer's full-year results confirmed the scale of last year's cyber disruptio

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RELX Shares: Analyst Says Execution Contines to Support Long-Term Case

RELX (LON: REL) remains one of Hargreaves Lansdown's five shares to watch in 2026, with the firm's mid-year review noting that while the company has been caught up in the wider AI debate, "the company's own narrative has been

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YouGov Shares in Focus as Pollster Eyes New Boss Amid Activist Pressure

YouGov (LON: YOU), the London-listed polling firm, is reportedly closing in on a successor to interim chief executive Stephan Shakespeare, according to

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FTSE Heavyweights RELX, BT Group and EasyJet Take Centre Stage Next Week

Investors face a packed diary in the week beginning Monday 20 July 2026, with a number of London-listed companies reporting, but three names stand out as the ones to watch: RELX (LON: REL), BT Group (LON: BT.A) and easyJet (L

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Funding Circle Shares Jump to 52-Week High as Half-Year Profit Nearly Quadruples

Funding Circle shares hit a 52-week high after the SME lender said first-half revenue rose 50% and pre-tax profit nearly quadrupled to £23 million. Funding Circle Holdings PLC, (LSE:FCH) the UK's leading small business finance platform, saw its stoc

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Alumasc shares tumble after board suspends CEO amid conduct probe

Alumasc Group shares fell sharply after the building products firm suspended CEO Pamela Bingham pending a professional conduct investigation. Alumasc Group PLC (LSE:ALU) shares dropped sharply on Friday after the board suspended chief executive Pame

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Friday Morning Markets: FTSE 100 Edges Up as Vodafone Rally Rolls On; Burberry Slips

The FTSE 100 has risen 0.3% in early Friday trading, though sentiment is weaker elsewhere with the

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Wise Shares Slip Despite Strong Q1 Growth as Investors Eye Margin Pressure

Shares in Wise Group plc (LSE: WISE; Nasdaq: WSE) fell around 2.5% on Friday morning, even as the money-transfer specialist posted double-digit growth across its key metrics for the first quarter of its 2027 financial year.

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Burberry Shares Slide Despite Return to Growth Across All Divisions

Burberry Group (LON: BRBY) shares have fallen more than 5% in early trading on Friday after the luxury fashion house's first-quarter update, even though the report showed the British brand returning to growth across all four

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Shore Capital Sees M&S Shares Potentially Doubling as Investment Thesis Progresses

Shore Capital said it sees a path for Marks & Spencer's (LON: MKS) share price to double over the medium-to-longer term, following a meeting with Chair Archie Norman. [sto

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TD Cowen Trims BP Price Target Amid Mixed Trading Update

TD Cowen lowered its price target on BP. (LON: BP.) (NYSE: BP) in a research note issued Thursday, as analysts weighed the oil major's volatile mix of stronger refining margins against fresh impairment charges and softer prod

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Rolls-Royce Shares in Focus as Company Joins Boeing, Lufthansa in Fuel-Efficiency Flight Tests

Rolls-Royce (LON: RR.) is teaming up with Boeing and Lufthansa to flight-test new technologies aimed at cutting fuel consumption and reducing aircraft noise, in a collaboration that also supports the FAA's CLEEN programme.

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