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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Trade talks, Rachel Reeves, Google, OpenAI
29th Oct 2025 07:24
(Sharecast News) - Donald Trump landed in South Korea on Wednesday to meet President Lee Jae Myung, with deadlocked talks over a $350bn trade deal between the two countries threatening to cast a shadow over the event. After arriving on a flight from Tokyo, where he signed a rare earths deal with Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, the US president addressed a summit of CEOs ahead of a meeting with Lee in the town of Gyeongju, a historical city playing host to the annual Apec summit. - Guardian
Read moreGSK posts better-than-expected Q3, upgrades guidance
29th Oct 2025 07:20
(Sharecast News) - GSK raised its full-year guidance on Wednesday, after delivering stronger-than-expected third-quarter results, driven by robust growth in specialty medicines and steady contributions from its vaccines and general medicines divisions.
Read moreLondon close: FTSE hits fresh high as Next, GSK jump on results; Fed eyed
29th Oct 2025 07:19
(Sharecast News) - London stocks hit a fresh closing high on Wednesday for the second day in a row, with Next and GSK rallying on the back of results, as investors awaited the latest policy announcement from the US Federal Reserve.
Read moreNext Q3 full price sales beat guidance, raises FY outlook
29th Oct 2025 07:09
(Sharecast News) - Retailer Next raised its full-year sales and pre-tax profit guidance on Wednesday as it revealed full price sales had risen 10.5% year-on-year in the thirteen weeks ended 25 October, ahead of guidance for a more modest 4.5% increase.
Read moreAston Martin losses widen as US tariffs hit demand
29th Oct 2025 07:04
(Sharecast News) - Luxury car maker Aston Martin Lagonda posted a third-quarter loss of £112m on the back of lower-than-expected wholesale volumes as a result of US tariffs.
Read moreUS close: Stocks extend gains ahead of Powell speech, tech earnings
28th Oct 2025 21:48
(Sharecast News) - Major indices closed higher on Tuesday as market participants digested more solid quarterly earnings reports.
Read moreUBS upgrades Spirax to 'buy', hikes price target
28th Oct 2025 15:30
(Sharecast News) - UBS upgraded Spirax on Tuesday to 'buy' from 'neutral' and hiked the price target to 10,500p from 7,500p.
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Bodycote, Vistry slide
28th Oct 2025 15:21
(Sharecast News) - FTSE 250 (MCX) 22,482.24 -0.13%
Read moreGunsynd unveils high-grade historical results from Bear Twit
28th Oct 2025 14:43
(Sharecast News) - Gunsynd said in an update on Tuesday that historical exploration data had revealed a new high-grade silver, zinc and lead target at its Bear Twit Project in Canada's Northwest Territories, with assays returning grades of up to 651 grams of silver per tonne, 54.32% zinc and 58.12% lead.
Read more80 Mile inks three deals, moves to full ownership of Ferrandina
28th Oct 2025 14:40
(Sharecast News) - 80 Mile announced three new memoranda of understanding with major energy companies on Tuesday, and a move to full ownership of its Ferrandina biofuels facility in southern Italy, in a bid to strengthen the site's commercial outlook and supply chain for sustainable fuels.
Read moreBroker tips: NatWest, Centrica
28th Oct 2025 14:31
(Sharecast News) - Citi downgraded British Gas owner Centrica on Tuesday to 'neutral' from 'buy', citing "sound" fundamentals but limited absolute upside.
Read moreDirector dealings: Checkit CEO raises stake
28th Oct 2025 14:30
(Sharecast News) - Checkit revealed on Tuesday that chief executive Kit Kyte had acquired 309,116 ordinary shares in the AIM-listed utomated monitoring platform operator.
Read moreBT mulls launch of low-cost mobile service - report
28th Oct 2025 14:24
(Sharecast News) - BT is reportedly mulling the launch of new a low-cost mobile brand, as it looks to compete with new rivals in the market including the fintech companies Revolut and Monzo.
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Airtel jumps after results; BT in the red
28th Oct 2025 14:22
(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 100 was up 0.5% at 9,702.71 in afternoon trade on Tuesday.
Read moreEurope close: Stocks take a breather ahead of Fed decision
28th Oct 2025 14:21
(Sharecast News) - European stocks retreated on Tuesday as investors paused to assess risks ahead of the US Federal Reserve's policy decision later this week.
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