Shares in London were lower at midday on Wednesday as US tariff jitters resurfaced, adding to nervousness caused by surging bond yields. The FTSE 100 index was down 27.54 points, 0.3%, at 8,217.74. The FTSE 250 was down 264.16 points, 1.3%, at 20,086.21, and the AIM All-Share was down 4.22 points, 0.6%, at 721.06. The Cboe UK 100 was down 0.4% at 822.92, the Cboe UK 250 was 1.5% lower at 17,494...

Topps Tiles' (TPT) shares rallied 8% to 40.2p after the tile specialist reported a return to sales growth for the first quarter ended 28 December 2024, buoyed by improved trading in the run-up to Christmas. The kitchen tiles-to-laminate flooring firm also announced that CEO Rob Parker plans to retire after 18 years with the company towards the end of 2025, and that the search for his successor...

Online sports betting and iGaming group Flutter Entertainment (FLTR) said a run of customer friendly results in the NFL (National Football League) during November and December will impact full year US profit by around a third. The shares fell 3% after hours in the US while the UK shares dropped 2.6% to £199.90 today (8 Jan). The fall had a knock-on effect on Ladbrokes and Coral owner Entain (E...

The FTSE 100 made a tepid-at-best start to trading on Wednesday, with Shell declining after it forecast a weaker fourth-quarter output performance for its Integrated Gas unit. The FTSE 100 index opened down just 0.69 of a point at 8,244.59. The FTSE 250 was down 24.85 points, 0.1%, at 20,325.52, and the AIM All-Share was up just 0.18 of a point at 725.46. The Cboe UK 100 was down 0.1% at 825.45...

Stocks in London were in the red at Tuesday midday, while the CAC 40 in Paris and the DAX 40 in Frankfurt were in the green, ahead of US trade balance data. The FTSE 100 index was down 23.05 points, 0.3%, at 8,226.61. The FTSE 250 was down 98.05 points, 0.5%, at 20,514.60, and the AIM All-Share was down 0.88 points, 0.1%, at 728.07. The Cboe UK 100 was down 0.3% at 824.19, the Cboe UK 250 was d...

First out of the blocks with its Christmas trading statement, fashion and homewares colossus Next (NXT) raised full-year profit guidance yet again following better-than-expected festive trading with online sales growth accelerating in the fourth quarter. Shares in the FTSE 100 retailer ticked up 3% to £98.40 on the news, although gains were capped as guidance for the year to January 2026 came...

GSK (GSK) announced that the US FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has granted Breakthrough Designation to its experimental antibody drug conjugate candidate GSK'227 for treating a rare kind of bone cancer. Breakthrough Designation Therapy is aimed at advancing the development and review of drugs which have the potential to treat a serious condition and where preliminary evidence suggests a 'su...

It may not look like it from their share prices today, but if the latest supermarket sales figures are anything to go by both Sainsbury's (SBRY) and Tesco (TSCO) had a bumper Christmas. Sainsbury's, which is due to post a trading statement this Friday (10 January), saw its shares dip 4p or 1.5% to 273p, while shares in Tesco, which reports this Thursday, edged 4.7p or 1.3% lower at 368p. LET TH...

London stocks opened in the red on Tuesday morning, but FTSE 100-listed retailer Next achieved a gain as it upped its guidance following a healthy Christmas trading period. The FTSE 100 index opened down 23.47 points, 0.3%, at 8,226.19. The FTSE 250 was down 79.56 points, 0.4%, at 20,533.09, and the AIM All-Share was down 1.37 points, 0.2%, at 727.22. The Cboe UK 100 was down 0.3% at 824.16, th...

UK indices closed Monday in the green amid Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tendering his resignation and reports of a possible watering down of Trump's tariff agenda. The FTSE 100 index ended up 25.68 points, 0.3%, at 8,249.66. The FTSE 250 climbed 21.25 points, 0.1%, at 20,612.65. The AIM All-Share rose 3.55 points, 0.5%, at 728.95. The Cboe UK 100 closed up 0.2% at 826.32, the Cboe UK...

A PCA (person closely associated) with Shravin Mittal, non-executive director at Airtel Africa (AAF) - a subsidiary of Indian telecoms giant Bharti Airtel - bought 15 million shares in the communications company at 105p for a total value of £15.75 million on 2 January. Airtel is majority-owned by Bharti Airtel, an Indian multinational firm and subsidiary of Bharti Global, the investment arm of...

London's blue chip index was up milder than its peers in Paris and Frankfurt at Monday midday, as UK service sector growth for December was softer than anticipated. As well as Monday's composite and services PMI readings, the first full trading week of 2025 has various jobs data releases from the US culminating in Friday's nonfarm payrolls. More than half of UK companies plan to raise prices by...

Investors in a selection of alcohol stocks are nursing portfolio hangovers following the US surgeon-general's call (3 January) for more prominent warning labels on alcoholic drinks to raise awareness of their link to cancer. Alcohol stocks sank on both sides of the Atlantic on 3 January, among them Jack Daniel's distiller Brown-Forman (BF.B:NYSE), the world's second largest wine and spirits mak...