LONDON MARKET OPEN: BP leads as FTSE mixed on Iran talks drift
28th Apr 2026 09:20
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened mixed on Tuesday, with gains among energy stocks offsetting weakness in banks and mid-caps. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened mixed on Tuesday, with gains among energy stocks offsetting weakness in banks and mid-caps. Read More
(Alliance News) - BP PLC on Tuesday announced better-than-expected first quarter profit reflecting "exceptional" oil trading results thanks to higher energy prices. Read More
(Alliance News) - Howden Joinery Group PLC on Tuesday reported steady sales growth in the first four months of 2026, saying its "near-sourced" supply chain is not being affected by US-Israeli war on Iran. Read More
(Alliance News) - Barclays reports a rise in first-quarter profit and announces a new share buyback, BP delivers earnings growth and a higher dividend as it benefits from elevated oil prices driven by the Iran war, and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners posts revenue growth. Read More
WH Smith PLC - Swindon, England-based travel retailer - Executive Chair Leo Quinn buys 17,764 shares at GBP5.58 and GBP5.60, worth GBP99,389, on Friday last week. WH Smith shares fell more than 10% on Thursday last week after the company suspended its dividend payments due to reduced interim profit and lowered its guidance as the Middle East crisis crimps travel. Read More
(Alliance News) - Claire's has shut all its 154 high street shops across the UK and Ireland. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open lower on Tuesday, as markets weigh fresh developments in US-Iran negotiations and shifting oil prices. Read More
(Alliance News) - Keir Starmer will lead talks on the economic fallout of the Iran crisis amid renewed calls from dozens of nations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Read More
(Alliance News) - The UK government has said it will introduce "age or functionality restrictions" on social media for under 16s, Education Minister Olivia Bailey has said. Read More
(Alliance News) - UK's King Charles III met Donald Trump at the White House Monday, kicking off a high-stakes state visit shadowed by transatlantic tensions and a fresh alleged attempt to assassinate the US president. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Monday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
International Consolidated Airlines Group SA - Madrid-based airline operator - Completes reduction of share capital by cancelling 115.5 million treasury shares. Announces that the public deed recording the capital reduction through the cancellation was registered with the Madrid Commercial Register on Wednesday last week. Expects the cancelled shares to be excluded from the corresponding stock exchanges "in the forthcoming days." Says its share capital amounts to EUR461.2 million or 4.61 billion shares. Read More
Directa Plus PLC - Lomazzo, Italy-based graphene products manufacturer - Appoints James Lumb and Howard Smith of Interpath Ltd as joint administrators to manage its affairs "for the purposes of achieving a better result for the company's creditors as a whole than would be likely if the Company were wound up". Directa also confirms that the voluntary liquidation process for Italian subsidiary Directa Spa has been certified. Additionally, it says initial meetings have taken place with interested parties regarding the potential sale of Setcar SA, its Romanian environmental remediation subsidiary. Says talks are ongoing but that there is no certainty that any transaction will conclude. Adds that the outcome of the Italian liquidation and Setcar disposal will determine whether any returns will be generated for shareholders. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Monday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Monday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More