Shares rally after months of lossesSales advance despite concerns over USFull-year profit forecast maintainedInvestors in specialist retailer JD Sports Fashion (JD.) breathed a large sigh after the firm reported an improvement in sales in recent weeks and reiterated its full-year earnings guidance.Having lost close to a third of their value since topping 180p in February, the shares surged 7% to 1

Second quarter earnings ahead of Wall Street estimatesBarbie biggest grossing film of the year in USFull year guidance reiteratedThe Barbie movie may have smashed North American box office records but there is less love for shares in its image rights owner Mattel (MAT:NYSE). While the film grossed an estimated $162 million on its debut weekend, Mattel shares dropped 2% in extended trading in Wedne

Investment trusts differ from other types of fund as they can trade at a discount or premium to the value of their underlying assets. This can present interesting opportunities, particularly when trusts are trading at larger than usual discounts to net asset value (NAV).To offer insights into some of the trends in this area Shares is going to start regularly tracking movements in trust share price

Shares in global consulting firm RPS (RPS) slid more than 15% to 145p after it revealed a significant drop in 2019 profits and said at best it expected a 'stable' result from its various divisions this year.The firm was impacted last year by a drop in revenues and earnings in its Australia Asia Pacific business and its UK and Netherlands Service business. In addition it suffered the loss of key st