(Alliance News) - AstraZeneca PLC on Monday said a phase three trial in a potential treatment for a form of non-small cell lung cancer failed to meet a key aim, while its early breast cancer drug has been granted a breakthrough therapy designation in the US. Read More
(Alliance News) - European equities made a mixed start to the holiday-shortened week, but sterling perked up and gold achieved a new record high. Read More
Hiscox Ltd - Bermuda-based specialist insurer - Completes USD275 million share buyback on Friday. The buyback was started in February as a USD175 million programme and increased to USD275 million in August. Hiscox bought back 15.9 million shares in total. The buyback is run by Peel Hunt LLP and Citigroup Global Markets Ltd. Read More
IG Group Holdings PLC - London-based online trading platform - Says search for a new chair is "progressing well" but incumbent Mike McTighe has agreed to stay in the role until a successor is found. Back in September, IG had said McTighe would stay until the end of the year. He was appointed chair back in February 2020. Read More
(Alliance News) - Harbour Energy has struck a deal to deliver on a "long-standing ambition", while AstraZeneca reports a drug failed to meet its primary endpoint in a phase three trial, while another got breakthrough therapy designation in the US. Read More
(Alliance News) - The UK economy suffered a growth slowdown in the third quarter of the year, numbers from the Office for National Statistics confirmed on Monday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open slightly lower at the start of a holiday-shortened week, before UK economic data, while gold powered to a new record level. Read More
(Alliance News) - Keir Starmer will "absolutely" be prime minister next Christmas, the chair of the Labour Party has said. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earnings and trading updates by London-listed companies, issued on Friday and Thursday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
GSK PLC - London-based pharmaceuticals firm - Announces agreement with the US government to lower the cost of prescription medicines for American patients, including GSK's portfolio for respiratory conditions such as asthma and COPD. Says it will lower the price of certain medicines in Medicaid and "launch new products with a more balanced pricing approach", and will make most of its inhaled respiratory portfolio and other products available to patients on a direct purchasing platform with savings of up to 66%. Furthermore, it intends to further support the US supply chain for critical medicines by securing a reserve of albuterol, the active ingredient used in many inhalers to relieve the symptoms of asthma and COPD, for the US. Read More
(Alliance News) - Caledonia Mining Corp PLC on Friday said changes to the royalty and tax regimes proposals in Zimbabwe will not alter the company's financial outlook for its portfolio in the country. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed mostly higher on Friday, in light of lower-than-expected US inflation the day before. Read More
Renew Holdings PLC - Leeds, England-based engineering services group - Notes that "a number of companies" are moving to the London Main Market from the AIM market which has resulted in "heightened interest" in this topic from investors. Says the board will remain "open minded" about the most appropriate listing venue for the firm, but confirms there is no current intention to transfer to the Main Market. Read More
(Alliance News) - Carnival PLC on Friday said it expects adjusted net profit to rise comfortably in 2026 as it announced the reinstatement of quarterly dividends and higher revenue. Read More
Grainger PLC - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England-based residential landlord - Caroline Keaveney, a person closely associated with Director of Land & Development Michael Keaveney, buys 44,825 shares at an average price of 181.5 pence each in two transactions on Thursday and Friday. Keaveney purchased 27,245 shares at 182p each, and 17,580 shares at 181p each, both on the London Stock Exchange. Read More