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Fri 12 Dec 2025 17:06
(Sharecast News) - European equities slipped into the red to close lower on Friday, surrendering earlier gains that followed a record-setting session on Wall Street overnight.
Fri 12 Dec 2025 15:48
(Sharecast News) - The FTSE 100 failed to hold on to earlier gains by the close on Friday following a weak start on Wall Street, while UK investors continued to digest data showing an unexpected economic contraction in October.
Fri 12 Dec 2025 15:04
(Sharecast News) - hVIVO traded higher on Friday on the back of encouraging signs from the US biotech market, which broker Shore Capital said has created a "much more favourable environment" for the company.
Fri 12 Dec 2025 15:02
(Sharecast News) - Wall Street trading got off to a mixed start on Friday after both the Dow Jones and S&P 500 wrapped up the previous session at all-time highs.
Fri 12 Dec 2025 14:27
(Sharecast News) - FTSE 250 (MCX) 21,947.32 0.44%
Fri 12 Dec 2025 13:58
(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 100 was down 0.1% at 9,691.59 in afternoon trade on Friday.
Fri 12 Dec 2025 13:57
(Sharecast News) - GSK said on Friday afternoon that two of its respiratory medicines had received positive opinions from the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, bringing the company closer to potential approvals across severe asthma, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Fri 12 Dec 2025 12:52
(Sharecast News) - Shares in AIM-listed hVIVO were continuing their recent surge on the back of encouraging signs from the US biotech market, which broker Shore Capital said has created a "much more favourable environment" for the company.
Fri 12 Dec 2025 10:52
(Sharecast News) - Weir said on Friday that it has agreed to buy the remaining 50% share of its Chile-based joint venture ESEL for a sterling equivalent purchase price of £56m.
Fri 12 Dec 2025 09:32
(Sharecast News) - Jefferies downgraded Whitbread to 'hold' from 'buy' on Friday as it applied the reverse upgrade to InterContinental Hotels.
Fri 12 Dec 2025 09:10
(Sharecast News) - Nationwide has been slapped with a £44m fine by the UK's financial regulator for financial crime prevention failures from October 2016 to July 2021.
Fri 12 Dec 2025 09:01
(Sharecast News) - Copper-gold miner SolGold has recommended shareholders vote in favour of a revised £842m cash offer from Chinese copper giant and Jiangxi Copper Company, which has already received the support from other major shareholders.
Thu 11 Dec 2025 07:39
(Sharecast News) - Property developer Henry Boot announced on Thursday that it had made "a number of promotions and organisational changes", in line with its ongoing commitment to further enhancing efficiency and driving improved operational performance.
Tue 09 Dec 2025 08:15
(Sharecast News) - Support services company Restore said on Tuesday that it was on track to deliver a strong full-year trading performance, with adjusted pre-tax profits expected to come in ahead of market consensus and operating margins set to surpass its 20% target.
Thu 27 Nov 2025 08:25
(Sharecast News) - Packaging company Macfarlane said on Thursday that it anticipates its full-year performance will be in line with expectations, with the firm set to report adjusted operating profits of roughly £19.1m.
Mon 24 Nov 2025 08:53
(Sharecast News) - Engineered electronics group TT Electronics reconfirmed its full‑year guidance on Monday, despite acknowledging it needs to deliver around £12m in adjusted operating profit over the final two months of the year to meet expectations.
Wed 05 Nov 2025 09:15
(Sharecast News) - Clean energy technology developer Ceres Power said on Wednesday that it has signed a manufacturing licence agreement for the production of its proprietary solid oxide fuel cell technology with Weichai Power, a global original equipment manufacturer and power systems developer headquartered in Shandong, China.
Mon 27 Oct 2025 07:58
(Sharecast News) - Subprime lender Amigo Holdings has appointed Craig Ransley as a board consultant as part of an effort to explore strategic options for the firm to remain a listed company, specifically by identifying and pursuing a reverse takeover in the mining sector.
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Wed 18 Sep 2024 20:55
(Sharecast News) - Stocks fell in the middle of the week with investors opting to sit on their hands ahead of the US central bank's interest rate decision scheduled for later.
Wed 11 Sep 2024 06:59
(Sharecast News) - Stocks on the FTSE 350 slumped on Tuesday led by declines in cyclical areas of the market such as Autos and Banks.
Thu 05 Sep 2024 19:27
(Sharecast News) - Utilities paced gains on the FTSE 350 on Thursday as investors added to their positions in interest rate sensitive names in a bid to lock in current dividend yields.
Tue 03 Sep 2024 19:01
(Sharecast News) - Stocks in the UK ended the session clearly in the red amid growth concerns in China and the US, which resulted in broad-based losses in the commodities space.
Tue 03 Sep 2024 00:54
(Sharecast News) - The FTSE 350 started the month of September on a down note with Defence issues weakest as analysts acted on the sector's lofty valuation.
Fri 23 Aug 2024 14:18
(Sharecast News) - Cyclicals paced gains at the end of the week after Federal Reserve chief, Jerome Powell, confirmed that investors could expect a first interest rate cut for this cycle when rate-setters in the US next met.
Thu 11 Dec 2025 14:19
(Sharecast News) - Insig AI revealed on Thursday that chief executive Richard Bernstein had acquired 100,000 ordinary shares in the AIM-listed technology company.
Wed 10 Dec 2025 15:04
(Sharecast News) - Softcat revealed on Wednesday that chief financial officer had Kathryn Mecklenburgh acquired 20,530 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed-listed IT firm.
Tue 09 Dec 2025 14:58
(Sharecast News) - Trustpilot revealed on Tuesday that chief executive officer Adrian Blair had acquried 95,296 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed review platform operator.
Mon 08 Dec 2025 14:31
(Sharecast News) - Baltic Classifieds revealed on Monday that Rebecca Williams, daughter of non-executive director Ed Williams, had acquired 222,326 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed classified portals operator.
Fri 05 Dec 2025 14:04
(Sharecast News) - Trustpilot revealed on Friday that chief financial officer Hanno Damm had acquired 50,000 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed reviews website operator.
Thu 04 Dec 2025 13:49
(Sharecast News) - Cairn Homes revealed on Thursday that non-executive director Orla O'Connor had acquired 51,000 ordinary shares in the London-listed housebuilder and developer.
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