

** Ashtead rises 5.1 pct, its best day YTD, after Q1 profits beat expectations ** Pre tax profit of £160.7 mln a 6.8 pct beat of consensus, according...


* FTSE 100 closes down 1.7 pct * Miners hit by commodity price fall * WPP drops on China comment * HSS plummets after price-target cuts * Betfair gain...


* FTSE 100 down 1.2 pct * HSS plummets after price-target cuts * Betfair gains on merger talk (Adds retail sales data, mortgages, ECB comments) By L...


* FTSE 100 down 1.2 pct * HSS hire plummets after price target cuts * Betfair gains on merger talk By Liisa Tuhkanen LONDON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Britai...


** Tool & equipment hire co HSS poised for biggest one-day drop in short history as a listed co after saying FY earnings expected to be below market e...