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Stock market reports

• London close: Stocks weaker on US data, Iran tensions
  Tue 17 June 2025 17:54
  (Sharecast News) - London stocks finished lower on Tuesday as mounting tensions in the Middle East weighed on investor sentiment.
• Europe close: Stoxx 600 hits six-week low as Israel-Iran conflict worsens
  Tue 17 June 2025 16:27
  (Sharecast News) - European stocks fell to their lowest levels in six weeks on Tuesday as fighting between Israel and Iran intensified, dampening risk appetite and driving up the price of oil.
• US open: Stocks lower as Middle East conflict remains in focus
  Tue 17 June 2025 13:53
  (Sharecast News) - Major indices were in the red early on Tuesday as market participants were zeroed-in on developments in the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.
• London midday: Stocks stay down but FTSE outperforms European peers
  Tue 17 June 2025 11:00
  (Sharecast News) - London stocks were still weaker by midday on Tuesday as investors mulled the latest developments in the conflict between Israel and Iran, after US President Trump urged Iranians to evacuate Tehran and insisted had not reached out to the
• Europe midday: Banks lead markets lower as geopolitical fears hit risk appetite
  Tue 17 June 2025 10:43
  (Sharecast News) - European stocks slumped on Tuesday on the back of renewed geopolitical uncertainty, while oil prices surged owing to an escalation of conflict between Israel and Iran.

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Press round-up

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: UK-US trade deal, Oxford Street, TSB
  Tue 17 June 2025 07:27
  (Sharecast News) - Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have signed off a UK-US trade deal at the G7 summit in Canada, with the US president saying Britain would have protection against future tariffs "because I like them". The two leaders presented the deal, wh
• Tuesday newspaper round-up: UK-US trade deal, Oxford Street, TSB
  Tue 17 June 2025 07:25
  (Sharecast News) - Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have signed off a UK-US trade deal at the G7 summit in Canada, with the US president saying Britain would have protection against future tariffs "because I like them". The two leaders presented the deal, wh

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Company news

• ICO fines bankrupt 23andMe £2.3m for massive privacy breach
  Tue 17 June 2025 16:18
  (Sharecast News) - DNA testing company 23andMe has been fined £2.31m by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for serious security failings that exposed sensitive personal data of over 155,000 UK residents in a large-scale cyber attack in 2023
• Wednesday preview: Fed meeting, UK CPI in focus
  Tue 17 June 2025 12:28
  (Sharecast News) - All eyes in the middle of the week will be on the US central bank as policymakers meet to decide on policy.
• Ocean Wilsons launches tender offer, agrees possible Hansa merger
  Tue 17 June 2025 12:27
  (Sharecast News) - Hansa Investment Company and Ocean Wilsons have reached a preliminary agreement on an all-share merger, the companies announced on Tuesday, that would see Hansa acquire the entire issued share capital of Ocean Wilsons.
• Poundland to close 68 stores in restructuring move
  Tue 17 June 2025 12:05
  (Sharecast News) - British discount retailer Poundland, which was taken over last week by US investment firm Gordon Brothers for a nominal sum, has announced plans to shut 68 stores and two distribution centres.
• Secure Trust Bank announces CEO transition plans
  Tue 17 June 2025 10:52
  (Sharecast News) - Secure Trust Bank announced the retirement of its chief executive officer David McCreadie on Tuesday, after more than four years in the role and nearly six years on the board.

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Directors' dealings

• Director dealings: Dunelm CFO makes share sale, B&M CEO snaps up shares
  Tue 17 June 2025 14:25
  (Sharecast News) - Dunelm revealed on Tuesday that chief financial officer Karen Witts had offloaded 24,247 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed homewares retailer.
• Director dealings: Tyrus Capital's Gunter Waldner snaps up Jadestone Energy shares
  Mon 16 June 2025 12:47
  (Sharecast News) - Jadestone Energy revealed on Monday that non-executive director Gunter Waldner had acquired 4,444,444 ordinary shares in the AIM-listed upstream production and development 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: Autos, Big Oil drop as Brent futures and US Treasury yields slide
  Wed 11 September 2024 06:59
  (Sharecast News) - Stocks on the FTSE 350 slumped on Tuesday led by declines in cyclical areas of the market such as Autos and Banks.

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Aim and small cap news

AIM bulletins

• Sound Energy JV completes Morocco screening study
  Tue 17 June 2025 13:46
  (Sharecast News) - Sound Energy announced the successful completion of a regional screening study in Morocco on Tuesday, that identified multiple high-potential areas for natural hydrogen and helium exploration.
• Pulsar Helium to start clean-up and testing at Jetstream wells
  Tue 17 June 2025 13:43
  (Sharecast News) - Pulsar Helium announced on Tuesday that well clean-up and flow testing at its Jetstream 1 and 2 wells at the Topaz Project in northern Minnesota would start in mid-July, with conclusion expected in early August.
• Celsius receives first loan drawdown from MIC funding deal
  Tue 17 June 2025 13:39
  (Sharecast News) - Celsius Resources announced on Tuesday that it has received the first loan drawdown from its funding agreement with Mahalika Investment Corporation (MIC), marking a key milestone in the development of its flagship Maalinao-Caigutan-Biyo
• Karelian identifies significant new copper target
  Tue 17 June 2025 13:34
  (Sharecast News) - Karelian Diamond Resources announced the identification of a significant new copper exploration target at the site of the historic Cappagh Copper Mine on Tuesday, within its recently-awarded KDR4 licence area in Northern Ireland.
• Anexo further extends deadline for potential takeover
  Tue 17 June 2025 13:13
  (Sharecast News) - Anexo Group announced a two-week extension to the deadline for a potential takeover offer by DBAY Advisors and Anexo executives Alan Sellers and Samantha Moss on Tuesday.

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Small cap bulletins

• Wood Group and Sidara granted further extension to PUSU deadline
  Thu 12 June 2025 08:27
  (Sharecast News) - Wood Group has been granted an extension to the so-called 'put up or shut up' takeover deadline for Sidara until 30 June as part of an effort to push the deal through before the end of the month.
• Tullow Oil enters MOU to extend Ghanaian licences
  Wed 04 June 2025 09:44
  (Sharecast News) - Exploration firm Tullow Oil revealed on Wednesday that it had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to extend the West Cape Three Points and Deep Water Tano licences to 2040.

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