London's main indices opened Monday on the back foot, with the FTSE 100 down 0.1% and the

Haleon (LON: HLN), the consumer health group behind Sensodyne, Panadol and Advil, has had its price target raised by broker Jefferies to 410p from 400p after half-year results showed profit margins beating expectations. The shares were little chan

Shares in Tracsis (LON: TRCS) rose on Monday morning, up around 4.7% to 335p, after the transport technology group confirmed trading for the year to 31 July 2026 came in line with market expectations and announced the complet

GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) shares slipped slightly in early Monday trading, even as the pharmaceutical giant unveiled two regulatory milestones for its oncology and hepatology portfolios.

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Jefferies has trimmed its price target on Weir Group to 3,515p from 3,555p, though the broker maintained its Buy rating on the FTSE 100 mining equipment maker, according to a note published earlier this week.

Gamma Communications shares surged 11.6% on Friday to close at 1,082p, valuing the AIM-listed telecoms group at over £1bn, after it confirmed it is in preliminary takeover talks with private equity firm Waterland.

Metlen Energy & Metals (LON: MTLN) has announced that its Protos Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) in Cheshire has achieved "first fire" on waste, a critical milestone confirming the plant has entered the final stages of hot

London shares are trading higher on Friday, with the FTSE 100 up 0.3% and the

Golden Prospect Precious Metals (LON: GPM), a closed-end investment trust that holds gold and silver mining shares, said its net asset value per share fell 13.6% to 100.80p at 30 June, as gold retreated from record highs. The shares rose 2.0% to 1

Shares in Knights Group Holdings (LON: KGH) fell on Friday, dropping around 2% to 172.5p, after the AIM-listed legal services consolidator confirmed the acquisition of Moore Barlow LLP's commercial and private wealth division

Shares in Hunting PLC (LSE: HTG) slumped as much as 16.6% on Friday, changing hands around 395p, after the London-listed precision engineering group posted weaker first-half results and trimmed its full-year guidance.

Zeus Capital told investors to hold their nerve after Ashtead Technology (LON: AT.) shares slumped on Thursday following a profit warning. The firm maintaining a Buy rating on the stock, while trimming its price target to 560

Shares in Dr. Martens (LON: DOCS) tumbled sharply on Thursday, sliding as much as 8% intraday to a low of 79p before closing at 79.23p — down 7.4% on the day — as the bootmaker was caught in the fallout from a brutal profit w

Shares in Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON: ONT) are pushing higher for a second consecutive session, building on Wednesday's earnings-driven jump with a fresh burst of buying that has taken the stock to its highest level in

London shares are trading lower on Thursday, with the FTSE 100 down 0.2% and the FTSE 250 also off 0.2%, tracking a soft tone across Europe where the DAX has slipped 0.5% and the CAC 40 and Euro Stoxx 50 are trading flat.

IG Design Group plc (LON: IGR), which designs, sources and manufactures gift packaging, greeting cards, stationery and creative-play products, said before the market opened today that it has appointed Ari Bensoussan as Chief Financial Officer, succee

Shares in JD Sports Fashion plunged on Thursday after the sportswear retailer cut its full-year profit guidance, citing tough trading conditions in North America and a highly promotional market.

Shares in Ashtead Technology Holdings plc (LON: AT.) fell sharply on Thursday morning after the offshore energy services group warned that full-year profits would come in well below market expectations, citing the ongoing Mid

Hays (LON: HAS), the global recruitment company, reported a statutory pre-tax loss of £54.5m for the year to 30 June, though underlying profit beat both its own guidance and analyst forecasts, extending a rally that has already seen the shares rou

The FTSE 250, the UK's mid-cap benchmark, struck an all-time intraday high of 24,966.77 on 12 August 2026, finally topping its previous 2021 peak after climbing from around 23,540 in mid-July — a near-6% advance in under a mo

The FTSE 100 traded largely flat on Wednesday, last changing hands at 10,743.35, up 15.31 points (+0.14%), after oscillating between an intraday low of 10,701.11 and a high of 10,765.96.

Smith & Nephew (LON: SN.), the FTSE 100 medical technology group that makes orthopaedics and wound care products, saw its shares fall as much as 4% today after chief financial officer John Rogers resigned with immediate effect from the board.