British pubs group Fuller Smith & Turner reported a 11 percent rise in its first half pretax profits as occupancy improved and food sales grew strongly at its Managed Pubs and Hotels segment.
London Stock Exchange Group said activity on the primary markets picked up with a more than doubling of the total number of new issues. The group lifted its interim dividend by 5 percent to 8.8 pence.
Investec Plc, the specialist bank and wealth manager, posted a "strong" operational performance in the first half, with five of its six core businesses recording a substantial increase in earnings. Third party assets under management grew 4.9 percent to 77.8 billion pounds.
Too big to fail is now over and American taxpayers will never be asked to bear the costs of a financial firm's failure, said U.S. Treasury deputy secretary Neal Wolin.
British credit information group Experian Plc said its benchmark pretax profit grew 12 percent in the first half as it reported its best organic revenue growth in four years. The company lifted its first interim dividend by 29 percent to 9 cents.
ICAP Plc, the world’s largest broker of transactions between banks, reported good revenue and earnings growth for the first half despite quieter markets, mainly driven by its strong electronic broking franchise.
British Land Co Plc reported a lower first half underlying pretax profit as the year-ago period benefited from the release of credit risk provision.
Beer can manufacturer Rexam Plc said trading for the period since July 1 has been in line with its expectations, and it expects second half results to be similar to those of the first.
British housebuilder Persimmon Plc confirmed that current trading in line with expectations, and it still expects sales revenue to rise about 10 percent this year.
Majestic Wine Plc, UK's largest wine warehouse chain, reported a 20 percent rise in first-half pretax profit as sales rose on substantial increase in active customers, and the company lifted its interim dividend by 17.9 percent to 3.3 pence.
Rolls-Royce expects full year underlying profit growth to be slightly lower than its prior forecast, blaming engine failure incident on a Qantas A380 super-jumbo flight last week.
British private equity firm 3i Group Plc reported a profit and a rise in net asset value for the first half, and it lifted its interim dividend by 20 percent to 1.2 pence.
U.K. real estate investement trust Land Securities Group Plc swung to a pretax profit for the first half, helped by a valuation increase on its portfolio of 3.4 percent. Net assets per share rose 6 percent.
Gold is marginally lower and threading water in most currencies today with markets subdued as the London Stock Exchange and Wall Street are closed for a national holidays.
The head of the London Stock Exchange said in Italian newspaper comments on Sunday that the German government's ban on short-selling is mistaken and risks being counterproductive.
Insurer Pearl Group (PEARL.AS) said a dispute with its bondholders over repayment terms won't jeopardise its efforts to obtain a listing on the London Stock Exchange's (LSE) most closely-regulated segment.
The London Stock Exchange bought a majority stake in platform rival Turquoise, giving its owners a well-timed exit, aligning its interests with those of big clients and granting it immediate access to pan-European share trading.
London Stock Exchange has agreed a deal to take a 60 percent stake in loss-making trading platform rival Turquoise and will merge it with its own dark pool platform, Baikal, to create a new pan-Europe venture.
Irish oil and gas explorer Petroceltic International Plc said it took over as operator of a permit in Italy, raising its stake to 70 percent from 40 percent, as part of a farm-in deal with a unit of Canada's Cygam Energy Inc.
Latin American oil and gas company GeoPark Holdings Ltd said it discovered gas in a new reservoir in a newly drilled well on the Fell Block in Chile, sending its shares up 4 percent.
Angry London bankers and traders accused finance minister Alistair Darling on Wednesday of lip service to appease the poor with a levy on bank bonuses.
Australian coal producer Caledon Resources Plc said on Tuesday it will not pursue sale of the company, following an extended strategic review, sending its shares down 15.5 percent in early trade on the London Stock Exchange.
