LONDON MARKET OPEN: GSK leads FTSE 100 higher but CAC and DAX decline
The FTSE 100 index traded up 25.77 points, 0.3%, at 8,269.51. The FTSE 250 slipped 12.69 points, 0.1%, at 20,809.69, and the AIM All-Share down just 0.19 of a point at 736.47.
Volution full-year profit rises alongside growth in residential sales
Sales in the residential market sector rose 17% to GBP105.0 million from GBP89.7 million the year prior, which Volution said was a "huge underpinning factor" in its revenue growth.
Tharisa annual platinum group metal prices weigh on performance
Tharisa said chrome production rose 7.6% to 1.70 million tonnes annually from 1.58 million tonnes, reaching the highest in its history. On the quarterly basis, chrome output grew by 4.0% to 426,800 ...
TOP NEWS: Tritax EuroBox backs Brookfield cash bid in blow for Segro
Tritax EuroBox PLC on Thursday withdrew its backing for a takeover offer from FTSE 100-listed industrial property investor Segro PLC and instead supported a chunkier all-cash bid from private equity ...
London open: Stocks gain ahead of US CPI; GSK surges on Zantac settlement
In a statement released after the close of markets on Wednesday, the pharmaceuticals firm said it had reached an agreement with 10 firms who represent 93% of the Zantac (ranitidine) state court ...
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LONDON BRIEFING: Tritax EuroBox backs Brookfield bid in blow for Segro
(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 is called to open higher on Thursday, as eyes turn to US inflation data later, while a supportive move by the People's Bank of China lifted shares in Hong Kong and ...
LONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: FTSE 100 called higher ahead of US data
IG says futures indicate the FTSE 100 to open 24.9 points higher, 0.3%, at 8,268.84 on Thursday. The index of London large-caps closed up 53.13 points, 0.7%, at 8,243.74 on Wednesday.
Surveyors report "brighter picture" for UK housing market in September
(Alliance News) - House prices are rising across the UK generally for the first time in two years as the market continues to pick up, surveyors have reported. A balance of 16% of professionals ...
UK Chancellor Reeves may need tax increases worth GBP25 billion – IFS
(Alliance News) - UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves may need to raise up to GBP25 billion from tax increases if she wants to keep spending rising with national income, the Institute for Fiscal Studies ...
Biden hosts Irish Taoiseach Harris at White House for almost an hour
Biden hosted Harris at the Oval Office for just under an hour on Wednesday. The taoiseach had previously said the US and other countries should consider what more it can do to bring about a cessation ...
Zelensky to meet Starmer in London Thursday: UK government
(Alliance News) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit London on Thursday for talks with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, a British government spokesman said Wednesday without providing ...
TOP NEWS: GSK to settle 80,000 Zantac cases for up to USD2.2 billion
(Alliance News) - GSK PLC on Wednesday agreed to pay up to USD2.2 billion to settle the vast majority of cases linked to its heartburn medicine Zantac.