"The lack of escalation in the trade war over the past week and dovish Federal Reserve (Fed) expectations certainly explain a major part of the recent gains," Swissquote's Ipek Ozkardeskaya commented.

IG says futures indicate the FTSE 100 to open up 52.6 points, 0.6%, on Friday. The index of London large-caps closed marginally higher at 8,496.80 on Thursday. Sterling was quoted at USD1.3318 early ...

Standard Chartered's CET1 ratio was 13.8% at the end of March, down from 14.2% at year-end, mainly due to the USD1.5 billion share buyback announced in February. The bank said it remains ...

(Alliance News) - Nigel Farage's Reform UK has secured victory by six votes over Labour in Runcorn & Helsby as Keir Starmer failed his first by-election test as UK prime minister. The narrow victory ...

Digital revenue, however, increases 1.6%, "supported by growing audience numbers and increased trading activity". Company adds that it has started the year in line with its expectations, and remains ...

Mkango Resources Ltd - Malawi-focused producer of recycled rare earth magnets, alloys, and oxides - Pretax loss narrows to USD564,521 in 2024 from USD4.2 million in 2023, as total expenses are reduced ...

(Alliance News) - Trakm8 Holdings PLC on Thursday announced it has agreed the terms of a takeover by Brillian UK Ltd. In response, shares in Trakm8 closed more than three times higher at 9.00 pence ...

The FTSE 100 index closed up just 1.95 points at 8,496.80. The FTSE 250 advanced 250.38 points, 1.3%, at 20,134.97, and and the AIM All-Share gained 9.26 points, 1.3%, at 699.98.

Science Group also criticised Ricardo for focusing more on attacking it, the shareholder, than on articulating a clear future strategy. The company is now calling for structural reform and has ...

The Dublin-based investor in euro-denominated renewable energy infrastructure assets said under the terms of the deal, Keppel DC REIT will buy all electricity generated from Greencoat's Ballincollig ...

(Alliance News) - Mears Group PLC on Thursday said it has received a pre-award notification from Milton Keynes City Council for a new housing repairs and maintenance works and services contract.

(Alliance News) - SigmaRoc PLC on Thursday reported double-digit growth in revenue and earnings for the first quarter of 2025, with the European lime and minerals group reaffirming its full-year ...