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The FTSE 100 jumped over a hundred points on Wednesday morning, after the assassinations of two Hamas and Hezbollah leaders caused the index’s energy and commodities constituents to surge. Shares …

Rio Tinto’s chief executive has rejected calls from investors to drop the firm’s UK listing and focus on Australia. The world’s second biggest miner holds a dual-listing on the London …

Team GB started Wednesday with a pair of Olympics medals, with Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Lois Toulson matching the bronze won by triathlete Beth Potter just moments earlier in Paris. Spendolini-Sirieix …

The Chancellor has confirmed that she is likely to raise taxes in the October Budget as she attempts to deal with a challenging fiscal inheritance. Speaking on the News Agents …

The Euros and “effective” action on costs helped publisher of the Mirror Reach successfully to shore up its bottom line despite continued dents to revenue. Operating profit at the publisher …

Metro Bank expects to return to profitability in the final quarter of this year as the lender attempts to stage a recovery from a volatile year. In the first half …

Wickes reported a mixed set of results for the half of the year, with consumers still unwilling to spend on big-ticket items but happy to buy DIY retail goods. Overall …

HSBC announced yet another share buyback scheme and upped its guidance for the remainder of the year after beating expectations in the second quarter. Pre-tax profit increase to $8.9bn in …

Rathbones Group’s underlying profit before tax skyrocketed 120 per cent in the first half of the year, as the group ran well ahead of targets following its merger with Investec …

London-listed pharma giant GSK has raised its guidance after a strong second quarter beat market expectations, boosted by its cancer and HIV portfolio. Total sales in the second quarter of …