MARKET REPORT: Novacyt crashes down to earth

MARKET REPORT: Novacyt crashes down to earth after revealing it has lost a major contract and is embroiled in a legal spat with the Government By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 9 April 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 9 April 2021 Novacyt, one of the stock market darlings of the pandemic, … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Smiths shares take off after airport upgrades

MARKET REPORT: Airports upgrading security systems despite slump in international travel a boon for industrials business Smiths Group By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 GMT, 26 March 2021 | Updated: 21:55 GMT, 26 March 2021 Airports upgrading their security systems despite the slump in international travel has been a boon for industrials … Read more

Futura almost triples as treatment nears approval

MARKET REPORT: Drug-making minnow Futura Medical almost triples in value after EU regulators give thumbs-up to its erectile dysfunction gel By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:57 GMT, 19 March 2021 | Updated: 22:26 GMT, 19 March 2021 Drug-making minnow Futura Medical almost tripled in value after EU regulators gave an initial thumbs-up … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Investors not sold on Rightmove update

MARKET REPORT: Investors not sold on cheery update from Rightmove even as it says housing market might be on brink of another boom By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:52 GMT, 26 February 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 26 February 2021 Investors weren’t sold on a cheery update from Rightmove even as it … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Shares in travel and leisure bounce

Shares in hard-hit travel and leisure stocks bounced after Boris Johnson delivered his outline for lifting lockdown, stage by stage, across the whole of England.  Under the plans, there will be little respite for non-essential businesses in March.  And at every stage the dates that have been given are the very earliest re-openings and could … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Boom in online shopping here to stay

MARKET REPORT: Boom in online shopping since Covid-19 took hold is here to stay – that is verdict of bosses at warehouse giant Segro By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:58 GMT, 19 February 2021 | Updated: 21:58 GMT, 19 February 2021 The boom in online shopping since Covid-19 took hold is here … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Shares in airline Jet2 plunge

Shares in airline Jet2 plunged yesterday as it announced a £422m share issue to help the business ride out the pandemic.  Bosses said the new equity gave it enough liquidity to see it through an extended and unpredictable shutdown, but maintained a cautious approach to the 2021 summer season.  The new shares, at a price … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Investors toast pub and restaurant stocks

Investors toasted pub and restaurant stocks as the industry gears up for a flurry of takeovers.  Former Greene King boss Rooney Anand revealed he has received backing from one of the world’s biggest investment management firms, Oaktree, as part of a £500m swoop on the beleaguered UK sector.  They have put £200m into RedCat Pub … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Covid sends markets into tailspin

MARKET REPORT: Travel stocks suffer another torrid day as fresh worries about coronavirus sends stock markets around world into tailspin By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 21:59 GMT, 22 January 2021 | Updated: 21:59 GMT, 22 January 2021 Travel stocks suffered another torrid day as fresh worries about coronavirus sent stock markets around … Read more