LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks open down, UK grocery sales rise
23rd Jun 2026 09:05
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened lower on Tuesday, after US-Iran talks came to a close in Switzerland. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened lower on Tuesday, after US-Iran talks came to a close in Switzerland. Read More
(Alliance News) - NCC Group PLC on Tuesday said it has been selected to join the OpenAI LP's Daybreak cyber partner programme. Read More
(Alliance News) - Telecom Plus PLC on Tuesday posted improved annual profit and revenue, but saw its shares suffer in early trading as it guided lower adjusted earnings in financial 2027 as part of its five-year plan to grow customers and earnings. Read More
(Alliance News) - Ramsdens Holdings PLC on Tuesday accepted a GBP206 million bid from Fort Worth, Texas-based Firstcash Holdings Inc. Read More
Segro PLC - London-based property developer - Says its Segro European Logistics Partnership joint venture has priced a EUR650 million senior unsecured bond with a seven-year maturity. The bond carries a 4.0% annual coupon and was priced at 118 basis points above euro mid-swaps. Segro says the issuance is being undertaken by SELP, its logistics-focused joint venture. Read More
Metlen Energy & Metals PLC - Athens-based aluminium producer and electricity generator operating in more than 40 countries - Announces the launch of a share buyback to repurchase up to EUR600.0 million in ordinary shares. The programme will run until June 2031, Metlen says, subject to the availability and renewal of the relevant shareholder authorities at annual general meetings. Read More
Tesco PLC - Welwyn Garden City, England-based grocer - Launches a second tranche of its GBP750 million share buyback programme, worth up to GBP200 million, after completing a GBP350 million tranche on June 18. The supermarket group says it repurchased 76.6 million shares between April 16 and Thursday last week. Banco Santander SA will conduct purchases on Tesco's behalf, with all shares acquired under the programme to be cancelled. Tesco says the buyback's sole purpose is to reduce its share capital. Read More
(Alliance News) - Bunzl PLC on Tuesday upgraded its full-year revenue guidance after reporting stronger-than-expected trading in the first half, helped by inflation-linked pricing, improving volumes in North America and contributions from acquisitions. Read More
(Alliance News) - UK grocery spending was helped by record temperatures, while grocery price inflation eased slightly in recent weeks, helping concerns about further price rises, data showed on Wednesday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Andy Burnham could still face hurdles in his path to No 10 with two potential rivals for the Labour leadership considering their next moves. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks were called lower on Tuesday, after Iran announced that it plans to continue administering the Strait of Hormuz, and as Bunzl raises its full-year guidance after "encouraging volume growth" in the first half. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open lower on Tuesday, ahead of the UK's flash composite purchasing managers' index release, and as investors continue to weigh developments after the weekend's US-Iran talks and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's resignation. Read More
(Alliance News) - Andy Burnham is set to pledge growth and commit to Labour's budget rules as he seeks to burnish his economic credentials after Keir Starmer's resignation left him all but certain to enter No 10. Read More
(Alliance News) - US President Donald Trump criticized outgoing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday after the Labour leader announced he would resign, saying he had "really hurt himself" over energy, immigration and his handling of relations with Washington. Read More
Legal & General Group PLC - London-based insurer and asset manager - Gareth Mee, chief executive officer, Institutional Retirement at L&G sells 70,704 shares for 282.6 pence for total GBP199,810 on Friday. Read More