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Broker tips: Close Brothers, Atalaya Mining
20th Mar 2026 12:59
(Sharecast News) - Shore Capital upgraded Close Brothers on Friday to 'buy' from 'hold' as it said a recent selloff on the back of a research note by Viceroy was overdone.
Read moreEcolab moves into AI data centre cooling with $4.75bn CoolIT deal
20th Mar 2026 12:57
(Sharecast News) - Ecolab on Friday said it was buying CoolIT Systems for $4.75bn as it looks to cash in on the boom in artificial intelligence data centres.
Read moreSupermicro co-founder charged with smuggling tech to China, shares plunge
20th Mar 2026 12:53
(Sharecast News) - Shares in server maker Super Micro Computer plunged on Friday after its co-founder was arrested for allegedly violating US export controls.
Read moreNovartis snaps up Synnovation's breast-cancer treatment for up to $3bn
20th Mar 2026 12:21
(Sharecast News) - Swiss pharma giant Novartis is to pay up to $3bn to Synnovation Therapeutics to acquire a promising breast-cancer treatment that has shown to reduce the unwanted side effects of available medicines.
Read moreFedEx reports strong earnings, raises full-year outlook
20th Mar 2026 12:21
(Sharecast News) - FedEx reported stronger-than-expected third-quarter results and raised its full-year outlook on Friday, signalling resilience in global shipping demand despite geopolitical tensions and rising energy costs.
Read moreGuardian Metal Resources prices upsized $60m US public offering
20th Mar 2026 12:04
(Sharecast News) - Guardian Metal Resources priced an upsized initial public offering in the United States on Friday, raising about $60m as it looked to expand its investor base and fund development of its tungsten assets in Nevada.
Read moreIT failure leaves Hargreaves Lansdown clients locked out of accounts
20th Mar 2026 11:51
(Sharecast News) - Hargreaves Lansdown has been hit by an IT failure, leaving clients locked out of their accounts, it was confirmed on Friday.
Read moreEurope midday: Shares trim gains as Iran war worries persist; Bechtle slumps
20th Mar 2026 11:34
(Sharecast News) - European shares trimmed morning gains on Friday but were still set for their third weekly decline in a row as the US-Israel war on Iran escalated across the Gulf, sending oil and gas prices higher and increasing the prospect of interest rate hikes across the globe.
Read moreSmiths posts 'solid' first-half results but outlook disappoints
20th Mar 2026 11:04
(Sharecast News) - Shares in Smiths Group fell sharply on Friday despite a "solid" first-half performance, after the outlook underwhelmed.
Read moreLondon midday: FTSE pares gains as oil creeps up; Wetherspoons slide
20th Mar 2026 10:57
(Sharecast News) - London stocks had pared earlier gains by midday on Friday as oil prices crept higher, having fallen after Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said the war with Iran could end sooner than people think.
Read moreShore Capital upgrades Close Brothers to 'buy' after Viceroy-fuelled selloff
20th Mar 2026 10:50
(Sharecast News) - Shore Capital upgraded Close Brothers on Friday to 'buy' from 'hold' as it said the selloff on the back of a research note by Viceroy was overdone.
Read moreUK manufacturing output volumes fall in Q1, but outlook stabilises
20th Mar 2026 10:48
(Sharecast News) - Manufacturing output across the UK is expected to stabilise over the coming three months, according to a survey out on Friday by the Confederation of British Industries, following a fall in activity over the first quarter.
Read moreAsia report: Stocks fall across region on oil price concerns
20th Mar 2026 10:18
(Sharecast News) - Asia-Pacific markets mostly declined on Friday, tracking volatile trading on Wall Street overnight, as escalating tensions in the Middle East and disruptions to energy supply continued to weigh on investor sentiment.
Read moreUS pre-open: Futures slip as crude turns higher again
20th Mar 2026 10:05
(Sharecast News) - Wall Street futures were in the red ahead of the bell on Friday as oil prices resumed their upward march after a brief pullback.
Read moreSpire Healthcare surges on report of £1bn Bridgepoint offer
20th Mar 2026 09:27
(Sharecast News) - Spire Healthcare shot higher on Friday following a report that private equity firm Bridgepoint is drawing up proposals for a formal offer worth £1bn for the private hospitals operator.
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