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US close: Stocks still weaker on AI bubble fears
16th Nov 2025 23:28
(Sharecast News) - US stock markets extended their decline on Friday after the previous session's steep selloff, as fading expectations for a December Federal Reserve rate cut and persistent concerns over an AI bubble kept investors on the defensive.
Read moreSunday newspaper round-up: UK asylum, Mexican protest, BBC, WPP, Angela Rayner, HSBC, Marjorie Taylor Greene
16th Nov 2025 06:40
(Sharecast News) - Home secretary Shabana Mahmood was expected to unveil a series of changes to the UK's asylum system on Monday, aimed at addressing growing public concern over immigration levels, according to The Guardian.
Read moreEurope close: Stocks finish lower amid global tech rout
14th Nov 2025 17:40
(Sharecast News) - European equities fell sharply on Friday as a tech-led selloff on Wall Street, renewed questions over artificial intelligence valuations and a lack of data caused by the US government shutdown dampened expectations for a December interest rate cut.
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Land Securities, banks in the red
14th Nov 2025 15:39
(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 100 was down 1.2% at 9,686.79 in afternoon trade on Friday.
Read moreMerck to buy Cidara Therapeutics in $9.2bn deal, shares rocket
14th Nov 2025 15:38
(Sharecast News) - Shares in Cidara Therapeutics rocketed on Friday after the biotechnology firm agreed to be taken over by Merck in $9.2bn deal.
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: PPHE Hotels surges; Miners slide
14th Nov 2025 15:04
(Sharecast News) - FTSE 250 (MCX) 21,754.17 -1.10%
Read moreLloyds strikes £120m deal to buy digital wallet provider Curve - report
14th Nov 2025 14:30
(Sharecast News) - Lloyds Banking Group has reportedly struck a £120m deal to buy digital wallet provider Curve despite recriminations from shareholders about the distribution of the sale proceeds.
Read moreSteppe Cement proposes $4.35m capital reduction
14th Nov 2025 14:26
(Sharecast News) - Steppe Cement proposed a capital repayment of about 1.5p per share via a reduction of capital on Friday, calling an extraordinary general meeting for 5 December to seek shareholder approval.
Read moreOriole raises £1.8m to help fund work in Cameroon
14th Nov 2025 14:07
(Sharecast News) - Oriole Resources announced on Friday that it has raised £1.8m before expenses in a placing to fund exploration and technical work at its gold projects in Cameroon, as it planned a further retail offer of up to £0.2m.
Read moreLongstanding Walmart CEO Doug McMillon to retire in January
14th Nov 2025 14:05
(Sharecast News) - Walmart shares dipped on Friday as it announced that chief executive Doug McMillon will retire at the end of January after more than a decade in the job.
Read moreGalantas Gold agrees acquisition of RDL Mining, plans placing
14th Nov 2025 14:03
(Sharecast News) - Galantas Gold announced on Friday that it has agreed to acquire RDL Mining Corporation in an all-share deal that would give it the option to take full ownership of the Indiana gold-copper project in Chile, while simultaneously launching a brokered private placing to raise up to $7m to fund exploration and option payments.
Read moreAptamer grows order book with two new pharma contracts
14th Nov 2025 13:58
(Sharecast News) - Aptamer Group said on Friday that two new pharmaceutical contracts worth £0.19m had lifted its binding 2026 order book to £1.95m, marking continued commercial momentum and strengthening validation of its Optimer synthetic-binder platform among major global drugmakers.
Read moreGoldplat reports strong start to financial year
14th Nov 2025 13:55
(Sharecast News) - Goldplat reported a strong start to its financial year on Friday, posting higher operating profit in the first quarter ended 30 September and declaring an interim dividend, as improved material supply and a higher gold price lifted performance across its recovery operations in South Africa and Ghana.
Read moreDirector dealings: 3i execs buy the dip, AstraZeneca CFO offloads shares
14th Nov 2025 13:53
(Sharecast News) - London-listed companies 3i Group and AstraZeneca disclosed fresh director dealings on Wednesday, with senior executives at the private equity group adding to their holdings while AstraZeneca's finance chief sold American Depositary Shares.
Read moreMetals Exploration revises guidance down after typhoon disruption
14th Nov 2025 13:48
(Sharecast News) - Metals Exploration said on Friday that operations at its Runruno gold mine in the Philippines had been temporarily disrupted after Super-typhoon Uwan struck the region, forcing a pause in processing work and prompting the company to cut its annual production guidance.
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