LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Sluggish blue-chips underperform European peers
(Alliance News) - Blue-chips in London paused for breath on Monday midday, while mid-caps prospered, in the absence of fresh catalysts to provide direction.
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(Alliance News) - Blue-chips in London paused for breath on Monday midday, while mid-caps prospered, in the absence of fresh catalysts to provide direction.
Read more(Alliance News) - Cake Box Holdings PLC on Monday predicted annual profit slightly ahead of market expectations, despite a "continuing challenging economic climate" in the UK.
Read more(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 traded a touch lower in early dealings on Monday, in cautious trade as investors anxiously await Wednesday's US inflation report.
Read more(Sharecast News) - Cake Box said on Monday that full-year profits were set to be "slightly ahead" of market expectations following strong growth across the business.
Read more(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earning and trading updates by London-listed companies, issued on Tuesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
Read more(Sharecast News) - Fresh cream cake retailer Cake Box reported a 6.8% improvement in first-half revenue on Tuesday to £18m.
Read moreCake Box Holdings PLC - Enfield, England-based chain of fresh cream cake shops - Martin Blair, currently non-executive director, named non-executive chair after "thorough recruitment process". To succeed Nilesh Sachdev in role on October 31.
Read moreCake Box Holdings PLC - Enfield, England-based chain of fresh cream cake shops - Revenue in the six months that ended September 30, the company's financial first half, is up about 6% from a year before, when it was GBP16.8 million. Adjusted profit is expected to be ahead on year. In the first half of financial 2023, pretax profit was GBP2.0 million, and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation was GBP2.8 million. Cake Box says trading in the first half of financial 2024 has been in line with board expectations, and cost pressures are starting to ease. "We remain mindful of the continued pressures on our customers in the current environment and have not increased pricing during the period, which has helped with customer retention whilst ensuring our proposition is attractive to new customers," the company says.
Read more(Sharecast News) - Cake Box said on Wednesday that trading in the first half of the year was in line with its expectations, with revenues and profits set to jump.
Read more(Sharecast News) - The recent failed takeover for Wood Group could present a buying opportunity for investors, suggests the Mail on Sunday's Midas column.
Read more(Alliance News) - Stocks in London were higher at the close on Tuesday as markets celebrated better-than-expected public sector borrowing figures in the UK, and hoped that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt may have enough firepower in government coffers to enact some pre-election tax cuts.
Read more(Alliance News) - Stocks in London were on the up heading into Tuesday afternoon, as a tech rally in the US lifted the mood in Europe, helping the FTSE 100 eat into some of its August loss.
Read more(Sharecast News) - Cake Box reported a rise in like-for-like sales on Tuesday as it announced the departure of non-executive chairman Nilesh Sachdev.
Read more(Alliance News) - Cake Box Holdings PLC on Tuesday said sales momentum has increased in recent weeks, while input cost inflation has eased, and the retailer said its chair since listing will step down in the autumn.
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Cadence Minerals PLC | AGM |
Calnex Solutions PLC | AGM |
NextEnergy Solar Fund Ltd | AGM |
NFT Investments PLC | AGM |
StreaksAI PLC | AGM |
VSA Capital Group PLC | AGM |
Thursday 17 August | |
Harvest Minerals Ltd | AGM |
Quantum Exponential Group PLC | AGM |
Windward Ltd | AGM |
Yourgene Health PLC | GM and court meeting re takeover by Novacyt |
Friday 18 August | |
Adams PLC | AGM |
ME Group International PLC | GM re proposed share buyback |
Oxford BioDynamics PLC | GM re placing |
Pathfinder Minerals PLC | GM re disposal of the subsidiary |
Monday 21 August | |
Calculus VCT PLC | AGM |
Home REIT PLC | GM re changes to the investment policy |
Tuesday 22 August | |
Cake Box Holdings PLC | AGM |
ReNeuron Group PLC | AGM |
RUA Life Sciences PLC | AGM |
Smoove PLC | AGM |
STM Group PLC | AGM |
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