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Accor impresses with strong Q1 revenue growth
Shares in Accor were rising strongly in Paris on Friday after the French hotel group reported solid increase in first-quarter revenues and reaffirmed its mid-term growth outlook despite a "volatile" environment.
Berenberg hikes target price on Babcock
Analysts at Berenberg raised their target price on engineering services firm Babcock from 885. 0p to 910. 0p on Friday, stating the group was "charting a profitable course".
Shell to exit three offshore projects in Colombia
Shell is to exit three of its co-owned offshore gas projects in Colombia after just four years as they no longer meet the company's "strategic ambitions".
Oxford Metrics 'on track' in H1
Smart sensing and software firm Oxford Metrics said on Friday that H1 trading was "on track", with both interim revenue and adjusted pre-tax profits expected to be in line with management expectations.
Naked Wines reiterates FY guidance
Retailer Naked Wines said on Friday that reiterated its full-year guidance on Friday as the group revealed its FY25 performance was continuing to track in line with internal expectations.
Alphabet results beat forecasts, shares jump
Shares in Google-parent Alphabet sparked on Friday, after quarterly earnings at the US tech giant beat expectations.
Quarterly sales slide at WPP, full-year outlook unchanged
WPP reiterated its full-year outlook on Friday, despite seeing quarterly sales slide amid mounting macroeconomic uncertainty.
London open: Stocks flat as investors take pause after nine-day win streak
A nine-day winning streak for the FTSE 100 came to an end on Friday morning, with markets flatlining following a near-10% surge over the past two weeks on the back of optimism regarding US trade talks and Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts.
Europe open: Shares rally on hopes of easing in trade war tensions
European shares rallied at the open on Friday as China signalled a potential de-escalation of its trade war with the US.
London pre-open: Stocks set for 10th day of gains on Fed, trade chatter
UK stocks are expected to rise for the 10th straight session on Friday as an easing of tensions between the US and its trading partners lift investor optimism, along with hopes that the Federal Reserve may move sooner than expected to cut interest rates.
Friday newspaper round-up: Apple, South Korea, Drax...
Apple plans to shift the assembly of all US-sold iPhones to India as soon as next year, according to people familiar with the matter, as President Donald Trump’s trade war forces the tech giant to pivot away from China. The push builds on Apple’s strategy to diversify its supply chain but goes further and faster than investors appreciate, with a goal to source from India the entirety of the more than 60mn iPhones sold annually in the US by the end of 2026. – Financial Times .