Proactive news headlines: Eden Research, Primary Health Properties, Silence Therapeutics, IronRidge Resources.
A glance at some of the day s highlights from the Proactive Investors newswire
Eden Research PLC (LON:EDEN) said it has signed what it called a ‘milestone agreement’ with Corteva Agrisciences for its seed treatment application.
Primary Health Properties PLC (LON:PHP) said its rental collection has remained robust so far in 2021 as the healthcare facilities firm updated investors of its performance for the first quarter, while rental income from its existing portfolio continued to grow.
Great Western Mining Corporation PLC (LON:GWMO) said an initial six-hole drilling programme at the Trafalgar Hill prospect, part of the Olympic Gold project, has been completed “significantly ahead of schedule and under budget”.
FirstGroup shares accelerate after deal to terminate TransPennine contract
A look at the major movers on the London market on Tuesday
It may be a down day for the markets overall, but FirstGroup PLC (LON:FGHP ) has managed to travel in the right direction.
Its shares are up 2.11% or 1.55p to 75p after the transport group agreed to pay the Department for Transport a final £6mln to cancel its TransPennine Express railway franchise, taking the total it has paid to £48.5mln.
It said this was around £50m better than its last assumption.
The group has already given up the South Western Railway and West Coast Partnership franchises, with the pandemic cutting passenger numbers and leaving financial forecasts in tatters.
FTSE 100 closes firmly lower as inflation fears pummel markets
The UK blue chip index closed down 175 points, or 2.47%, at 6,947 on the day.
FTSE 100 loses 2.47%
Antofagasta edges higher
FTSE 100 closed sharply in the red on Friday as inflation fears spooked global markets.
The UK s top share index finished over 175 points lower, or 2.47%, at 6,947. The midcap FTSE 250 also went lower, plunging over 530 points, at 22,167.
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost over 454 points at 34,288. The S&P 500 shed over 42 points, at 4,145. The Nasdaq shed around 65 at 13,336. Inflation fears have hurt market sentiment today, as European markets maintained the pessimistic tone established in the US yesterday, said Joshua Mahony, senior market analyst at IG.
FirstGroup shares accelerate after deal to terminate TransPennine contract
A look at the major movers on the London market on Tuesday
It may be a down day for the markets overall, but FirstGroup PLC (LON:FGHP ) has managed to travel in the right direction.
Its shares are up 2.11% or 1.55p to 75p after the transport group agreed to pay the Department for Transport a final £6mln to cancel its TransPennine Express railway franchise, taking the total it has paid to £48.5mln.
It said this was around £50m better than its last assumption.
The group has already given up the South Western Railway and West Coast Partnership franchises, with the pandemic cutting passenger numbers and leaving financial forecasts in tatters.