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IAG H1 earnings surge amid 'robust' travel demand
1st Aug 2025 07:09
(Sharecast News) - British Airways owner International Consolidated Airlines Group posted a strong set of H1 results on Friday, with "robust" travel demand and operational improvements boosting profitability.
Read moreIMI sticks with guidance as trading momentum picks up in H2
1st Aug 2025 07:05
(Sharecast News) - IMI has reiterated its full-year guidance after a broadly stable first half, with the engineering business hailing "strong momentum" heading into the second half.
Read morePearson sees stronger H2 as earnings rise
1st Aug 2025 07:03
(Sharecast News) - Educational publisher Pearson said it was on track to meet full year forecasts with strong second-half growth as it reported a 2% rise in adjusted half-year operating profit and sales.
Read moreUS close: Stocks erase gains amid data, earnings barrage
31st Jul 2025 22:05
(Sharecast News) - US stocks finished mostly lower on Thursday as yet more tariff uncertainty weighed on risk appetite, while investors digested another flurry of economic data and corporate earnings.
Read moreLondon close: Stocks end mixed ahead of key US jobs data
31st Jul 2025 20:20
(Sharecast News) - London stocks finished on a mixed note on Thursday, despite well-received results from the likes of Rolls-Royce, Rentokil and Shell.
Read moreCMA calls for probe of Microsoft and Amazon's dominance of cloud services market
31st Jul 2025 15:25
(Sharecast News) - Competition authorities in the UK launched a probe on Thursday into possible 'market dominance' in cloud services aimed at US technology giants Amazon and Microsoft.
Read moreFriday preview: US non-farm payrolls, Trade talk deadline, Amazon and Apple in focus
31st Jul 2025 15:11
(Sharecast News) - The market spotlight at the end of the week will be squarely on the US jobs market.
Read moreMastercard reports strong Q2 as cross-border volumes lift earnings
31st Jul 2025 14:51
(Sharecast News) - Mastercard delivered a solid set of Q2 results on Thursday, with growth across key metrics driven by resilient consumer spending and continued strength in cross-border transactions.
Read moreBroker tips: Rio Tinto, RHI Magnesita, Bodycote
31st Jul 2025 14:40
(Sharecast News) - Deutsche Bank downgraded Rio Tinto on Friday to 'hold' from 'buy' and cut its price target on the stock to 5,100p from 5,300p following its H1 results a day earlier and the recent iron ore-led rebound in the shares.
Read moreDirector dealings: Inchcape non-executive director snaps up shares
31st Jul 2025 14:39
(Sharecast News) - Inchcape revealed on Thursday that non-executive director Byron Grote had acquired 5,000 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed automotive distributor.
Read moreChicago PMI picks up in July
31st Jul 2025 14:21
(Sharecast News) - Economic activity in the Chicago area picked up in July, according to data released on Thursday.
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Rolls-Royce surges on guidance upgrade; Mondi slides
31st Jul 2025 14:19
(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 100 was up 0.3% at 9,163.49 in afternoon trade on Thursday amid a barrage of earnings news.
Read moreKlarna preparing to revive NY public listing - report
31st Jul 2025 14:16
(Sharecast News) - Buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Klarna is reportedly preparing to revive a public listing in New York this autumn, months after being forced to abort a previous attempt amid tariff-induced market turmoil.
Read moreUS inflation ticks up in June, consumer spending holds steady
31st Jul 2025 13:43
(Sharecast News) - US inflation showed renewed momentum in June, with the Bureau of Economic Analysis reporting a 0.3% monthly increase in its personal consumption expenditures price index, the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure.
Read moreUS open: Stocks higher despite slightly hotter than expected PCE reading
31st Jul 2025 13:40
(Sharecast News) - Major indices were in the green early on Thursday as traders digested news that US inflation registered its biggest rise in four months and that the Federal Reserve had voted to keep its benchmark overnight interest rates unchanged.
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