"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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Alliance News) - AIB Group PLC on Thursday forecast a return on tangible equity surpassing its medium-term target, following the first quarter's "strong financial performance".

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.

M&S first reported issues over the Easter weekend, when it stopped taking click-and-collect orders and saw contactless payments impacted by the "cyber incident". It has since restarted contactless ...

(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) - Aterian PLC on Thursday said its loss widened during 2024 as a result of higher expenses, and announced it has raised nearly GBP500,000 through new strategic funding. The ...