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Wed 15 Jul 2026 16:17
(Sharecast News) - European shares were mixed at the close on Wednesday as the US launched a fourth consecutive day of strikes against Iran and president Donald Trump threatened to escalate the campaign if Tehran did not agree to a peace deal.
Wed 15 Jul 2026 16:00
(Sharecast News) - London stocks ended just a touch weaker on Wednesday and off earlier lows, after Donald Trump threatened to expand US strikes on Iran and target the country's infrastructure.
Wed 15 Jul 2026 14:43
(Sharecast News) - Berenberg started coverage of real estate advisor Savills on Wednesday with a 'buy' recommendation and 1,375p price target as it highlighted the company's "misunderstood earnings quality".
Wed 15 Jul 2026 14:35
(Sharecast News) - Major indices were in the green early on Wednesday, though gains were limited as US-Iran tensions remained elevated.
Wed 15 Jul 2026 14:19
(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 100 was down 0.1% at 10,519.18 in afternoon trade on Wednesday.
Wed 15 Jul 2026 13:39
(Sharecast News) - FTSE 250 (MCX) 23,442.22 0.15%
Wed 15 Jul 2026 11:54
(Sharecast News) - Analysts at Berenberg cut their target price on BP to 590p from 600p on Wednesday, saying the energy giant's latest trading update pointed to weaker upstream performance and higher exploration write‑offs, despite another exceptional quarter from the downstream business.
Wed 15 Jul 2026 09:50
(Sharecast News) - Thames Water posted a surge in annual profits on Wednesday after customer bills rose sharply, but warned there remained "material uncertainty" about its future as debts continued to mount.
Wed 15 Jul 2026 09:45
(Sharecast News) - Supermarket Income REIT announced plans to raise about £100m through a share issue on Wednesday, to fund the acquisition of a £216m pipeline of nine grocery assets, including three supermarkets due to complete in September and a further six UK grocery properties expected to complete over the following three months.
Wed 15 Jul 2026 09:40
(Sharecast News) - Segro said in an update on Wednesday that it has signed three new leases totalling around 540,000 sq ft at Segro Park Coventry, including pre-lets with Volvo Group UK and DIRKS Consumer Logistics, alongside a lease with GigaCloud Technology for a completed speculative warehouse.
Wed 15 Jul 2026 09:34
(Sharecast News) - ICG said on Wednesday that assets under management reached $126bn at 30 June, with fee-earning AUM rising 3% on a constant-currency basis during the quarter and 10% year on year to $88bn.
Wed 15 Jul 2026 09:32
(Sharecast News) - Antofagasta reported broadly stable second-quarter copper production and maintained its full-year production, capital expenditure and net cash cost guidance on Wednesday, despite inflationary pressures across the mining sector.
Thu 04 Jun 2026 08:30
(Sharecast News) - Digital advertising and marketing firm S4 Capital said on Thursday that trading through 2025 had continued to reflect volatile macro conditions, with tariff negotiations and geopolitical risks keeping clients cautious.
Mon 27 Apr 2026 09:05
(Sharecast News) - Online retirement savings provider PensionBee Group announced on Monday that assets under administration had hit approximately £8bn.
Mon 20 Apr 2026 08:17
(Sharecast News) - Auction and list price marketplaces operator Auction Technology Group said on Monday that second‑quarter trading remained positive, building on momentum seen in the first quarter, with the group now expecting to report first‑half revenues of roughly $125m.
Mon 13 Apr 2026 08:55
(Sharecast News) - Radio frequency solutions firm MTI Wireless Edge said on Monday that its antenna division has received an order totaling approximately $2m to supply military antennas for a local defence company.
Thu 02 Apr 2026 08:21
(Sharecast News) - Tools and equipment hire company Speedy Hire said on Thursday that it had delivered "significant strategic progress" in FY26, highlighted by its "transformational" partnership with Proservice and continued momentum across its core operations, but also cautioned that trading conditions had deteriorated further in the final quarter amid budget uncertainty, geopolitical tensions and customer‑driven delays.
Tue 24 Mar 2026 10:19
(Sharecast News) - Shares in YouGov fell sharply on Tuesday, after the research group warned that increased investment in its Shopper division would weigh on annual profits.
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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.
Tue 14 Jul 2026 14:46
(Sharecast News) - SysGroup revealed on Tuesday that executive chairman Heejae Chae had acquired 416,639 ordinary shares in the AIM-listed IT services provider.
Mon 13 Jul 2026 13:09
(Sharecast News) - Cloudcoco revealed on Monday that chairman Simon Duckworth had acquired 7.5m ordinary shares in the AIM-listed e-commerce and IT procurement group.
Fri 10 Jul 2026 14:13
(Sharecast News) - Elixirr International revealed on Friday that chief financial officer Nick Willott had exercised options over 100,000 ordinary shares in the AIM-listed consultancy firm.
Wed 08 Jul 2026 13:50
(Sharecast News) - Hercules revealed on Wednesday that chief executive Brusk Korkmaz had acquired 100,000 ordinary shares in the AIM-listed construction engineering firm.
Tue 07 Jul 2026 14:18
(Sharecast News) - Harbour Energy revealed on Tuesday that chairman Blair Thomas had disposed of 54.77m ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed oil and gas producer.
Mon 06 Jul 2026 13:11
(Sharecast News) - Trifast revealed on Monday that non-executive director Nicholas Mills had acquired 3.97m ordinary shares in the London-listed industrial fasteners business.
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