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Marks & Spencer Stock Tumbles as Company Faces Higher Costs from Tax Increases

Marks & Spencer (LON: MKS) shares dropped more than 6% to 352.7p on Thursday despite reporting robust sales growth over the Christmas trading period.  [stock_market_widget

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Greggs Share Price Drops Again Despite Record £2bn Sales in FY24

UK bakery chain Greggs (LON: GRG) reported a record £2.01 billion in total sales for the financial year 2024, marking an 11.3% increase compared to the previous year. However, its share price dropped further on Thursday.

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ICGT Executed Share Buyback as Stock Continues To Trade in Range

ICG Enterprise Trust plc (LON: ICGT) has announced a transaction involving the repurchase of its own shares, conducted on January 8. This strategic move is part of the company's broader efforts to manage its share capital eff

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Shell Warns of Weaker Gas Earnings, Stock Dips Along With Market

Shell's share price (LON:SHEL) saw a 1.11% decline today, following the company's announcement that it anticipates "materially weaker" earnings in its integrated gas division. Shell is also reducing its production guidance ac

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Is the Raspberry Pi Rally Overdone?

Raspberry Pi (LON: RPI) shares have surged over 51% in the past three months, but the rally may have gone too far. That's according to HSBC analysts in a note this week. Th

Raspberry Pi
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Topps Tiles Share Price Jumps: Sees Further Improvement in Trading, CEO to Retire

Topps Tiles (LON: TPT) rallied at the start of Wednesday's session, climbing over 7% after the company reported a strong start to its financial year. [stock_market_widget type

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Could Diageo Shake Underperformer Tag?

Diageo's shares (LON: DGE) were an underperformer through 2024, with a loss of more than 10% coming against the FTSE 100 index's gain of 5.7%. News of the U.S Surgeon

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GlobalData Acquires Intelligence Solutions Provider Deallus

GlobalData (LON: DATA) announced the acquisition of competitive intelligence solutions provider Deallus on Tuesday. [stock_market_widget type="chart" template="line" color="#1

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Next Share Price Gains as Profit Guidance Raised But Retailer Warns ‘UK Growth is Likely to Slow’

Next plc (LON: NXT) shares jumped over 3% at the open on Tuesday after the retailer raised its full-year profit forecast, crediting strong Christmas trading. [stock_market_wid

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Rolls-Royce Share Price Dips on Downgrade

Rolls-Royce shares (LON: RR) are trading down 2.53% today, as a downgrade from Citi put a dampener on the previous bullish action. The prominent player in the aviation industry and a member of the

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Experian Shares Break 3,500 After Finding Support

Experian's share price (LON: EXPN) had experienced a Q4 to forget, with the final quarter of last year seeing a decline of more than 13% for the firm. With EXPN finding a support level around 3,400 as it did in August, holder

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TruFin Shares Jump as Pre-Tax Profit to Be ‘Significantly Ahead’ of Expectations

TruFin (LON: TRU) shares jumped by more than 8% in early Monday trading after the company announced it expects its adjusted profit before tax (PBT) for 2024 to significantly exceed market expectations, marking its first full-

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Jefferies Cuts Rio Tinto, BHP Group, Glencore, Antofagasta Share Price Targets – Here’s Why

Jefferies revised its price targets downward for four major mining companies: Rio Tinto (LON: RIO), BHP Group (LON: BHP), Glencore (LON: GLEN), and Antofagasta (LON: ANTO).

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Melrose Industries Fundamentals ‘Remain Positive’

The fundamentals remain positive for the aerospace sector and Melrose Industries (LON: MRO), according to a recent note from research firm Edison. [stock_market_widget type="c

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Wizz Air December Traffic Rises, Capacity Drops

European low-cost carrier Wizz Air (LON: WIZZ) reported a rise in passenger numbers for December 2024 despite a year-on-year drop in seat capacity. [stock_market_widget type="

Wizz Air plane
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Vodafone Group Completes €8bn Sale of Vodafone Italy

Vodafone Group (LON: VOD) said Thursday that it has finalised the €8 billion sale of Vodafone Italy to Swisscom AG. The cash deal values Vodafone Italy at a multiple of 7.6

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Wood Group Sells EthosEnergy Stake for $138 Million

Wood Group (John Wood Group) (LON: WG.) has seen its shares rise over 2% Thursday after it finalised the sale of its 51% stake in EthosEnergy. [stock_market_widget type="chart

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UK Markets End 2024 Strong as FTSE 100 Outperforms the FTSE 250

The FTSE 100 index wrapped up 2024 on a positive note, closing 0.64% higher at a mark of 8,173.02. Despite December closing red, to the tune of 1.68%, the Footsie's 5

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DG Innovate Shares Plunge: Announces Plans to Delist From London

Shares of DG Innovate (LSE: DGI) plummeted over 70% Tuesday after the company announced plans to delist from the London Stock Exchange, citing difficulties in raising funds and regulatory constraints.

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Can Tesco Shares (TSCO) Continue To Outperform UK Markets in 2025?

Tesco shares (LON: TSCO) have delivered up an impressive year for holders, with a gain of 24.9% through 2024 a significant outperformance to the broader UK market. The

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Wizz Air Secures Commercial Support Agreement with Pratt & Whitney

Wizz Air (LON: WIZZ) said Tuesday that it has struck a commercial support agreement with Pratt & Whitney to address ongoing issues with its PW1100G-JM geared turbofan (GTF) engines.

Wizz Air plane
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Helix Exploration Shares Gain, Agrees Deal to Acquire Helium Processing Plant

Shares of AIM-listed Helix Exploration (LON: HEX) rose more than 2% Monday after the company announced it has agreed a deal to acquire a helium processing plant. [stock_market

Helium One site
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EG Group Eyes US IPO, Snubbing London in £13bn Listing Plan – The Telegraph

The Issa brothers are preparing to take their petrol station empire, EG Group, public in the United States, potentially valuing the company at £13 billion, The Telegraph reported over the weekend.

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