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Legal & General Shares Fall Almost 2% Despite FY Results Beating Forecasts
Sir Nigel Wilson, chief executive officer of Legal & General Group. Photographer: Luke … [+] MacGregor/Bloomberg © 2022 Bloomberg Finance LP Legal & General’s share price dropped on Wedn...
Persimmon Shares Tank 11%, Builder Becomes FTSE 100’s Biggest Faller
Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images Getty Images Homebuilder Persimmon led the FTSE 100 lower on Wednesday as it released a gloomy trading assessment for the new year At £12.95 per share the company was ...
Weir Group Leads FTSE 100 Higher As 2022 Profits Beat Forecasts
Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg © 2023 Bloomberg Finance LP Engineering business Weir Group pulled the FTSE 100 index higher in midweek business following the release of better-than-expected fu...
A ‘cocktail’ of sticky inflation and a tight labor market boosts Bank of England rate hike bets
Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, attends the Bank of England Monetary Policy Report Press Conference, at the Bank of England, London, Britain, February 2, 2023. Pool | Reuters LONDON —...
U.K.’s FTSE 100 scaling fresh highs despite cost of living crisis
The sun rises over the city on Feb. 6, 2023 in London, United Kingdom. Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. is facing the weakest growth prospects in the G-7 and a catalogue ...
U.K.’s FTSE Reaches All-Time High But It’s Still Cheap
Get your cheap U.K. PLC while stocks last at these one-time only prices getty The U.K. market is cheap even as it makes all-time highs. After the pension fund bailout this autumn, up has shot the mark...
Smurfit Kappa, DCC, Severn Trent
Photo credit should read HUGO PHILPOT/AFP via Getty Images AFP via Getty Images FTSE 100 stocks Smurfit Kappa, DCC Group and Severn Trent all released fresh trading statements on Wednesday. Here are t...
BP Posts Record Profits In 2022. Should You Buy Its Shares Today?
Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images Getty Images BP’s share price was the leading riser on the FTSE 100 on Tuesday following the announcement of record profits in 2022. At 507p per share the oil major wa...
FTSE 100 Break Out Preempts Bank Of England Surrender To Inflation
The U.K. financial system nearly broke this autumn when rising interest rates created a vicious … [+] circle of margin calls driving the stock market into free fall. getty The U.K. financial sys...
Entain Shares Rise Following Boost To Earnings Forecasts
Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images Getty Images The Entain share price moved higher on Wednesday after the gambling business raised its forecasts for 2022. The FTSE 100 share said that last year’s...
Next Shares Surge 8% As It Hikes Profits Forecasts On Strong Christmas Trading
Image of a woman holding shopping bags. getty Next’s share price has leapt almost 8% on Thursday as better-than-expected Christmas trading prompted it to raise profits forecasts. At £66.66 per share t...
Buy The FTSE 100 For The Holidays
Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg © 2020 Bloomberg Finance LP The FTSE 100 market has been the single strongest of the developed markets in the month of December, up almost 80% of the time for a 2....
Frasers Group Shares Sink 9% Despite Profits Jump. What’s Going On?
Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images Getty Images The Frasers Group share price tanked on Thursday even as it announced robust half-year financials results. The owner of the budget Sports Direct chain of ...
Ashtead Hikes Full-Year Forecasts. Should You Buy The FTSE 100 Stock Today?
Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images LightRocket via Getty Images Rental equipment provider Ashtead Group’s share price rose on Tuesday after it updated guidan...
London Dinosaur Stock Market Is Going Extinct But Still Has Meat On It
FTSE 100 Financial Times Stock Exchange Index United Kingdom getty The U.K. market is a lame duck. While Brexit promised revolution and the freedom to swashbuckle, it didn’t deliver, so, now cut off f...
Sage Group Rises 6% Following News Of Soaring Cloud Sales
Photo by Joseph Branston/Future via Getty Images Future via Getty Images Accounting software business Sage Group reported “significant strategic progress” on Wednesday as it released full-year financi...
FTSE 100 Round-Up: BAE Systems, Imperial Brands
Photo by Cate Gillon/Getty Images Getty Images FTSE 100 shares BAE Systems and Imperial Brands both issued market updates on Tuesday. Here are the key takeaways from their latest releases. “Very Stron...
Informa Leads The FTSE 100 Higher As It Upgrades Forecasts
ANAHEIM, CA., MARCH 6, 2015: March 6, 2015: Kate Johnson wears an apple tree on her head to promote … [+] the Bare Snacks Apple Chips at the 2015 Natural Products Expo West at the Anaheim Conven...
Centrica Leads FTSE 100 Higher, Up 9% As Earnings Forecasts Upgraded
Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images NurPhoto via Getty Images Energy giant Centrica has upgraded its profits forecasts for the full year and announced a £200 million-plus share buyback p...
FTSE 100 Stock ABF Rises As Primark Profits Rocket 136% Year On Year
Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images Getty Images Associated British Foods’ share price rose on Tuesday following the release of reassuring full-year trading numbers. At £14.60 per share it was last 2...
FTSE 100 Stock Persimmon Slumps 7% As Update Reveals Sinking Housing Market
Photo by David Potter/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images Getty Images Housebuilder Persimmon slumped in Tuesday trading as it announced falling demand for its homes and rising cancellations....
BT’s Share Price Dives 7% As Higher Costs Batter Profits
Looking down from a high viewpoint, prospective auction bidders take notes from their catalogues of … [+] old red British Telecom (BT) pay phone boxes which are lined up on display in their hund...
Ocado Group Shares Soar 33% As It Announces South Korea Tie-Up
Photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images In Pictures via Getty Images Grocery and technology firm Ocado Group surged on Tuesday following news of a partnership with a major South Korean superma...
UK Dividends Fall 8.3% In Q3, Link Group Raises Full-Year Dividend Forecasts
Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images Getty Images UK dividends dropped 8.4% in the third quarter following the delisting of BHP Group, Link Group has reported. BHP’s exit from the FTSE 100 in January saw t...
U.K. Markets Cheer After Liz Truss Resigns. Stocks, Bonds, and the Pound Gain.
British investors cheered the resignation of Prime Minister Liz Truss, whose recent budget plans disrupted markets and prompted intervention by the Bank of England. Stocks, bonds, and the pound crept ...
Liz Truss Resigns As UK Prime Minister. What’s Next For Volatile Financial Markets?
Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images Getty Images On Thursday, UK prime minister Liz Truss bowed to mounting pressure and resigned as prime minister of the United Kingdom. Truss lasted just 44 days in the ...
DS Smith’s Shares Soar 11% As Trading Beats Forecasts. Here’s Why You Should Buy It
UKRAINE – 2021/04/30: In this illustrative image, DS Smith logo is seen displayed on a smartphone … [+] and a pc screen. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Ge...
Burberry Shares Rise As New Creative Chief Announced
SHANGHAI, CHINA – APRIL 24: Models Suki Waterhouse and Cara Delevingne attend the Burberry brings … [+] London to Shanghai event on April 24, 2014 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Getty Image...