The FTSE 100 rallied in early trading, following gains in the US and Asian markets as well as yesterday’s fiscal moves by the new UK chancellor, Jeremy Hunt.
Betting firm 888 revealed sales dropped by 7% in the last three months, but said it has made “rapid progress” on integrating the William Hill operations it bought for £1.95bn earlier this year.
Housebuilder Bellway unveiled a drop in homebuyer demand and warned revenue volumes would likely remain largely flat in the coming year.
Jet2 entered into an agreement with Airbus to buy 35 new firm-ordered A320 neo aircraft, with the option to extend this to up to 71 depending on demand.
Advanced Oncotherapy raised £6mln through an issue of shares to Odey Asset Management, which is already a significant shareholder.
BATM said it won an order worth £3.1mln for its Edgility virtual networking and edge compute solution from CityFibre (AIM:CFHL).
Bradda Head Lithium said it completed further step-out drilling phase at its Basin East lithium in clay project in Arizona.