Arts, crafts, books and stationery retailer The Works trimmed losses in the first half on the back of cost savings and actions taken to grow product margins, as the company reiterated profit guidance ...

Specialist buy-to-let mortgage lender Paragon Bank held annual guidance and said first-quarter margins had been running above expectations.

Investors' attention at the end of the week will be on a raft of purchasing managers' surveys due out in the euro area, US ...

Rolls-Royce said on Friday that it has been awarded the biggest UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) contract in its history.

The S&P 500 rose 0.5% to a new high of 6,118.71, surpassing an earlier closing peak of 6,090.27 reached on 6 December. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq gained 0.2% and the Dow rose 0.9%, with both indices ...