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CORRECT: LONDON MARKET CLOSE: BP fuels FTSE but US data tempers gains

The Cboe UK 100 ended up 0.1% at 913.38, the Cboe UK 250 rose 0.2% to 19,267.71, and the Cboe Small Companies closed down 0.1% at 17,322.85. Well received earnings provided a lift in London with index ...

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Kepler cuts Weir; Goldman Sachs raises Lloyds

Jefferies raises British American Tobacco price target to 5,200 (4,800) pence - 'buy' Citigroup raises InterContinental Hotels price target to 7,900 (7,800) pence - 'sell' UBS raises St James's Place ...

BP plans fresh business review as second quarter profit tops forecast

BP reported pretax profit of USD2.88 billion for the second quarter that ended June 30, falling 8.0% from USD3.13 billion in the first quarter, but up 19% from USD2.43 billion the year before. For the ...

EXECUTIVE CHANGES: Convatec CEO on leave; Smith News hires from Zigup

Caledonian Holdings PLC - investment company focused on financial services - Hires Keith Barclay as investment director, joining the board upon completion of due diligence. Most recently, Barclay was ...

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Jefferies lifts BAE Systems; HSBC cuts Shell

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Kosmos Energy swings to loss amid higher costs in first half

The Africa-focused oil & gas firm said it swung to a pretax loss of USD157.8 million in the first half of 2025, from a profit of USD277.1 million a year ago. Revenue fell 21% to USD683.9 million from ...

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: JPMorgan raises Croda; Peel Hunt cuts Ferrexpo

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LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Stocks rocked by tariffs and weak US jobs print

In London, pharmaceutical stocks weighed on the blue-chip FTSE 100 index after Trump demanded that drug companies lower prices for American consumers. GSK fell 1.2% and AstraZeneca dipped 1.8%.

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Taylor Wimpey, Pets At Home, Just Group are cut

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Rolls-Royce raises annual guidance as profit multiplies in first half

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC on Thursday raised its outlook for all of 2025, saying a strong first half showed "our multi-year transformation continues to deliver", despite supply chain difficulties and ...

Ceres Power shares jump as Doosan launches fuel cell mass production

(Alliance News) - Ceres Power Holdings PLC shares surged on Monday as it said South Korean partner Doosan Corp has started mass market production of fuel cell stacks using Ceres's solid oxide ...

Melrose Industries ups dividend amid rapid demand growth in defence

(Alliance News) - Melrose Industries PLC on Friday said all of its end markets were growing structurally amid rapidly increasing demand in the defence sector, as it increased its dividend amid a swing ...