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AIB shares down as profit falls amid lower interest rates
AIB shares were down 3.3% at 588.00 pence each on Friday morning in London, giving it a market capitalisation of EUR14.41 billion. Comments and questions to [email protected] ...
SMALL-CAP WINNERS & LOSERS: Phoenix Spree value up; Cel AI plans move
(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-caps on Friday.
F&C Investment Trust has zero total return in 1st half on dollar fall
The NAV total return was short of the 0.8% of the trust's benchmark, the FTSE all-world index. However, the company's share price total return matched it at 0.8%, as the discount of its share price to ...
LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Taylor Wimpey, Pets At Home, Just Group are cut
While London South East do their best to maintain the high quality of the information displayed on this site, we cannot ...
Melrose Industries ups dividend amid rapid demand growth in defence
(Alliance News) - Melrose Industries PLC on Friday said all of its end markets were growing structurally amid rapidly increasing demand in the defence sector, as it increased its dividend amid a swing ...
London close: Stocks end mixed ahead of key US jobs data
The company now expects to book a full-year underlying operating profit of £3.1bn-3.2bn for 2025, up from previous guidance of £2.7bn-2.9bn, while the free cash flow target has been upped to ...
Spire Healthcare keeps guidance as profit falls despite higher revenue
Despite the revenue rise, pretax profit declined due to GBP13.0 million of adjusting items, largely driven by restructuring costs, Spire Healthcare said. The company proposed no interim dividend, ...
Henderson Smaller Cos cautious after weak year but outlook improves
(Alliance News) - Henderson Smaller Cos Investment Trust PLC on Thursday reported a "disappointing" annual performance but struck an upbeat tone on the outlook for UK smaller firms, pointing to ...
Standard Chartered sets new share buyback after profit beats consensus
(Alliance News) - Standard Chartered PLC on Thursday announced a new USD1.3 billion share buyback as it reported a rise in second quarter earnings amid a strong period for its wealth management ...
Rolls-Royce raises annual guidance as profit multiplies in first half
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC on Thursday raised its outlook for all of 2025, saying a strong first half showed "our multi-year transformation continues to deliver", despite supply chain difficulties and ...
British American Tobacco says on track as US revenue returns to growth
Revenue was GBP12.07 billion, down 2.2% from GBP12.34 billion, but was up 1.8% at constant currency, driven by a return to growth in the US, BAT said. Revenue from New Categories was flat at GBP1.65 ...
LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Deutsche cuts Rio Tinto; Kepler raises Unite
Deutsche Bank Research cuts Rio Tinto to 'hold' (buy) - price target 5,100 (5,300) pence JPMorgan cuts Rio Tinto price target to 5,450 (5,570) pence - 'overweight' Jefferies raises Rio Tinto price ...