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Whitbread Shares Pressured: Jefferies Cuts Price Target Amid Softer Q2 Data

Analysts at Jefferies cut their price target for Premier Inn owner Whitbread (LON: WTB) in a note to clients this week, citing softer second-quarter data. [stock_market_widget

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EasyJet Shares Down 14% YTD: Here’s Why the Stock is Struggling

EasyJet's (LON: EZJ) share price has taken a hit this year, falling by 14%. While the airline industry as a whole has faced challenges, several factors have specifically impacted EasyJet and low-cost airlines.

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Synthomer (LON: SYNT) Finds Some Support, But Longer Term Challenges Persist

Synthomer's share price (LON: SYNT) has made a strong shift through 2024, gaining 27.46% after a difficult few years on the financial markets. After declining more than 80% th

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Schroders Dividend (LON:SDR) Approaches – Shares Down In Lead Up To Ex-Div

Schroders' dividend (LON:SDR) of £0.065 per share, slated for distribution to shareholders on the 26th of September is for holders of record on the 21st August. That means the stock will be ex-dividend as of 22nd, and any new

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Plus500 Shares (LON: PLUS) Gain As Earnings Impress & Buyback Announced

Plus500 share price (LON: PLUS) is an early gainer on the FTSE 250 index today, up 4.5% through the first hours, as the company delivered impressive H1 numbers. The stock has hit new 52 week, and all time highs of 2,628.00 in

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Big Yellow Group (BYG) Stock Upgraded to Buy: Analyst Sees Significant Upside Potential

Citi upgraded shares of self-storage company Big Yellow Group (LON: BYG) to Buy from Neutral in a note to clients last week, setting a price target of 1,525p on the stock.

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FTSE 100 Slides in a Mixed Start for European Indices

The FTSE 100 and European equities have started the week beginning Monday, August 19 2024, mixed, with the London index falling around 0.19%  shortly after the open, declining to 8,295.5. On Friday, the London Stock Exchange’

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FTSE 100 Index Dips With The 250 Green Amid Mixed Retail Sales Data

London stocks opened slightly lower on Friday as the FTSE 100 index edged down by 0.23% to 8,327,76, against the backdrop of new UK retail sales figures. With the Footsie

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Rolls-Royce Stock Climb Continues – Expands JV Operations with Yuchai Diesel

Rolls-Royce Holdings (LON: RR.) continues its impressive stock market ascent, climbing a further 4% this week, helped by its strategic expansion of joint venture operations with Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Co. Ltd (Yuchai Diesel

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IAG Shares Undervalued, ‘Outlook to Remain Positive’

International Airlines Group (LON: IAG), the parent company of British Airways and Iberia, has been highlighted as a top stock pick among network carriers by Morningstar analysts, who initiated coverage of the stock with a fa

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Positive Rate Cut Signals Boost UK Housing Sector

In what may be a turning point for the UK housing market, significant players in the mortgage industry have initiated rate cuts that are set to invigorate the sector. Lloy

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Domino’s Pizza Stock Target Cut at RBC But Analyst Sees ‘Encouraging Trends’

RBC Capital reduced its price target for Domino's Pizza Group PLC (LON: DOM) from 400p to 390p in a note this week following the company's half-year results, which revealed a decline in both total orders and revenue.

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Has Reckitt’s Share Price (LON: RKT) Put In a New Bottom?

Reckitt's share price (LON: RKT) has gained 0.57% today, to continue a mini rebound from recent lows. The stock put in new 52 week lows of 4,034p recently, before a fir

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FanDuel Propels Flutter Entertainment Growth – Markets React With Shares (FLTR) Up Big

Flutter Entertainment shares (LON: FLTR) have gained 8.5% this morning, following strong results from its US business, FanDuel, which surpassed expectations in its first quarterly update since transitioning from the

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FTSE 100 Climbs as Inflation Data Fuels Rate Cut Hopes – FLTR Big Gainer

The FTSE 100 index experienced a lift in early trading today, rising 40 points to 8,275, buoyed by optimism over potential interest rate cuts from the Bank of England

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Aviva Operating Profit Rises 14%, Wealth Unit Net Inflows at £5bn

Aviva plc (LON: AV.) shares rose at the start of Wednesday's session after the insurer announced a strong first-half performance, with operating profit surging 14% to £875 million.

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Glencore Share Price Seen Rising Due To ‘Winning Combination’

Citi analysts renewed their coverage of Glencore (LON: GLEN) in a note this week, issuing the stock with a Buy rating and set

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Legal & General Dividend Boosting Share Price (LON: LGEN) Sentiment?

Legal & General's share price (LON: LGEN) is up early today almost 1%, bringing 5 day gains to 5.4%, as the next dividend has been confirmed at 6p per share. This will be paid on 27th September to shareholders of record o

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NatWest Joins Lenders Cutting Mortgage Rates

Amid a competitive landscape and following a reduction in the Bank of England's base interest rate, NatWest Group PLC has announced a significant reduction in some of its mortgage rates, going below the 4% threshold. This str

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Barclays Dividend For H1 Approaching – Shares Riding a Wave

Barclays dividend (LON:BARC) of 2.9 pence for H1 will be issued on the 20th of September, to shareholders of record on Friday (16th August). To those focused on the stock's income-generating potential, this date will be one t

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BAE Systems Shares Are Up 28% in a Year – Here’s Why

BAE Systems (LON: BA.), the United Kingdom's leading defence contractor, has witnessed a more than 28% rise in its share price over the past year. [stock_market_widget type="c

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HSBC Pledges UK Branch Network Stability

HSBC shares (LON: HSBA) opened up this morning by 0.64% as the bank made a significant commitment to its UK customers by pledging to keep all its bank branches open un

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Is Aviva’s Dividend (LON: AV) & Share Buyback Helping Price Action?

Aviva share price (LON: AV) has been steadily gaining over the past 12 months, increasing by 26%, largely out of the headlines. In the landscape of the UK stock market,

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