Thursday, 29 October 2026
- Krakatoa Resources advances Zopkhito toward maiden JORC resource after high-grade antimony-gold results
Krakatoa Resources Ltd (ASX:KTA) has strengthened the case for its Zopkhito Antimony-Gold Project in Georgia after a September quarter marked by high-grade…
- Amazon shares fall as weaker Q4 outlook offsets 39% AWS growth
Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) shares fell around 6% on Thursday evening after the e-commerce and cloud computing giant issued fourth-quarter guidance that fell…
- Intel shares plunge 16% as weak fourth-quarter forecast overshadows earnings beat
Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC, XETRA:INL) shares plunged 16% on Thursday evening after the chipmaker issued a weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter outlook…
- HubSpot faces narrower growth beat and possible guidance cut, BofA says
HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS), the customer relationship management platform, is likely to deliver a smaller-than-usual beat against its third-quarter constant currency…
- Sigma Lithium bets on lower costs and Brazil’s industrial future
Sigma Lithium Corp (TSX-V:SGML, NASDAQ:SGML, ASX:SAU) wants to be more than a low-cost lithium oxide concentrate producer.
- Unilever’s strong volume growth fails to convince UBS as margin pressures mount
UBS has maintained a 'sell' rating on Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR), the consumer goods group, with a 4,390p price target as emerging market volume growth faces…
- Persimmon and MJ Gleeson stand to gain from new government housing scheme, says Panmure Liberum
Persimmon PLC (LSE:PSN) and MJ Gleeson (LSE:GLE) are among the housebuilders best positioned to benefit from the Government’s Your First Home scheme, which…
- Rank Group faces broker forecast cuts as machine duty rises
Rank Group PLC (LSE:RNK) faces earnings forecast cuts from Shore Capital and Peel Hunt after a rise in Machine Games Duty, although both brokers remain…
- UK banks face up to 4% profit hit from Budget tax rise, RBC warns
UK banks could face a hit of up to 4% to profitability in financial year 2027 from the government’s decision to double the Banking Surcharge, RBC Capital…
- Shell lifts buyback to $5 billion as Jefferies weighs payouts
Shell PLC (LSE:SHEL, NYSE:SHEL) beat third-quarter earnings forecasts and increased its buyback to $5 billion, while Jefferies retained its 'buy' rating and…
- Vodafone shares face downside after 35% squeeze, warns JPMorgan
JPMorgan has warned that Vodafone Group PLC (LSE:VOD), the UK-listed telecommunications group, faces downside risks after a 35% short squeeze drove its shares…
- Whitbread: Peel Hunt sees earnings upgrade from business rates relief, while Panmure Liberum stays at buy
Whitbread PLC (LSE:WTB) looks set for an earnings upgrade at Peel Hunt after the Budget's business rates relief, while Panmure Liberum has kept its 'buy'…
- Blue Star Capital jumps 23% as payments client and €900,000 tax credits boost SatoshiPay outlook
Blue Star Capital PLC (AIM:BLU), the technology investment company, rose 23% to 4.3p after announcing a new international payments client for investee…
- Zinc Media Group drops 20% as it seeks at least £2 million
Zinc Media Group PLC (AIM:ZIN) shares dropped 20% to 35.00p as the television and content producer outlined plans to sell new shares at a 31% discount.
- WPP shares rise as media arm returns to growth
Shares in marketing group WPP PLC (LSE:WPP) rose after its media business returned to growth and the company maintained its financial outlook.
- Vanquis shares plunge 34% as credit losses trigger profit downgrade
Vanquis Banking Group PLC (LSE:VANQ) shares plunged 34% to 48.05p after the specialist lender warned that worsening credit performance had forced it to slash…
- St James’s Place shares fall 5% as Panmure Liberum flags net inflow miss
St James's Place PLC (LSE:STJ) shares fell around 5% to 1051p on Thursday after third-quarter net inflows missed expectations, although Panmure Liberum…
- MARKETS LIVE: FTSE 100 strengthens despite healthcare and banking sell-off Update
The FTSE 100 extended its opening gain to 52 points, or 0.5%, reaching 10,746, while the FTSE 250 remained broadly flat at 24,651.
- Haleon shares plunge 14% after £500 million buyback launch - UPDATE Update
Haleon PLC (LSE:HLN, NYSE:HLN) shares fell as much as 14% on Thursday, touching an intraday low of 321p, despite the consumer healthcare group launching a £500…
- Lloyds shares fall 6% as Jefferies flags third-quarter misses
Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LSE:LLOY) shares fell as much as 6% to 97.44p on Thursday after Jefferies highlighted a series of small misses in the bank’s…
- MARKETS LIVE: Defence and energy shares lead London higher at open Update
The FTSE 100 rose 36 points, or 0.3%, to 10,731 as investors continued to assess the UK Budget and overnight Federal Reserve decision.
- ACG Metals says it expects full production from Gediktepe in Q1 2027
ACG Metals Ltd (LSE:ACG, OTC:ACGAF) told investors it expects full commercial sulphide production at Gediktepe in the first quarter of 2027, after expanding…
- Whitbread sees up to £60 million business rates benefit after UK Budget changes
Whitbread PLC (LSE:WTB) said changes to business rates announced in the UK Budget could reduce its annual costs by as much as £60 million by 2029.
- Talon Resources highlights "terrific" first results at Eagle Lake project
Talon Resources PLC (LSE:TAR, FRA:U09) has intersected high-grade gold at the highest-ranked machine-learning target at its Eagle Lake project in Ontario, with…
- Tertiary Minerals to start drilling deeper at Mushima North next week
Tertiary Minerals PLC (AIM:TYM, OTC:TTIRF, FRA:TMU) has announced that it expects to begin deeper drilling at its Mushima North project in Zambia early next…
- Lloyds nine-month profit jumps 42% to £6.6bn as motor finance charge falls away
Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LSE:LLOY), the UK high street lender, reported a 42% rise in statutory pre-tax profit to £6.6 billion for the first nine months of…
- Shell lifts payouts with $5bn buyback as record refining margins push third-quarter earnings to $10.8bn
Shell PLC (LSE:SHEL, NYSE:SHEL), the London-listed oil and gas group, reported third-quarter adjusted earnings of $10.8 billion and announced a $5 billion…
- Haleon launches £500 million share buyback programme
Haleon PLC (LSE:HLN, NYSE:HLN) has launched a £500 million share buyback programme as the consumer healthcare group moves to return capital to shareholders and…
- Glencore copper output rises 12% as 2026 guidance holds firm
Glencore PLC (LSE:GLEN, ASX:GLC) reported a strong third-quarter production performance, with like-for-like copper output up 12% year-to-date and full-year…
- IXICO research challenges assumption that cutting scanner variability always improves Huntington's tracking
IXICO PLC (LSE:IXI, OTC:PHYOF, FRA:PYPB), the brain imaging analytics company, has presented research suggesting that reducing differences between MRI scanners…
- Quantum Blockchain Technologies says all three Bitcoin mining methods are live
Quantum Blockchain Technologies PLC (AIM:QBT, FRA:BYA1) told investors that all three of its Bitcoin mining technologies are now mining live through mining…
- MARKETS LIVE: FTSE 100 set to rise following UK Budget and Fed decision
London stocks are expected to open higher after markets absorbed the UK Budget and the US Federal Reserve’s decision to leave interest rates unchanged.