(Alliance News) - Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC on Thursday touted the progress of a research group in Australia that has just received genomic funding for a project using Oxford Nanopore sequencing technology. Read More
(Alliance News) - Proteome Sciences PLC shares plummeted on Thursday, after it cut its revenue outlook for 2023 amid delays to projects. Read More
(Alliance News) - Metro Bank Holdings PLC on Thursday said it expects to cut a fifth of its workforce and the lender is reviewing its policy of keeping branches open seven days a week as it looks to "simplify its operations". Read More
(Alliance News) - LXi REIT PLC on Thursday reported a decline in net asset value, noting higher interest rates set by the Bank of England. Read More
(Alliance News) - Dr Martens PLC on Thursday reported a drop in its half-year earnings, said it expects lower full-year revenue and added that a recovery in the key US market will take than it first expected. Read More
(Alliance News) - Lloyds Banking Group PLC is shutting another 45 branches across its network and the Halifax and Bank of Scotland brands amid the ongoing shift away from high street banking. Read More
(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 made a tepid start to the day on Thursday, though large-cap peers in Paris and Frankfurt rose, as another inflation reading from the euro area took some sting out of European Central Bank interest rate expectations. Read More
(Alliance News) - ME Group International PLC on Thursday said it expects to report a mixed outcome to its recently ended financial year, citing stronger demand in the second half. Read More
(Alliance News) - Auction Technology Group PLC on Thursday reported a sharp drop in annual profit due to higher finance costs and despite a rise in overall revenue. Read More
(Alliance News) - Mitchells & Butlers PLC on Thursday reported growth in annual revenue and said it has kicked off the new year strongly, but it swung to a loss. Read More
(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 is called to open higher, with focus on Thursday on inflation readings from the eurozone and US. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open higher on Thursday, amid a more handover from Asia, despite some downbeat Chinese factory data. Read More
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(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earnings and trading updates by London-listed companies, issued on Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
Aquis Exchange PLC - London-based financial markets operator, including pan-European equities trading platform Aquis Markets and UK growth-company market Aquis Stock Exchange - Says it has become the first recognised investment exchange to run a cloud-based matching engine. Effective from Monday this week, says all trades on the Aquis Stock Exchange are being matched and executed successfully while running on Amazon.com Inc's Amazon Web Services. Says: "At a time in which exchanges and exchange technology providers are exploring options to take advantage of the scale and flexibility of the cloud, Aquis has been the first to achieve full migration of the matching engine, the core component used to determine trades, of an [recognised investment exchange] to the cloud." AWS Head Market Development for Capital Markets Brian Cassin adds: "We will continue to build on the experience Aquis has in creating and facilitating next-generation financial markets with the reliability, global presence, and security of AWS to help Aquis continue to expand and seamlessly transact billions of dollars in trades per day." Read More