Boris Johnson's thumping general election victory saw a swathe of unloved stocks come charging back, with the Gervais Williams-run Miton UK MicroCap Trust (MINI) among them.Shares in the investment trust reversed more than a year of poor stock price performance to rally 4.7% to 50.9p with investors clearly far more confident that the Prime Minister can get his Brexit deal through Parliament and br

The FTSE 100 advances 26 points to 7,155 on Tuesday, extending yesterday's gains with miners, tobacco stocks, banks and healthcare firms helping to drive up the blue-chip benchmark early on.Online trading platform Plus500 (PLUS) plummets 35.2% lower to £10.06 on a warning 2019 profit is likely to be 'materially lower than current market expectations' due to the revenue impact of tighter UK regula

London's fabulous FTSE 100 firms 12.2 points to 7,678 on Monday, as engineer GKN (GKN) edges ahead 0.1p to 436.1p. The planes-to-car parts giant issues a new salvo against Melrose Industries' (MRO) hostile bid, warning that raising the company's debt ratio could reduce the strength of its covenants and thus increase the cash needed to fund its pension.Diamond producer Petra Diamonds (PDL) crashes

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London's FTSE 100 gains another 28.78 points at 6,707.39 amid thin trading ahead of the festive holidays and a 12.30 Christmas Eve market close. While newsflow is thin on the ground, one large cap casualty is Tullow Oil (TLW), 11.5p cheaper at 836.5p. The global resources giant disappoints with news a well on the Mantra prospect offshore Norway failed to find oil or gas and will now 'be logged bef