The FTSE 100 index opened up 17.16 points, 0.2%, at 8,201.40. The FTSE 250 was up 69.58 points, 0.3%, at 20,530.87, and the AIM All-Share was up 1.15 points, 0.2%, at 736.52.

Associated British Foods PLC on Tuesday launched a new GBP500 million share buyback and boosted its dividend, as annual profit leapt, with improvement in all parts of the fast fashion to food ...

Proposed legislation aimed at creating the "first smoke-free generation" is set to be introduced in UK Parliament. The Tobacco & Vapes Bill, which prevents anyone born after January 1 2009 from ...

London market participants will pay close attention to today's UK and US composite purchasing managers' index releases - as well as comments from a Bank of England governor, in light of last week's ...

The Irish services sector is growing faster than the same sectors in the UK and the eurozone, McNamara noted, though slightly slower than in the US. By contrast, the AIB composite PMI output index ...

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open lower on Tuesday, ahead of composite PMI reads from the US and UK - as well as comments from the Bank of England's Andrew Bailey.

(Alliance News) - UK retail sales growth slowed in October, numbers from the British Retail Consortium and KPMG on Tuesday showed, with consumers tightening purse strings amid rising energy bills and ...

Global Opportunities Trust PLC - aims for long-term total return by investing globally in undervalued asset classes - Executive Director Sandy Nairn buys 50,000 shares at GBP2.80, worth GBP140,000, on ...

The FTSE 100 index closed up 7.09 points, or 0.1%, at 8,184.24. The FTSE 250 ended down 18.45 points, or 0.1%, at 20,461.29, and the AIM All-Share closed down 3.63 points, 0.5%, at 735.37.

Chief Executive Officer David Hampstead said: "As a result of growth in our owned brands and reduction in China sales, the group is now less dependent on the China market with UK and ROW sales ...

TheraCryf PLC - Cheshire, England-based oncology and neuropsychiatry drug development, formerly Evgen Pharma - Chair Sue Foden dies. TheraCryf says Foden's death was "sudden". She was a board member ...

(Alliance News) - SolGold PLC in September said its annual loss had widened during its most recent financial year, primarily due to amortisation, as its project activities continue to progress.