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European stocks finished the session moderately higher albeit only after the drubbing endured the day before, as investors responded positively to earnings updates from Heineken and semiconductor maker ASML.
A group of hackers named REvil reportedly stole and published product blueprints from Apple’s supplier Quanta Computer and were holding other blueprints under $50m ransom.
The US Food and Drug Administration said that it had found poor and unsanitary conditions at the Baltimore plant that had ruined millions of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine doses.
Stocks finished in a mixed state in London on Wednesday, as investors watched rising numbers of Covid-19 infections outside of Europe, particularly in Japan and India, after a slightly lower-than-expected CPI print in the UK.
Texas-focussed oil and gas exploration and production company Nostra Terra reported progress with the planned strategic expansion of its portfolio into Tunisia on Wednesday.
Analysts at Berenberg raised their target price on builders' merchant Travis Perkins from 1,800. 0p to 2,020. 0p on Wednesday following a division-by-division investigation.
The US government is facing further pressure to ban menthol cigarettes after campaign groups lobbied the United Nations over the issue, it was reported on Wednesday.
The European Union has rolled out its classification system for what constitutes a "green investment" in order it was hoped to help investors better channel money towards the sector.
America-focussed exploration and production company President Energy updated the market on its activities in Argentina’s Rio Negro province on Wednesday, reporting that well LB-1001 in the Las Bases field had been placed on stream following its workover.
Medical technology company Inspiration Healthcare announced on Thursday that SLE, the specialist neonatal ventilator manufacturer it acquired in July, has received regulatory approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to sell the enhanced version of the ‘SLE6000’ in China.
Shares in football clubs were sharply lower on Wednesday, after plans to launch a European Super League collapsed just days after they were first announced.
Shepherd Neame said business since the end of lockdown had beaten expectations and that it was increasingly confident as it prepares to reopen the rest of its pubs.
