Tesco Share News (TSCO)

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: European markets quiet heading into afternoon

(Alliance News) - European stock markets were quiet heading into Friday afternoon, as investors eye the annual US consumer price index benchmarks revisions.

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Tesco bank sold to Barclays for GBP600 million

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London lacked direction on Friday, after Barclays announced plans to buy the retail banking business of Tesco Bank.

TOP NEWS: Barclays buys Tesco Bank as supermarkets refocus on food

(Alliance News) - Barclays PLC and Tesco PLC on Friday announced an agreement for Barclays to buy the retail banking business of Tesco Bank, as the big UK supermarkets scale back their forays into financial services.

LONDON BRIEFING: Barclays buys Tesco's retail banking business

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are called to open higher on Friday, closing off a busy corporate week.

Tesco sells banking unit to Barclays for £600m

(Sharecast News) - UK supermarket giant Tesco has sold its most of its retail banking business to Barclays for £600m, the two companies said on Friday.

TOP NEWS: UK grocery price inflation slowdown pauses in January

(Alliance News) - UK consumers continued to hunt for deals during their supermarket shopping in January, numbers from Kantar on Tuesday showed, but more limited promotional activity meant price inflation only eased slightly.

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks up; UK grocery price inflation cools

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened higher on Tuesday, after new data showed that UK grocery price inflation eased in January.

London close: Stocks finish higher as US inflation cools

(Sharecast News) - London's financial markets closed positively on Friday, as investors were buoyed by an optimistic consumer confidence survey and a lower-than-anticipated inflation reading from across the pond.

JPMorgan Cazenove cuts Tesco, Sainsbury's price targets

(Sharecast News) - Tesco and Sainsbury's were in the red on Friday after JPMorgan Cazenove cut its price targets on the shares, saying it remains cautious on the UK grocery space fundamentally, which based on its investor feedback "appears still to be a contrarian stance".

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Morgan Stanley ups Rightmove; Deutsche cuts IHG

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and Thursday:

Staffline shares fall as profit declines; notes headwinds

(Alliance News) - Staffline Group PLC on Tuesday said underlying operating profit fell in line with market expectations in 2023 as it aimed to "deliver progress into 2024" despite headwinds.

Grim UK retail sales knock sterling and lift gilts

LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The pound sagged and UK government bond prices rose on Friday, after a shock drop in British consumer spending in December raised the risk of recession, putting a stop to the currency's recent gains.

UK retail sales slump points to new risk of recession

Retail sales slump 3.2% in December, biggest drop since Jan 2021

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Royal Mail owner IDS has "best Christmas" in four years, hires new CFO

(Alliance News) - International Distributions Services PLC on Thursday appointed a new chief financial officer with immediate effect, alongside noting its "best Christmas" performance in four years.

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: UBS cuts Shell, Admiral and M&G to 'neutral'

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