Insurance baron Sir Peter Wood in line for giant windfall as esure Group (ESUR) weighs £1.2bn takeover offer
EU crackdown takes shine off Plus500 Ltd (DI) (PLUS) record run as shares plunge
Ship broker Clarkson (CKN) shrugs off trade war fears despite profit slump
Chemring Group (CHG) shares plunge after fatal explosion closes Wiltshire factory
Trump bump in defence funding helps to pull BAE Systems (BA.) out of nosedive
– Hopes of a bidding war between high street heavyweights Mike Ashley and Philip Day for Debenhams (DEB) helped the embattled department store enjoy its best day in over two years.
Dixons Carphone (DC.) dropped 5.9p to 170.1p after The Telegraph reported that it was struggling to renegotiate more favourable terms with mobile operators.
TUI AG Reg Shs (DI) (TUI) and Thomas Cook Group (TCG) slipped back on fears that holidaymakers will shun the country’s resorts despite the plunge in the lira.
Ashmore Group (ASHM) dived 19.4p to 337.6p as investors reduced their exposure to emerging markets.
Investors lost their appetite for DP Eurasia N.V. (DI) (DPEU), the Domino’s Pizza franchise serving Turkey and Russia. It plunged 16p to 91p, a record low.
