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All eyes on second-quarter retail bellwether Walmart
Thursday 14 Aug 2025The world’s biggest retailer Walmart (WMT:NYSE) is set to report its second-quarter earnings on 21 August. Investors will be hoping for more of the same from this bellwether stock, which reported steady revenue growth and operating income in the first quarter, even as it drew the ire of the Trump...
Bellway brings a ray of light to the housebuilders with its half-year update
Thursday 14 Aug 2025For the second time this year, Newcastle upon Tyne-based developer Bellway (BWY) has lifted investor spirits in the moribund housebuilding sector with a positive trading update. Shares in most housebuilders have struggled this year, after a difficult 2024, as interest rates have fallen more slowly...
Eli Lilly shares under pressure after disappointing clinical trial results
Thursday 14 Aug 2025Intensifying competition in the fast-growing weight-loss market and the threat of tariffs on the pharmaceutical industry have taken a toll on Eli Lilly (LLY:NYSE) whose shares are down 27% over the past six months. Lilly appeared to be pulling ahead of arch rival Novo Nordisk (NOVO-B:CPH) due to...
Profit warning sends shares in STV Group spiraling lower
Thursday 07 Aug 2025Shares in Scottish free-to-air broadcaster STV (STVG) took a turn for the worse, plummeting 33% in a week to multi-year lows after the firm lowered its outlook on 28 July. The company warned full-year revenue and adjusted operating profit would be ‘materially below consensus’ due to continued...
Surprisingly weak US jobs data and new tariff threats lead to market turbulence
Thursday 07 Aug 2025President Trump’s latest tariff salvo and July’s non-farm payrolls report conspired to send investors running for the hills on 1 August as volatility spiked, stocks tanked, and two-year treasury yields plummeted by more than a quarter of a percentage point. Further jangling investors’ nerves, Trump...
Investors seize on positive signs at Diageo despite profit slump
Thursday 07 Aug 2025Premium drinks leader Diageo (DGE) served up weak results for the year to June 2025 with operating profits down 27.8% to $4.3 billion (£3.2 billion) due to challenging spirits market conditions, unfavourable currency swings and an earnings hangover from restructuring costs. The FTSE 100 distiller...
Optimism quietly growing around Cisco prospects
Thursday 07 Aug 2025If it talks like tech, and walks like tech, it probably interacts with Cisco Systems (CSCO:NASDAQ) , and it is this bellwether status that will have investors clued into upcoming fiscal fourth-quarter earnings. The $270 billion California-based company is set to release results on 13 August 2025...
Venture capital backed Figma completes blowout New York IPO
Thursday 07 Aug 2025Wall Street IPO (initial public offering) fever blazed new heights as design software company Figma (FIG:NYSE) hit public markets at a sprint, its shares soaring 250% on opening day (31 July). The IPO was priced at $33 per share but the stock quickly raced as high as $125, giving the company a $60...
Turnaround in progress at The Works
Thursday 31 Jul 2025Shares in TheWorks.co.uk (WRKS:AIM) have nearly tripled year-to-date, rallying 185% to 58.25p on signs chief executive Gavin Peck’s new ‘Elevating The Works’ strategy is delivering a step-change in performance. Full-year results (22 July) from ‘The Works’, which sells affordable, screen-free...
Marshalls shares crash to 18-month low after disappointing update
Thursday 31 Jul 2025Companies which miss earnings forecasts or lower their full-year outlook are feeling the full wrath of the market this summer, as construction materials group Marshalls (MSLH) found out last week. Having said the market would ‘strengthen progressively’ this year when it posted its 2024 results in...