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US close: Markets weaker as trade concerns continue to build
Wall Street finished Thursday’s session weaker, as concerns about international trade weighed on markets, eBay and American Express disappointed with second-quarter numbers and another twist in the battle for control of 21st Century Fox.
Sports Direct profits plunge due to investments, 'elevation' gains traction
Sports Direct reported a 3. 5% improvement in annual revenue to £3. 36bn for the year to 29 April but a 72. 5% plunge in profit before tax to £77. 5m.
Audioboom narrows loss as is strives for profitability
Podcast platform Audioboom issued its unaudited half-yearly results for the six months ended 31 May on Thursday, reporting a 43% improvement in revenue to £2. 6m year-on-year.
Asia report: Markets finish mixed after Wall Street boost
Markets in Asia finished mixed on Thursday, after a strong start instigated by a decent showing on Wall Street overnight, although Chinese bourses sank.
Rare books dealer Scholium returns to profit in preliminary results
Rare books, art and collectibles dealer Scholium posted its preliminary results for the year ended 31 March on Thursday, reporting a 10% improvement in revenue to £6. 7m.
EKF Diagnostics to manufacture for Oragenics
Point-of-care business EKF Diagnostics Holdings has signed an exclusive agreement with Florida-based biopharmaceutical company Oragenics, it announced on Thursday, for the manufacturing of Oragenics' lantibiotic bulk drug substances in the United States.
IBM maintains forecasts after decent second quarter
International Business Machines - better known as IBM - posted its second quarter results on Thursday, reporting a 4% improvement in revenue year-on-year, and a “strong” profit performance.
Stenprop offloading Swiss property in pivot to UK industrial
Stenprop told shareholders on Thursday that it had completed the disposal of two of its Swiss properties, Altendorf and Arlesheim, via the sale of the entire issued share capital of Polo Property to Helvetica Swiss Commercial earlier in the week.
South32 posts solid final quarter production numbers
South32 issued its quarterly report for June on Thursday, announcing record performance at Australia Manganese and a 10% increase in total manganese ore production in the full-year, as the company continued to take advantage of stronger demand and pricing.
Hummingbird issues solid production results in first full quarter at Yanfolila
African gold producer Hummingbird Resources issued its second quarter production results to 30 June on Thursday, reporting 33,101 ounces of gold poured at Yanfolila during the period, at an all-in sustaining cost of $790 per ounce.
Versarien narrows loss as it seeks to open up new markets
Advanced engineering materials group Versarien announced its unaudited results for the year ended 31 March on Thursday, reporting a 52% improvement in group revenues to £9. 02m.
Roche's Tencentriq meets co-primary endpoint in lung cancer trial
Roche announced on Thursday that the Phase III IMpower132 study had met its co-primary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS) and demonstrated that the combination of ‘Tecentriq’ (atezolizumab) plus chemotherapy - cisplatin or carboplatin plus pemetrexed - reduced the risk of disease worsening or death compared to chemotherapy alone in the initial treatment of advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Rio Tinto investee Oyu Tolgoi enters agreements with three EPC firms
Rio Tinto announced on Thursday that Oyu Tolgoi, an entity in which it has a 33. 5% indirect ownership interest, had entered into agreements with three Chinese engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors, each of which would potentially create a smaller related party transaction for the purposes of the UK Listing Rules.
Euromoney continues in line after sale of GMID
Business information and events group Euromoney Institutional Investor updated the market on its trading for the period from 1 April to 19 July on Thursday, reporting that since its interim results on 17 May, trading had continued in line with the board's expectations.
SSE's first quarter profits take a hit, underlying sales growth slows at Unilever
London open The FTSE 100 is expected to open nine points lower on Thursday, having closed up 0. 65% at 7,676. 28 on Wednesday.
Thursday newspaper round-up: Theresa May, Brexit, Novichok, Donald Trump, Burberry, TalkTalk
Theresa May will go on a tour of Britain this summer in an attempt to convince sceptical Tory members to back her plan for Brexit. The scale of unrest among grassroots Conservatives emerged yesterday as Boris Johnson used a resignation speech to galvanise the party’s membership against the prime minister’s Chequers plan. - The Times.
US close: Markets mixed amid Fed concern over labour shortage
US stocks finished on a mixed note on Wednesday, with Morgan Stanley boosted by solid second-quarter earnings, as investors digested the latest testimony from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell and some disappointing data on housing starts.