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Stock market reports

• US close: Stocks higher as traders continue to monitor trade developments
  Mon 14 July 2025 21:22
  (Sharecast News) - Major indices closed higher on Monday as traders continued to monitor trade headlines ahead of key inflation data and the beginning of Q2 earnings season tomorrow.
• London close: Stocks rise despite renewed trade tensions
  Mon 14 July 2025 17:45
  (Sharecast News) - London stocks closed higher on Monday, buoyed by geopolitical trade developments after US president Donald Trump announced plans to impose 30% tariffs on imports from the European Union and Mexico.
• Europe close: Stocks mixed as US tariffs hit risk appetite
  Mon 14 July 2025 15:56
  (Sharecast News) - European stocks finished mixed on Monday as investors weighed the news of 30% tariffs on EU imports into the United States, dampening hopes of a trade deal between the two regions.
• US open: Trump announces new tariffs on imports from EU, Mexico
  Mon 14 July 2025 14:14
  (Sharecast News) - Major indices were in the red early on Monday as traders continued to monitor trade headlines ahead of key inflation data and the beginning of Q2 earnings season tomorrow.
• Europe midday: Shares down as EU preps response to Trump 30% tariff
  Mon 14 July 2025 10:58
  (Sharecast News) - European shares were lower at midday after US President Donald Trump said he would impose a 30% tariff on EU imports, despite months of talks on a trade deal.

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Press round-up

• Monday newspaper round-up: Pubs, country houses, Severn Trent
  Mon 14 July 2025 07:19
  (Sharecast News) - The boss of the pub chain Greene King has called for changes to business rates to remedy "unfairness" that he said added to financial pressures on the struggling pubs industry. Nick Mackenzie, Greene King's chief executive, said the bus
• Sunday newspaper round-up: EU tariffs, Begbies Traynor, Burberry's
  Sun 13 July 2025 12:34
  (Sharecast News) - The US President announced that imports from the EU and Mexico would both be taxed at 30% commencing on 1 August. The announcement was a surprise for both Brussels and the US trade representative, Jamieson Greer, as both believed that t

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Company news

• Tuesday preview: US CPI, Q2 results in focus
  Mon 14 July 2025 20:28
  (Sharecast News) - Investors' focus on Tuesday will be on the latest cost-of-living data due out in the States.
• CityFibre secures £2.3bn to fund expansion
  Mon 14 July 2025 12:29
  (Sharecast News) - Broadband network CityFibre said on Monday that it has reached agreement with its shareholders and existing lenders on a £2.3bn financing round to accelerate the next phase of its growth.
• Govt green paper to look at Post Office ownership model
  Mon 14 July 2025 11:24
  (Sharecast News) - Ownership of the Post Office could be handed to its operators under plans being put forward by ministers in a consultation after the Horizon IT scandal that saw hundreds wrongfully prosecuted for fraud.
• German car stocks slide as US threatens EU with 30% tariff
  Mon 14 July 2025 11:22
  (Sharecast News) - Shares in German car makers came under pressure on Monday, as crucial trade negotiations between the European Union and US looked to stall over the weekend.
• Gore Street Energy Storage sells last tranche of US tax credits
  Mon 14 July 2025 10:27
  (Sharecast News) - Gore Street Energy Storage Fund announced the sale of its final tranche of US investment tax credits on Monday, securing a total of $84m from its Dogfish and Big Rock projects, surpassing previous guidance and delivering what the compan

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Directors' dealings

• Director dealings: Trifast non-executive director raises stake
  Mon 14 July 2025 14:56
  (Sharecast News) - Trifast revealed on Monday that non-executive director Nicholas Mills had acquired 500,000 ordinary shares in the London-listed engineering and manufacturing firm.
• Director dealings: Energean CFO lowers stake via Adobelero
  Thu 10 July 2025 14:50
  (Sharecast News) - Energean revealed on Thursday that chief financial officer Panagiotis Benos had disposed of 1.6m ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed exploration and production firm.

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Sector review

• Sector movers: Santa Rally gets off to early start, analysts say
  Wed 11 December 2024 18:41
  (Sharecast News) - This year's Santa Rally appeared to get off to an early start according to some analysts in the City.
• Sector movers: Precious metals miners dip ahead of Fed decision
  Wed 18 September 2024 20:55
  (Sharecast News) - Stocks fell in the middle of the week with investors opting to sit on their hands ahead of the US central bank's interest rate decision scheduled for later.

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Aim and small cap news

AIM bulletins

• Pennant inks non-exclusive distribution deal with Siemens
  Mon 14 July 2025 12:42
  (Sharecast News) - Pennant International named Siemens Digital Industries Software as a global OEM partner for its GenS technology on Monday, in a move that it said marked a significant step in its go-to-market strategy for its Auxilium suite of software
• Touchstone deliviers first update on Trinidad's Central Block
  Mon 14 July 2025 12:39
  (Sharecast News) - Touchstone Exploration delivered its first operational update on the Central Block asset in Trinidad and Tobago since acquiring the licence in mid-May on Monday, reporting quarter-on-quarter production growth and steady revenue generati
• Orosur starts infill drilling at Pepas gold prospect
  Mon 14 July 2025 12:34
  (Sharecast News) - Orosur Mining announced the start of a targeted infill drilling programme at its Pepas gold prospect in Colombia on Monday, marking the first step toward defining a maiden mineral resource estimate (MRE) for the asset.
• Support for Planmatics' possible Empresaria takeover tops 70pc
  Mon 14 July 2025 12:29
  (Sharecast News) - Planmatics said on Monday that it has received additional support for its proposed acquisition of the AIM-traded Empresaria Group, after the Hendriks Family signed a non-binding letter of intent confirming their intention to back the of
• Falcon Oil reports strongest Beetaloo flow test to date
  Mon 14 July 2025 12:26
  (Sharecast News) - Falcon Oil & Gas reported its strongest flow test to date from the Beetaloo Sub-basin in Australia on Monday, with the Shenandoah S2-2H ST1 well delivering a 60-day initial production (IP60) rate of 6.8 million cubic feet per day.

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Small cap bulletins

• Wizz Air passenger numbers rise in June
  Wed 02 July 2025 07:54
  (Sharecast News) - Low-cost carrier Wizz Air said on Wednesday that passenger numbers had increased during June, as did seat capacity and load factor.
• ProCook delivers 'strong trading performance' in FY25
  Wed 25 June 2025 07:56
  (Sharecast News) - UK kitchenware brand ProCook said on Wednesday that it had delivered a "strong trading performance" in the year ended 30 March, significantly outperforming the market.

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