Housebuilders star on buyer support scheme but weak miners limit progress The FTSE 100 index ended down 10.37 points, or 0.1%, at 10,684.88. Evening Standard · 1h ago
Private equity keeps picking off London-listed firms – and Westminster barely notices Bodycote is the latest FTSE 250 industrial company set to fall to an overseas bidder, despite the government’s talk of ‘reindustrialising’ The Guardian - UK · Sep 1
Stocks fall as borrowing costs hit 28-year high The higher oil price fuelled fears of rising inflation, putting pressure on global bond yields. Evening Standard · Sep 1
London Stock Exchange to lose three more firms after takeover offers Latest purchases take value of deals to leave capital’s stock market this year past $100bn The Guardian - UK · Sep 1
Bodycote shares fall as US suitor Apollo ditches £1.5bn bid interest Macclesfield-based Bodycote said late last month it had received a conditional all-cash takeover approach from Apollo worth 885p a share. Evening Standard · Jun 5
FTSE 100 edges up amid cautious US-Iran optimism Stocks gained encouragement from lower oil prices as investors weighed the latest developments in the Middle East. Evening Standard · May 22