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FTSE 100 Market news covers the latest developments for the FTSE 100 Index, which tracks the 100 most highly capitalised blue‑chip companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.

This category includes updates on company admissions and delistings, quarterly and annual results, mergers and acquisitions, board appointments and departures, regulatory news and policy changes.

FTSE 100 Rises to Record on HSBC Earnings, Mining Gains Offset by Consumer Sector Weakness

The FTSE 100 climbed to record levels as strong bank earnings and mining gains outweighed consumer sector weakness...

Shell and METLEN sign LNG supply MoU for 2027–2031

Shell and METLEN have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to supply and trade 0.5–1.0 bcm of LNG annually between 2027 and 2031, with deliveries to Greece’s regasification terminals in Revithoussa and Alexandroupolis...

Haleon reports 2025 results with 3% organic growth and margin expansion

Haleon delivered 3% organic revenue growth in 2025, supported by strong performance in Oral Health and emerging markets. Adjusted operating profit rose 10.5% organically, with margin expansion driven by productivity gains and disciplined investment...

St. James’s Place reports record FUM and 33% rise in IFRS profit in 2025

St. James’s Place delivered record funds under management of £220.0 billion in 2025, alongside a 33% increase in IFRS profit after tax to £531.4 million. Post-tax underlying cash result rose 3% to £462.3 million, with earnings per share up 6% year on year...

Standard Chartered FY2025 underlying PBT rises 18% to $7.9bn

Standard Chartered PLC reported underlying profit before tax of $7.9 billion for 2025, up 18 per cent, with return on tangible equity of 14.7 per cent...

Croda International delivers 2025 earnings growth and targets higher margins by 2028

Croda reported 4.4% sales growth to £1.7bn in 2025, with adjusted operating profit up 7.9% at constant currency...

Convatec reports 6.5% revenue growth and upgraded medium-term target

Convatec Group PLC reported FY2025 revenue of $2.44bn, up 6.5% on a reported basis, with adjusted operating profit rising 12.1% to $544m and adjusted EPS up 16%...

JD Sports to launch £200m share buyback programme in FY27

JD Sports Fashion plc will return £200m to shareholders through a two-tranche share buyback programme in FY27. The first £100m tranche begins immediately and is expected to complete by 31 July 2026...

Anglo American delivers steady EBITDA and advances Anglo Teck transaction in 2025

Underlying EBITDA rose to $6.4 billion in 2025 as Anglo American progressed divestments and secured key approvals for its merger with Teck...

SEGRO delivers strong FY2025 performance with record £99m new rent

For the year ended 31 December 2025, SEGRO achieved record leasing, 6.1% growth in adjusted earnings per share and a 6.0% rise in like-for-like net rental income...

AstraZeneca secures US Approval for fixed-duration Calquence regimen in CLL

AstraZeneca’s Calquence plus venetoclax has been approved in the US as the first all-oral, 14-month treatment option for adults with CLL and SLL, following Phase III data showing improved progression-free survival versus chemoimmunotherapy...

Reckitt Benckiser leadership to present at CAGNY 2026 conference

CEO Kris Licht and CFO Shannon Eisenhardt will present at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) Conference 2026 in Orlando...

Rio Tinto reports higher EBITDA on 8% CuEq production growth

Rio Tinto PLC reported a 9% increase in underlying EBITDA to $25.4 billion for 2025, supported by an 8% rise in copper equivalent production and record iron ore output from Pilbara...

Centrica reports £1.4bn EBITDA and higher dividend for 2025

Centrica reported adjusted EBITDA of £1.4bn for the year ended 31 December 2025, down from £2.3bn in 2024, reflecting lower commodity prices and challenging trading conditions...

BAE Systems delivers record backlog and earnings growth in 2025

For the year ended 31 December 2025, BAE Systems posted 10% sales growth and a 12% increase in underlying EPS, supported by strong order intake of £36.8bn. The company issued 2026 guidance for continued sales and profit growth...

Glencore reports $13.5bn EBITDA in 2025, advances copper growth strategy

Glencore reported 2025 Adjusted EBITDA of $13.5 billion, down 6% year-on-year, with stronger second-half performance driven by improved copper production and metals prices...

Antofagasta delivers 30% revenue growth and 106% rise in underlying EPS in 2025

Antofagasta plc recorded record EBITDA and a widened margin of 60.3% in 2025, supported by robust copper pricing and operational discipline, CEO Iván Arriagada said...

Intertek strengthens solar PV services with AePVI acquisition

Intertek has acquired AePVI, a specialist in drone-based inspection solutions for solar PV systems, to expand its factory-to-field assurance services and improve defect detection, productivity, and performance across large-scale solar assets...

GSK secures EU approval for Exdensur in severe asthma and CRSwNP

GSK announced European Commission approval of Exdensur (depemokimab) as an add-on treatment for severe asthma with type 2 inflammation in patients aged 12 and older, and for adults with severe chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps...

Ashtead Group announces Sunbelt Q3 results date and NYSE listing update

Ashtead Group's Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc will publish its third quarter results on March 12, 2026, with a live webcast at 8:30am ET. The company will assume the role of Ashtead Group’s holding company on February 27 and begin trading on the NYSE under “SUNB” on March 2, while maintaining its London listing...
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FTSE 100 Rises to Record on HSBC Earnings, Mining Gains Offset by Consumer Sector Weakness

The FTSE 100 climbed to record levels as strong bank earnings and mining gains outweighed consumer sector weakness...

Shell and METLEN sign LNG supply MoU for 2027–2031

Shell and METLEN have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to supply and trade 0.5–1.0 bcm of LNG annually between 2027 and 2031, with deliveries to Greece’s regasification terminals in Revithoussa and Alexandroupolis...

Haleon reports 2025 results with 3% organic growth and margin expansion

Haleon delivered 3% organic revenue growth in 2025, supported by strong performance in Oral Health and emerging markets. Adjusted operating profit rose 10.5% organically, with margin expansion driven by productivity gains and disciplined investment...

St. James’s Place reports record FUM and 33% rise in IFRS profit in 2025

St. James’s Place delivered record funds under management of £220.0 billion in 2025, alongside a 33% increase in IFRS profit after tax to £531.4 million. Post-tax underlying cash result rose 3% to £462.3 million, with earnings per share up 6% year on year...

Standard Chartered FY2025 underlying PBT rises 18% to $7.9bn

Standard Chartered PLC reported underlying profit before tax of $7.9 billion for 2025, up 18 per cent, with return on tangible equity of 14.7 per cent...

Croda International delivers 2025 earnings growth and targets higher margins by 2028

Croda reported 4.4% sales growth to £1.7bn in 2025, with adjusted operating profit up 7.9% at constant currency...

Convatec reports 6.5% revenue growth and upgraded medium-term target

Convatec Group PLC reported FY2025 revenue of $2.44bn, up 6.5% on a reported basis, with adjusted operating profit rising 12.1% to $544m and adjusted EPS up 16%...

JD Sports to launch £200m share buyback programme in FY27

JD Sports Fashion plc will return £200m to shareholders through a two-tranche share buyback programme in FY27. The first £100m tranche begins immediately and is expected to complete by 31 July 2026...

Anglo American delivers steady EBITDA and advances Anglo Teck transaction in 2025

Underlying EBITDA rose to $6.4 billion in 2025 as Anglo American progressed divestments and secured key approvals for its merger with Teck...

SEGRO delivers strong FY2025 performance with record £99m new rent

For the year ended 31 December 2025, SEGRO achieved record leasing, 6.1% growth in adjusted earnings per share and a 6.0% rise in like-for-like net rental income...

AstraZeneca secures US Approval for fixed-duration Calquence regimen in CLL

AstraZeneca’s Calquence plus venetoclax has been approved in the US as the first all-oral, 14-month treatment option for adults with CLL and SLL, following Phase III data showing improved progression-free survival versus chemoimmunotherapy...

Reckitt Benckiser leadership to present at CAGNY 2026 conference

CEO Kris Licht and CFO Shannon Eisenhardt will present at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) Conference 2026 in Orlando...

Rio Tinto reports higher EBITDA on 8% CuEq production growth

Rio Tinto PLC reported a 9% increase in underlying EBITDA to $25.4 billion for 2025, supported by an 8% rise in copper equivalent production and record iron ore output from Pilbara...

Centrica reports £1.4bn EBITDA and higher dividend for 2025

Centrica reported adjusted EBITDA of £1.4bn for the year ended 31 December 2025, down from £2.3bn in 2024, reflecting lower commodity prices and challenging trading conditions...

BAE Systems delivers record backlog and earnings growth in 2025

For the year ended 31 December 2025, BAE Systems posted 10% sales growth and a 12% increase in underlying EPS, supported by strong order intake of £36.8bn. The company issued 2026 guidance for continued sales and profit growth...

Glencore reports $13.5bn EBITDA in 2025, advances copper growth strategy

Glencore reported 2025 Adjusted EBITDA of $13.5 billion, down 6% year-on-year, with stronger second-half performance driven by improved copper production and metals prices...

Antofagasta delivers 30% revenue growth and 106% rise in underlying EPS in 2025

Antofagasta plc recorded record EBITDA and a widened margin of 60.3% in 2025, supported by robust copper pricing and operational discipline, CEO Iván Arriagada said...

Intertek strengthens solar PV services with AePVI acquisition

Intertek has acquired AePVI, a specialist in drone-based inspection solutions for solar PV systems, to expand its factory-to-field assurance services and improve defect detection, productivity, and performance across large-scale solar assets...

GSK secures EU approval for Exdensur in severe asthma and CRSwNP

GSK announced European Commission approval of Exdensur (depemokimab) as an add-on treatment for severe asthma with type 2 inflammation in patients aged 12 and older, and for adults with severe chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps...

Ashtead Group announces Sunbelt Q3 results date and NYSE listing update

Ashtead Group's Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc will publish its third quarter results on March 12, 2026, with a live webcast at 8:30am ET. The company will assume the role of Ashtead Group’s holding company on February 27 and begin trading on the NYSE under “SUNB” on March 2, while maintaining its London listing...
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