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Segro to raise £800m in placing to pursue growth opportunities

27th Feb 2024 17:11

(Sharecast News) - Real estate investment trust Segro said on Tuesday that it was planning to raise around £800m in a placing to pursue additional growth opportunities.

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Broker tips: Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Unilever, Rentokil Initial, Flutter Entertainment

27th Feb 2024 16:12

(Sharecast News) - Analysts at Berenberg raised their target price on drugmaker Hikma Pharmaceuticals from 1,960.0p to 2,000.0p on Tuesday, citing more stability in its generics unit.

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Barclays to sell $1.1bn of card debt to Blackstone - report

27th Feb 2024 16:08

(Sharecast News) - Barclays has agreed to sell around $1.1bn of credit-card receivables in the US to Blackstone as it looks to reduce its risk-weighted assets and create additional lending capacity.

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London close: Stocks little changed as investors look to US data

27th Feb 2024 16:05

(Sharecast News) - London's equity markets closed with a subdued performance on Tuesday, after a mixed but largely flat session trend as investors exercised caution ahead of US inflation figures later in the week.

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Director dealings: Hargreaves Lansdown chair raises stake

27th Feb 2024 16:00

(Sharecast News) - Hargreaves Lansdown revealed on Tuesday that chairperson Alison Platt had acquired 18,696 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed financial services company.

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Ocean Harvest granted patent covering OceanFeed benefits

27th Feb 2024 15:58

(Sharecast News) - Ocean Harvest Technology announced the granting of a second patent on Tuesday, covering various claims related to the benefits of its 'OceanFeed' product.

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Oracle Power launches two studies at Jhimpir site

27th Feb 2024 15:49

(Sharecast News) - Oracle Power announced on Tuesday that, alongside its joint venture company Oracle Energy, it had initiated a geotechnical study and an electrical resistivity survey (ERS) for the proposed renewable power plant site at Jhimpir, in Pakistan's Sindh province.

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SkinBioTherapeutics reports positive interim acne study findings

27th Feb 2024 15:44

(Sharecast News) - Life science company SkinBioTherapeutics reported encouraging interim findings from its ongoing AxisBiotix acne food supplement study featuring its lead formulation on Tuesday.

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Europe close: Stocks close higher as DAX hits new record

27th Feb 2024 15:41

(Sharecast News) - European stocks managed to finish with small gains on Tuesday following a subdued start, with Germany's DAX hitting yet another record high on the back of improving consumer confidence data.

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US open: Mixed start to trading, S&P 500 slips from record-highs

27th Feb 2024 15:03

(Sharecast News) - Wall Street trading got off to a mixed start on Tuesday after the S&P 500 slipped from its all-time high in the previous session.

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Norwegian projects bumper first quarter as cruise demand surges

27th Feb 2024 14:52

(Sharecast News) - Norwegian Cruise Line projected a promising first-quarter profit on Tuesday, buoyed by robust demand and increased ticket prices.

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FTSE 100 movers: Miners rally; Croda slumps after results

27th Feb 2024 14:47

(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 100 was up 0.1% at 7,688.42 in afternoon trade on Tuesday.

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US house prices rise as expected in December

27th Feb 2024 14:37

(Sharecast News) - US house price inflation picked up at the end of 2023, pushing prices further into record territory.

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US durable goods orders plummet as those for jets more than halve

27th Feb 2024 14:11

(Sharecast News) - Durable goods orders shrank rapidly at the start of 2024, but mainly due to a more than halving in those for defence aircraft and parts.

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Fusion Antibodies gets first order under new services agreement

27th Feb 2024 13:15

(Sharecast News) - Fusion Antibodies announced the receipt of its first purchase order under a master services agreement on Tuesday, which it agreed with a prominent diagnostics company on 14 February.

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