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BP sticks to bumper cash return plans

“BP’s first-quarter profits are down year-on-year and lower than expected thanks in the main to lower gas prices and temporary problems at a refinery...

Wed, 08/05/2024 - 11:46

IG Design’s full-year update paints a brighter picture

“Investors could have been forgiven for fearing the worst after last December’s profit warning and layoffs at Etsy, where the American firm blamed a weak...

Wed, 01/05/2024 - 18:32

AB Foods serves up strong first-half results

“The FTSE 100’s advance to new all-time highs (despite what feels like incessantly bearish commentary on companies looking to leave the UK or list elsewhere)...

Wed, 24/04/2024 - 10:37

ASOS looks to better times ahead

“Fast-fashion retailer ASOS is sticking to its full-year guidance for sales growth, its preferred profit measure and cash flow, so the shares are rising...

Thu, 18/04/2024 - 12:13

Is it time to start surfing the silver price?

“Cocoa’s meteoric rise may be dominating the attentions of commodity traders, as will renewed gains in copper, oil and gold, but silver may also start...

Thu, 11/04/2024 - 15:01

How to choose a gold mining stock

“Gold is not everyone’s idea of a suitable portfolio investment – former Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown once dismissed it as...

Wed, 03/04/2024 - 10:06

Bellway fails to banish investors’ housing market blues

“The bad news is that Bellway’s completions, revenues, profits and dividend are all down sharply in the first half of its financial year, and...

Tue, 26/03/2024 - 16:05

Close Brothers beefs up its balance sheet ahead of its brush with the regulator

“The acquisition of Novitas in 2017 has haunted Close Brothers ever since and the merchant bank now has another spectre at its shoulder, namely...

Wed, 20/03/2024 - 16:30

Persimmon shares fail to perk up despite absence of further bad news

“Persimmon’s full-year results for 2023 offer no additional bad news and the guidance for 2024 even offers a glimmer of hope, as chief executive...

Fri, 15/03/2024 - 09:33

Gold hits a new all-time high

“Record highs in the US, Japanese and German stock markets continue to make headlines, as does Bitcoin’s gallop toward its November 2021 zenith, but another,...

Wed, 06/03/2024 - 09:36

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