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Fri 24 Apr 2026 17:34
(Sharecast News) - European shares fell on Friday as optimism around the Iran war ceasefire continued to fade, leaving continental markets on course for their first weekly loss in more than a month.
Fri 24 Apr 2026 16:45
(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 100 fell for the fifth straight session on Friday amid ongoing geopolitical uncertainty, as investor focus remains fixed on developments in the Middle East.
Fri 24 Apr 2026 14:32
(Sharecast News) - Wall Street trading got off to a mixed start on Friday after Donald Trump announced that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to extend their ceasefire by a further three weeks, with the US set to work with Beirut to help it protect itself from Hezbollah.
Fri 24 Apr 2026 14:31
(Sharecast News) - Berenberg lowered its target price on Workspace Group from 503p to 401p per share on Friday as it pointed to a "period of transition ahead".
Fri 24 Apr 2026 14:25
(Sharecast News) - Asos revealed on Friday that deputy chairman William Barker had acquired 1.62m ordinary shares in the London-listed fast-fashion retailer.
Fri 24 Apr 2026 14:11
(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 100 was down 0.6% at 10,390.30 in afternoon trade on Friday.
Fri 24 Apr 2026 12:27
(Sharecast News) - Deutsche Bank downgraded Berkeley Group to 'hold' from 'buy' on Friday and slashed the price target.
Fri 24 Apr 2026 10:08
(Sharecast News) - Berenberg lowered its target price on Workspace Group from 503p to 401p per share on Friday as it pointed to a "period of transition ahead".
Fri 24 Apr 2026 09:17
(Sharecast News) - Canadian artificial intelligence company Cohere on Friday said it planned to buy German AI company Aleph Alpha for an undisclosed sum.
Fri 24 Apr 2026 08:48
(Sharecast News) - Swiss logistics company Kuehne und Nagel lifted the lower end of annual earnings guidance but noted that the war on Iran was hitting its sea freight business.
Fri 24 Apr 2026 08:34
(Sharecast News) - Luxury automaker Porsche said it was selling its stakes in Bugatti Rimac and Rimac Group to a consortium led by HOF Capital, a New York-based investment firm.
Fri 24 Apr 2026 08:26
(Sharecast News) - Analysts at Canaccord Genuity slashed their target price on publishing firm Future from 733p to 358p on Friday after the group's most recent update indicated its trading performance had been "well below consensus expectations".
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.
Mon 02 Mar 2026 08:26
(Sharecast News) - Exploration and production firm Gulf Keystone said on Monday that it has temporarily shut-in production operations and taken measures to protect staff in light of the "developing regional security environment".
Thu 26 Feb 2026 10:09
(Sharecast News) - Subprime lender Vanquis Banking pointed to a still‑fragile market backdrop on Thursday, with its turnaround reliant on tighter cost control, improved credit performance and better customer behaviour rather than top‑line momentum.
Tue 27 Jan 2026 08:30
(Sharecast News) - Building materials distributor Lords Group said on Tuesday that full-year revenues had grown, boosted by its acquisition of builders' merchant CMO, while net debt was more than halved.
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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 23 Apr 2026 12:54
(Sharecast News) - WAG Payment Solutions revealed on Thursday that independent non-executive director Linda Myers had acqured 59,238 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed payments and mobility platform operator.
Wed 22 Apr 2026 14:09
(Sharecast News) - Idox revealed on Wednesday that chief executive David Meaden had disposed of 3.29m ordinary shares in the AIM-listed software and solutions firm.
Tue 21 Apr 2026 14:13
(Sharecast News) - Alumasc revealed on Tuesday that chairman Vijay Thakrar, chief executive Pamela Bingham and chief financial officer Simon Dray had all acquired 25,000 ordinary shares in the London-listed building and engineering products supplier.
Mon 20 Apr 2026 13:19
(Sharecast News) - Roadside Real Estate revealed on Monday that chief executive Charles Dickson had acquired 410,000 ordinary shares in the AIM-listed energy forecourt investment firm.
Fri 17 Apr 2026 12:47
(Sharecast News) - Brooks Macdonald revealed on Friday that chairman Maarten Slendebroek had purchased 6,800 ordinary shares in the London-listed wealth and investment manager.
Thu 16 Apr 2026 14:15
(Sharecast News) - Hilton Food Group revealed on Thursday that non-executive director Bindi Foyle had acquired 3,761 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed food packaging business.
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