In economic news, UK inflation accelerated in July, driven by a sharp rise in transport costs, with airfares the main contributor. Consumer prices rose 3.8% year-on-year, up from 3.6% in June and ...

Despite the fading rate cut hopes, the pound eased to USD1.3468 late on Wednesday afternoon in London, compared to USD1.3503 at the equities close on Tuesday. The euro edged down to USD1.1661, lower ...

Ithaca declared a 10.1 US cents first interim dividend per share, representing a return to shareholders of USD167 million. The company confirmed its 2025 dividend target of USD500 million. It said it ...

(Sharecast News) - London stocks had popped into the black by midday on Wednesday as a higher-than-expected UK inflation reading tempered market expectations of another rate cut this year. The FTSE ...

Lion Finance declared a total interim dividend of GEL5.10 per share, as it said it decided to move to a quarterly distribution schedule. Further, it announced a GEL98.0 million extension to its share ...

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened lower on Wednesday, following hotter-than-expected consumer inflation data which supported expectations that Bank of England will not cut rates in ...

Dividends per share in the first half of 2025 were 6.75p, up 35% from 5.00p a year prior. Temple Bar said its performance was helped "large rises" in banks Johnson Matthey PLC, Barclays PLC, NatWest ...

The pound was quoted at USD1.3497 at midday on Wednesday in London, slightly lower compared to USD1.3503 at the equities close on Tuesday. The euro stood at USD1.1657, down from USD1.1669. Against the ...

(Alliance News) - Henry Boot PLC on Wednesday said it has secured outline planning permission for 2,470 homes across two sites in Staffordshire and Hampshire.

He comments: "Whilst we remain mindful of the near term macro-economic and geopolitical environment and the potential consequences of government spend phasing decisions, the improvements in market ...

In Asia on Wednesday, the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo was down 1.5%. In China, the Shanghai Composite was up 0.4%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was down 0.5%. The S&P/ASX 200 in Sydney closed ...

The natural gas and light oil assets company with operations in Mississippi said petroleum and natural gas sales rose 2.6% to USD4.0 million in the second quarter of 2025, from USD3.9 million a year ...