Marks & Spencer Share News (MKS)

London pre-open: FTSE 100 to bounce off one-month low

(Sharecast News) - London stocks were set for a slight rebound on Tuesday morning after falling to a one-month low, as investors digested some key data from the UK labour market, and a surprise rate cut in China overnight.

M&S lifts guidance as food, clothing sales surge

(Sharecast News) - UK food, clothes and homewares retailer Marks & Spencer on Tuesday lifted guidance for half-year profits after strong sales growth in the first 19 weeks of its financial year, sending its shares soaring.

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: JPMorgan cuts L&G, St James's price target

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:

Zara owner Inditex says it will stop buying clothes from Myanmar

LONDON, July 27 (Reuters) - Zara owner Inditex is in the process of stopping purchases from Myanmar, the company told Reuters on Thursday, as a result of a campaign by global workers' union IndustriALL to convince companies to divest from the country.

Ocado jumps on return to first-half underlying profit

First-half underlying profit 16.6 mln stg

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Ocado hits five-month high after return to profit, keeping guidance

LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) - Ocado shares surged on Tuesday after the British online supermarket and technology group kept its financial guidance for the year as it reported a return to underlying profit in its first half.

TOP NEWS: UK grocery price inflation ebbs at fastest pace since peak

(Alliance News) - UK grocery price inflation calmed once again, market research from Kantar showed on Tuesday, while supermarket sales got a boost from more summer staples such as hay fever medication and strawberries moving through the tills.

TOP NEWS: Ocado backs outlook and hails "good progress" in half-year

(Alliance News) - Ocado Group PLC on Tuesday affirmed yearly guidance with both its grocery and warehouse technology arms seeing half-year revenue growth.

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Ocado, Darktrace outperform amid muted trade

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened in the green on Tuesday, boosted by some well-received company updates.

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Ocado, Darktrace outperform amid muted trade

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened in the green on Tuesday, boosted by some well-received company updates.

Iceland Foods joins UK supermarket rivals in cutting prices

LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) - Iceland Foods on Tuesday became the latest supermarket group in Britain to announce food price cuts, in a further sign that a surge in food inflation over the last year could be abating.

Director dealings: Currys chair invests, M&S board members cover tax liabilities

(Sharecast News) - Currys was again on the list of director buys on Friday, after the chair of its board purchased almost 0.2m shares.

M&S food makes good start to new financial year, says boss

CEO says prices won't go down as fast as they went up

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M&S food makes good start to new financial year, says boss

LONDON, July 4 (Reuters) - British retailer Marks & Spencer's food business has made "a good start" to its 2023-24 financial year, the group's boss told investors on Tuesday.

Sunday newspaper round-up: Google, M&S, Tesco

(Sharecast News) - Google's new quantum computer is capable of instantly making calculations that would take current supercomputers 47 years to complete. Such compouters, proponents argue, will be capable of battling climate change and creating breakthrough drugs. Their ability to break encryption systems now utilised on the other hand makes them a threat to national security. - The Sunday Telegraph