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PPHE Hotel Group Holds Firm as Interim Profits Rise Despite Board Shake-Up

PPHE Hotel Group (LON: PPH) shares were broadly steady on Thursday, dipping around 0.6% to 1,630p, as the Park Plaza and art'otel owner reported improved first-half earnings alongside a new boardroom appointm

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Halfords Shares Surge as Retailer Upgrades Profit Forecast on Hot Summer Trading

Shares in Halfords Group plc (LON: HFD) jumped sharply on Thursday after the motoring and cycling retailer upgraded its profit guidance for the current financial year, citing stronger-than-expected trading and an unusually wa

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Pulsar Helium’s Loss Widens as Topaz Drilling Spend Rises

Pulsar Helium Inc. (AIM: PLSR), an AIM-listed, pre-revenue helium exploration company, reported a nine-month net loss of $19.37m today, more than double the $8.52m loss a year earlier. The shares have fallen sharply from their 52-week high as the

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Capital Limited Shares Give Back Gains After Results Pop

Capital Limited (LON: CAPD), which provides drilling, mining services and geochemical laboratory analysis to mining companies, saw its shares jump 11.6% on 20 August after unaudited first-half results beat expectations. The rally has since largely

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Volex Shares Surge 15% as AGM Update Lifts Profit Guidance

Volex (LON: VLX), a Basingstoke-based maker of power and data connectivity products for data centres, electric vehicles and medical equipment, saw its shares surge as much as 22% intraday after telling its annual general meeting that full-year pro

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Wednesday Morning Markets: Oil Slides on Hormuz Hopes as FTSE 100 Dips

London shares opened mixed on Wednesday. The FTSE 100 slipped 0.2% as energy majors weighed on the index, while the more domestically-focused FTSE 250 edged up 0.2%. [stock_m

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Eden Research Losses Widen as Fresh Cash Backs Pipeline Push

Eden Research (LON: EDEN), the AIM-listed biopesticides developer, fell 4.26% in early trade today after reporting a wider operating loss and a sharply reduced cash balance in preliminary results covering a transitional 15-month period to 31 March

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Hochschild Mining Shares Rise After Strong Interim Results

Shares in Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) climbed on Tuesday after the Peru-focused precious metals producer reported a sharp jump in first-half profits, driven by soaring gold and silver prices.

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Applied Nutrition Shares Jump as FY26 Earnings to Beat Expectations

Applied Nutrition (LON: APN) shares rose more than 6% in early Wednesday trading after the sports nutrition group said full-year adjusted earnings and revenue are expected to come in ahead of market expectations, with the fir

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Empresaria Shares Rise As Staffing Group Lifts Profit Guidance

Empresaria Group (LON: EMR), the AIM-listed international staffing group, saw its shares rise sharply today after unaudited interim results showed net fee income growing for the first half-year since 2022 and profit up sharply, prompting managemen

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Citi Turns Bullish on Next, Sticks with Buy on M&S as UK Retail Momentum Builds

Citi upgraded Next (LON: NXT) to “Buy” from “Neutral” on Tuesday, lifting its price target to 18,400p from 15,500p, while reiterating a “Buy” rating on Marks & Spencer (LON: MKS) and raising its target from 390p to 470p.

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Shell Draws Exxon, LyondellBasell Interest in U.S. Chemicals Sale

Shell (NYSE: SHEL) (LON: SHEL) has attracted takeover interest from rivals ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) and LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) for a swath of its underperforming U.S. chemicals assets, according to a report from the Financi

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easyJet Takeover: Apollo Deal Deadline Pushed to 15 October

easyJet (LON: EZJ), the London-listed budget airline and holidays group, and its takeover suitor Apollo have agreed to push back the deadline for publishing the formal scheme document underpinning their 715p-a-share deal, from the original 28-day

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Tuesday Morning Markets: FTSE Edges Higher as VTY and MRO Shares Jump

London shares are trading firmer on Tuesday, with the FTSE 100 up 0.3% and the

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Gulf Keystone Shares Jump 8% on Resilient H1 Results

Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LON: GKP), the independent oil producer and operator of the Shaikan Field in Iraqi Kurdistan, surged in early trade on Tuesday after half-year results showed the business withstood two separate security-driven production shut

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Melrose Industries Shares Rise After GKN Aerospace Garden Grove Update

Shares in Melrose Industries (LON: MRO) climbed on Tuesday, up around 2.6% to 474p, after the aerospace and automotive group provided an update on the incident at its GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove, California.

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Tialis Essential IT Interim Revenue Falls as Debt Reduction Continues

Tialis Essential IT (LON: TIA), the AIM-listed IT managed services provider, reported a sharp fall in first-half revenue and profit earlier today, as delayed customer orders and the early insourcing of two contracts hit the top line.Shares

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AstraZeneca Shares Tick Higher After €2.55bn Bond Offering

Shares in AstraZeneca (LON: AZN) edged higher on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, after the pharmaceutical giant announced it had successfully priced a €2.55 billion bond offering through its wholly owned subsidiary, AstraZeneca Fin

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Hunting Share Price Drop Was Disproportionate, Says Analyst

Equity Development told investors in a note on Monday that the sell-off in Hunting (LON: HTG) shares following the oilfield services group's first-half results went too far, reiterating a fair value estimate of 502 pence on t

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Morgan Stanley Starts Rio Tinto Shares at Underweight, Sees Capped Capital Returns

Rio Tinto's (NYSE: RIO) U.S.-listed shares dipped on Monday after Morgan Stanley initiated coverage with an Underweight rating and a $90 price target, arguing the mining giant's risk/reward profile has become less compelling.

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Aviva Eyes Multi-Year Resistance as Rally Extends

Aviva (LON: AV.) shares have been on a strong run through the last 18 months, climbing from lows near 450p to a 52-week high of 740.6p in mid-August — a gain of more than 55%.

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Diageo Shares Claw Back Losses After Slump to Multi-Year Lows

Shares in Diageo (LON: DGE) have staged a notable recovery after a punishing sell-off earlier this year drove the FTSE 100 drinks giant to its lowest levels in years, with technical indicators now flashing renewed bullish mom

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Barclays Cuts Unite Group to Underweight, Slashes Price Target Amid Sector Reshuffle

Shares of Unite Group (LON: UTG) edged marginally lower into Monday's close after Barclays downgraded the UK student-accommodation landlord to Underweight from Equal Weight, alongside a reduced price target.

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