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Quarterly sales, profits slide at General Mills
18th Mar 2026 11:11
(Sharecast News) - Lucky Charms-owner General Mills reaffirmed full-year guidance on Wednesday, despite a slide in third-quarter sales and profits amid a "challenging" consumer market.
Read moreLondon midday: FTSE maintains gains as oil creeps higher again; Fed eyed
18th Mar 2026 10:53
(Sharecast News) - London stocks were still in the black by midday on Wednesday, but oil prices were already beginning to creep higher again, as investors continued to eye on developments in the Middle East ahead of the latest policy announcement from the Federal Reserve.
Read moreTencent beats FY estimates as AI capabilities boost sales
18th Mar 2026 09:55
(Sharecast News) - WeChat owner Tencent Holdings reported another double-digit increase in turnover for the end of 2025 as fourth-quarter results topped market expectations.
Read moreBASF to lift selected prices by up to 30% as costs jump
18th Mar 2026 09:15
(Sharecast News) - German chemicals group BASF has revealed that it is increasing prices across its homecare, industrial cleaning and industrial formulators business by up to 30% due to soaring costs.
Read moreRamsdens lifts FY profit outlook, cites surging gold price
18th Mar 2026 09:05
(Sharecast News) - Ramsdens lifted its full-year profit outlook on Wednesday as it benefits from the surge in the gold price.
Read moreAsia report: Stocks rise as Japan exports beat forecasts
18th Mar 2026 09:03
(Sharecast News) - Asia-Pacific markets advanced on Wednesday, with South Korea's Kospi leading regional gains as investors assessed stronger-than-expected Japanese trade data and awaited the Federal Reserve's latest rate decision.
Read moreGreat Portland Estates extends headlease on key project
18th Mar 2026 08:21
(Sharecast News) - Great Portland Estates has secured a new headlease on a major central London project, the FTSE 250 landlord confirmed on Wednesday.
Read moreShepherd Neame reports steady first-half earnings growth
18th Mar 2026 08:18
(Sharecast News) - Shepherd Neame reported steady first-half earnings growth on Wednesday as strong pub trading, particularly in London, offset weaker beer volumes and higher logistics costs.
Read moreBerenberg hikes target price on James Fisher
18th Mar 2026 07:50
(Sharecast News) - Over at Berenberg, analysts hiked their target price on marine engineering services firm James Fisher from 615p to 790p on Wednesday following the group's full-year results a week earlier.
Read moreDiploma boosts full-year guidance on bumper trading
18th Mar 2026 07:32
(Sharecast News) - Blue chip Diploma hiked its full-year guidance on Wednesday, on the back of robust first-half trading
Read moreThursday preview: BoE, ECB and BoJ policy announcements due
18th Mar 2026 07:15
(Sharecast News) - On Thursday, the Bank of England, European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan will make their latest policy announcements.
Read moreLondon close: Stocks rise despite oil price rally as banks gain
17th Mar 2026 16:17
(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 100 pushed higher for the second day on Tuesday, along with European and US markets, despite another rise in oil prices, with gains in the heavyweight banking sector providing a lift.
Read moreSix Flags should be put up for sale, says activist investor
17th Mar 2026 15:44
(Sharecast News) - Investment management firm and activist investor Jana Partners has called for American theme park operator Six Flags Entertainment to be put up for sale, according to a Reuters report on Tuesday.
Read moreImpax Environmental Markets launches exit tender after clash with Saba
17th Mar 2026 15:24
(Sharecast News) - Impax Environmental Markets launched an exit tender offer on Tuesday, that would allow eligible shareholders to sell up to 100% of their holdings for cash, after a previous continuation tender failed because activist investor Saba Capital declined to participate.
Read moreRasberry Pi surges as Hedgeye goes long
17th Mar 2026 14:49
(Sharecast News) - Raspberry Pi shot higher on Tuesday after Hedgeye Risk Asset Management recommended buying shares of the maker of high-performance, low-cost single-board computers (SBCs), and boosted by comments from Nvidia boss Jensen Huang.
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