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London close: Stocks end week on a positive note
(Sharecast News) - London stocks finished higher on Friday, even as investors locked in profits following nine straight days of gains, driven by easing trade tensions and hopes of a rate cut by the ...
Vast Resources shares rise after diamond parcel release
Vast Resources PLC on Friday reported the release of its historical diamond parcel in Zimbabwe. The London-based miner in Romania, Tajikistan and Zimbabwe said that the diamond had been held at the ...
BROKER NOTES: Deutsche cuts Inchcape to hold after slow start to 2025
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AIM WINNERS & LOSERS: Enteq sees no "realistic prospect" of offer
(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers on AIM on Friday.
Record assets under management increase following forex gains
Record is a Windsor, England-based specialist currency and asset manager. The company reported that its assets under management totalled USD100.9 billion at March 31, the period end, up 15% from USD87 ...
Reeves moves to block cheap imports undercutting British high street
Currently, imports valued under GBP135 do not have to pay customs duties, but some retailers have argued this gives preferential treatment to firms such as Temu and Shein that make and store products ...
Online marketing firm Smarter Web starts trading on AQSE in London
Smarter Web Co PLC started trading on the Aquis Stock Exchange in London on Friday, having changed its name and raised an additional GBP1 million. The Surrey, England-based provider of web design, web ...
LONDON BROKER RATINGS: HSBC cuts Smith & Nephew to 'hold'
Barclays cuts Smiths Group price target to 2,020 (2,290) pence - 'equal weight' Deutsche Bank Research cuts St James's Place price target to 1,100 (1,200) pence - 'buy' ...
LONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: London called up ahead of US-UK trade talks
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open higher on Friday, ahead of the UK chancellor's meeting in Washington to negotiate a possible US-UK trade deal. IG says futures indicate the FTSE 100 ...
UK retail sales slow in March but exceeds consensus amid good weather
UK retail sales slowed in March but exceeded consensus as good weather drove footfall, a report from the Office for National Statistics showed on Friday. UK retail sales volumes rose by 0.4% in March, ...
London pre-open: Stocks set for 10th day of gains on Fed, trade chatter
(Sharecast News) - UK stocks are expected to rise for the 10th straight session on Friday as an easing of tensions between the US and its trading partners lift investor optimism, along with hopes that ...
UK vehicle production falls 6.3% on-year in first quarter - SMMT
UK car and commercial vehicle manufacturing production declined in the first quarter, ahead of new US tariff announcements, data published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders showed Friday ...