The consumer goods firm said the portfolio will be sold to Advent International LP in a deal which values it at USD4.8 billion. The Slough, England-based firm will retain a 30% stake in the unit, ...

(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-caps on Friday.

The FTSE 100 index was up just 4.95 points at 8,977.59. The FTSE 250 gained 109.90 points, 0.5%, at 21,876.33, and the AIM All-Share climbed 2.54 points, 0.3%, at 771.47.

For the first six months of 2025, the platinum producer expects basic earnings per share to plunge to between 49 rand cents and 343 cents, from 2,402 cents a year earlier. At the headline level, EPS ...

IG says futures indicate the FTSE 100 to open 28.1 points higher, 0.3%, at 9,000.74 on Friday. The index of London large-caps closed up 46.09 points, 0.5%, at 8,972.64 on Thursday.

(Sharecast News) - London stocks rose in early trade on Friday, taking their cue from a positive close on Wall Street, where the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit new highs. At 0825 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.2% ...

Comparable store sales fell 1%, easing from the 6% fall suffered in the fourth quarter of the prior financial year. Bloomberg reported that for the quarter just ended, a 3.7% drop was expected by ...

(Alliance News) - GSK PLC on Thursday said the prefilled syringe version of its vaccine Shingrix has been approved for use in the US for the prevention of shingles.

(Alliance News) - Donald Trump has backed oil and gas over "detrimental" wind power projects as he said he will meet Keir Starmer for talks in the European "oil capital" of Aberdeen. The US president ...

Notably, Ireland's trade surplus with the US rose 3.9% to EUR8.86 billion in May from EUR8.53 billion in April. Ireland's trade surplus with the rest of the EU meanwhile jumped 18% to EUR3.50 billion ...

The share offer comes as AFC says its pretax loss widens to GBP11.6 million in the six months that ended April 30 from GBP8.3 million a year before. Revenue from customer contracts remains ...

SSE also detailed plans for a new power station in County Meath, Ireland. The Platin project is a collaboration with Siemens Energy, a subsidiary of German technology firm Siemens AG, and the Atlantic ...