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M&G plc (MNG.L) today: Barclays lifts price target to 310p — all the news on 18 November 2025

M&G plc (MNG.L) today: Barclays lifts price target to 310p — all the news on 18 November 2025

London, 18 November 2025 — The key development for FTSE‑100 asset manager and insurer M&G plc today is a broker move from Barclays, which raised its price target to 310p (from 295p) and maintained an ‘Overweight’ rating in a sector‑wide note published this morning at 09:03. The same report also adjusted targets across UK insurance peers, underscoring a constructive stance on the group. Shares Magazine What changed today Shareholder register watch (latest filings) Operating momentum that’s informing the calls Strategy backdrop: the Dai‑ichi partnership Where the shares stand Other recent analyst colour What to watch next Bottom line for 18
18 November 2025
IAG (LON:IAG) news today: Share buyback, British Airways boosts Cincinnati service, Zurich check‑in change, fresh ‘Buy’ calls — 18 November 2025

IAG (LON:IAG) news today: Share buyback, British Airways boosts Cincinnati service, Zurich check‑in change, fresh ‘Buy’ calls — 18 November 2025

LONDON — Tuesday, 18 November 2025. British Airways owner International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (IAG) was active on multiple fronts today, with fresh buyback disclosures, a capacity increase on a growing UK–US route, an operational update for Zurich, and supportive analyst commentary. IAG’s shares finished around 372.6p, down roughly 2.2% from Monday’s close as the market continued to digest early‑November results and guidance. Financial Times Markets Today’s highlights at a glance Market snapshot IAG last traded near 372.6p in London on Tuesday, compared with 381.0p at Monday’s close (‑2.2% day‑on‑day). Intraday ranges were tight, suggesting sentiment remains in “wait‑and‑see” mode
18 November 2025
National Grid (NG.L) Today—18 November 2025: New CEO Zoë Yujnovich takes charge, ex‑dividend this week, AI power plans sharpen focus on grid capacity

National Grid (NG.L) Today—18 November 2025: New CEO Zoë Yujnovich takes charge, ex‑dividend this week, AI power plans sharpen focus on grid capacity

LONDON — 18 November 2025. National Grid begins the week under new leadership and with a dividend milestone approaching, as policy moves around AI data‑centre power, consumer bills and carbon‑capture regulation frame the investment case for the FTSE‑100 utility. Here’s what matters today. Leadership change becomes official Zoë Yujnovich formally became Chief Executive on 17 November 2025, succeeding John Pettigrew after nearly a decade in the role. The succession timeline was set out in National Grid’s May announcements and reiterated alongside its half‑year results this month; Reuters’ company profile now lists Yujnovich as CEO. London Stock Exchange+2Investegate+2 Dividend timetable: ex‑dividend
18 November 2025
BP Stock Soars as Oil Rally and Strategic Shift Boost Investor Confidence

BP plc (LON: BP.) Today—Share Price Softens as Brent Slips; Olympic Pipeline Partially Restored (18 November 2025)

LONDON — 18 November 2025. BP shares eased in morning trade in London as oil prices dipped back toward $63–$64 a barrel, while the company said it had restarted an unaffected segment of the Olympic Pipeline in Washington state after a weekend leak. The operational update helped limit concerns about refined‑product flows in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, but the softer crude backdrop kept pressure on the stock. Reuters+1 BP share price today (LSE: BP.) By late morning, BP traded at 458.70p, down about 1.1% on the day. The intraday range stood around 456.95p–460.85p versus a previous close of 463.60p. FT
18 November 2025
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HSBC Shares Jump as Bank Lifts Outlook Despite $1.1 B Madoff Hit

HSBC Holdings plc Share Price Slips as Chair Race, Sukuk Deal and Block Trade Dominate Headlines – 18 November 2025

HSBC Holdings plc (LON: HSBA) spent Tuesday, 18 November 2025 in the red, even as a flurry of boardroom, capital-markets and trading headlines kept the FTSE 100 banking giant firmly in the spotlight. HSBC share price today: HSBA retreats from recent highs As of the London close on 18 November 2025, HSBC shares ended around 1,062p, down roughly 2.9% on the day from Monday’s close at 1,093.4p. The stock traded between about 1,060p and 1,079p during the session, extending a pullback from last week’s near record levels. Shares Magazine+1 Despite today’s dip, the broader picture remains strong: For context, HSBC
18 November 2025
NatWest Stock Rockets as Q3 Profit Soars – What’s Next for Investors?

NatWest Group (NWG) Stock Today: Share Buyback, UK Deposit Guarantee Hike and Investor Outlook – 18 November 2025

NatWest Group plc (LON:NWG, NYSE:NWG) enters Tuesday, 18 November 2025 with a mix of market pressure and supportive news flow: a fresh share buyback disclosure, a major upgrade to the UK’s deposit protection scheme, and continued focus on capital returns after a very strong set of 2025 results so far. Below is a rounded picture of what’s happening around the stock today and what it could mean for investors. (Nothing here is investment advice – just information and context.) NatWest share price on 18 November 2025 On the London Stock Exchange, NatWest Group shares closed on 18 November 2025 at
18 November 2025
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Vodafone (LSE: VOD) lifts dividend for the first time in 8 years, launches €500m buyback and targets upper‑end FY26 outlook — stock pops on 11 Nov 2025

Vodafone Share Price Today: Buyback Progress, Dividend Growth and £3bn Lawsuit – 18 November 2025 Update

Vodafone Group plc (LSE: VOD, NASDAQ: VOD) stayed in focus on 18 November 2025 as investors digested fresh buyback activity, a new institutional filing, strong growth in key emerging markets – and a major UK class-action lawsuit targeting the country’s biggest mobile operators. At the London close, Vodafone’s shares were trading around 92p, giving the FTSE 100 telecom giant a market capitalisation of roughly £21.9bn, within a 52‑week range of about 62p to 96p.Hargreaves Lansdown+1 Below is a full run‑through of everything that moved the needle for Vodafone stock today. Key points for Vodafone investors on 18 November 2025 Vodafone
18 November 2025
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JD.L: JD Sports Edges Higher as Buyback Continues — All the News Investors Need on 11 November 2025

JD Sports Fashion (LON: JD) share price dips ahead of Q3 update as Barcelona flagship and UK megabillboard unveiled – 18 November 2025

JD Sports Fashion plc’s share price is under renewed pressure on Tuesday, 18 November 2025, even as the FTSE 100 retailer pushes ahead with high‑profile brand and store investments – including its largest European store in Barcelona and a dominant new billboard presence in Manchester. Investors are now firmly focused on Thursday’s Q3 trading statement (20 November), which is expected to show whether JD Sports can stabilise like‑for‑like sales after a tough year for discretionary retail. The Armchair Trader+1 Key points for today – 18 November 2025 JD Sports share price today (18 November 2025) As of late morning on
18 November 2025
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Rolls-Royce (RR.L) Today: RBC ‘Outperform’ Call, Etihad Engine Deal and Emirates Snub Shape Outlook – 18 November 2025

Rolls-Royce (RR.L) Today: RBC ‘Outperform’ Call, Etihad Engine Deal and Emirates Snub Shape Outlook – 18 November 2025

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is back in the spotlight today as fresh analyst calls, a major Middle Eastern engine win and renewed scrutiny from Emirates all land at once. On 18 November 2025, the London‑listed aero‑engineer is trading slightly lower despite a new “outperform” rating from RBC Capital Markets, a higher price target from Morgan Stanley and confirmation that Etihad Airways will power a significant Airbus wide‑body order with Rolls-Royce Trent engines. At the same time, Emirates has again delayed a potential Airbus A350‑1000 order, saying it wants to see improvements in Rolls-Royce’s upgraded engines before committing. Rolls-Royce+2TradingView+2 Below is a
18 November 2025
Legal & General (LGEN) Share Price Today, 18 November 2025: Barclays Ups Target as Green Mortgage Deal Lands

Legal & General (LGEN) Share Price Today, 18 November 2025: Barclays Ups Target as Green Mortgage Deal Lands

Legal & General Group plc (LON: LGEN) was in focus on the London market today, 18 November 2025, as a fresh broker upgrade and a new “green mortgage” partnership helped shape sentiment around the FTSE 100 insurer. Legal & General share price on 18 November 2025 By the end of Tuesday’s session, Legal & General shares were trading around 233–234p, with most data providers showing a fall of roughly 1.5–1.8% versus Monday’s close of 237.4p. Intraday ranges reported for LGEN on the London Stock Exchange and major financial platforms show the stock moving between roughly 233.3p and 235.6p, with opening
18 November 2025
Centrica plc (CNA.L) Trades Flat as Buyback Accelerates and Net‑Zero Storage Plans Advance – 18 November 2025

Centrica plc (CNA.L) Trades Flat as Buyback Accelerates and Net‑Zero Storage Plans Advance – 18 November 2025

Centrica plc, the FTSE 100 owner of British Gas, ended Tuesday’s session broadly unchanged, even as the company continued its sizeable share buyback programme and featured in fresh coverage of its investment in a landmark long‑duration energy storage project in Scotland. Hargreaves Lansdown+1 Centrica share price today: calm trading around 166p On 18 November 2025, Centrica’s London‑listed shares (LON: CNA) closed at around 166p, with Hargreaves Lansdown quoting a closing bid–offer of 166.25p/166.30p, up just 0.05p on the day – a move of roughly +0.03%. Hargreaves Lansdown Data from Investing.com show the stock trading in a day range of roughly 163.8p to 166.9p, on volume
18 November 2025
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ConvaTec Share Price Falls as Novo Holdings Dumps 7.8% Stake While LTIMindtree Wins SAP Deal – 18 November 2025

ConvaTec Share Price Falls as Novo Holdings Dumps 7.8% Stake While LTIMindtree Wins SAP Deal – 18 November 2025

London, 18 November 2025 — ConvaTec Group Plc (LON: CTEC) finished Tuesday lower after long‑time shareholder Novo Holdings A/S priced a £351 million secondary share offering that removes its entire stake in the FTSE 100 healthcare group. At the same time, IT services firm LTIMindtree disclosed a new SAP S/4HANA transformation contract with ConvaTec, underscoring the medtech company’s ongoing operational modernisation despite near‑term share price pressure.  Reuters Novo Holdings exits ConvaTec with £351m block sale Novo Holdings — the investment arm of the Novo Nordisk Foundation and former largest shareholder in ConvaTec — has sold its entire holding in the company via an accelerated bookbuild to institutional investors.  LSE Key
18 November 2025
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Glencore (LON: GLEN) share price today, 11 Nov 2025: gains as copper steadies; Q3 output, $1bn buyback & UK legal case in focus

Glencore Share Price Today: Ulan Coal Ruling, New Copper Discovery and Buyback Drive – 18 November 2025

Glencore plc (LON: GLEN) spent Tuesday trading lower in London as investors weighed a fresh legal setback for one of its Australian coal mines, upbeat copper exploration news near its Mount Isa operations and the continued impact of its $1 billion share buyback programme. Glencore share price on 18 November 2025 As of late morning in London on Tuesday, 18 November 2025, Glencore shares were changing hands at around 359p on the London Stock Exchange, down roughly 1–1.5% from Monday’s close of 363.85p. Data from the Financial Timesshows the stock quoted at 359.05p, a daily move of -4.80p (-1.32%), with a 52‑week range of 205.00p to 397.40p and
18 November 2025
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Exxon Mobil (XOM) Stock on Rollercoaster Ride – Oil Crashes & Big News Spark Wild Market Debate

ExxonMobil Under Fire Over Fears It Could ‘Quietly’ Shut Fife’s Mossmorran Plant as European Chemical Sale Looms

Updated: 18 November 2025 Pressure is intensifying on ExxonMobil to spell out the future of its operations in Scotland and across Europe, amid mounting fears that the US energy giant could quietly sell or shutter its Fife Ethylene Plant at Mossmorran as part of a wider shake‑up of its chemical business. Reports in Scotland and new analysis published today highlight deep concern among ministers, unions and local communities that the petrochemical hub near Cowdenbeath – which supports around 500 jobs – may be at risk as ExxonMobil explores the sale of chemical plants in the UK and Belgium and reorganises its European
18 November 2025
Magnetic Trains Hit 1,000 km/h: How Maglev Is Racing Past Planes and Redefining High‑Speed Travel in 2025

Magnetic Trains Hit 1,000 km/h: How Maglev Is Racing Past Planes and Redefining High‑Speed Travel in 2025

Updated: November 18, 2025 On November 18, 2025, magnetic trains – better known as maglev trains – are back in the global spotlight. A fresh explainer from Travel and Tour World on how magnetic trains float and why they’re greener, new coverage of China’s experimental 1,000 km/h vacuum‑tube train, and a market forecast showing maglev set to double in value by 2035 are all trending across news feeds and Discover cards. Travel And Tour World+2CPG Click Petróleo e Gás+2 At the same time, photo-led explainers like WION’s “how magnetic trains float at high speed and the technology behind them” are helping a wider audience grasp the science that
18 November 2025
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$100 B Bank Fraud Scandal Triggers Global Market Rout – DAX Sinks Below 24,000 Amid ‘Cockroach’ Fears

German Stock Market Today, 18 November 2025: DAX Hits Lowest Level Since June as Risk-Off Mood Deepens

FRANKFURT, Germany – The German stock market came under renewed pressure on Tuesday, 18 November 2025, as the DAX slipped to its lowest level since June amid a global risk-off move, profit-taking in recent outperformers and fresh weakness in cyclical shares. Concerns about U.S. interest rates, delayed economic data after the long U.S. government shutdown, and nervousness ahead of Nvidia’s earnings kept buyers on the sidelines. Investing.com Deutsch+2Bloomberg+2 DAX Today: New Lows for the Autumn Rally In early Xetra trading, the DAX fell as low as 23,227 points, its weakest level since June. By the end of the first trading
18 November 2025
Dalal Street in Turmoil: Sensex Plunges 2,500 Points in a Week – Should You Buy the Dip or Brace for More?

Indian Stock Market Today, 18 November 2025: Sensex, Nifty Break Winning Streak as New-Age IPOs Steal the Show

The Indian stock market paused for breath on Tuesday, 18 November 2025, as benchmark indices snapped a six-session winning streak amid a global tech-led sell-off and profit booking in key heavyweights. At the same time, Dalal Street’s obsession with new-age listings – PhysicsWallah, Emmvee Photovoltaic and Capillary Technologies – stayed front and centre. Sensex and Nifty Today: How Dalal Street Closed on 18 November 2025 After a strong run that took the Nifty 50 above the 26,000 mark and the Sensex near 85,000 on Monday, indices finally gave up some ground today. Bestmate Investment Services Pvt Ltd+1 This decline comes
18 November 2025
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TSX Today: Toronto Stock Exchange Steadies Ahead of Key Inflation Data (November 17, 2025)

Canada Stock Market Today, November 18, 2025: TSX Braces for Cautious Open as Inflation Cools and Global AI Selloff Deepens

TORONTO — Canada’s stock market heads into Tuesday’s session on the defensive, with investors digesting cooler inflation data, a softer loonie and a sharp global tech selloff that has rattled confidence in the AI trade. Below is your before-the-bell playbook for the S&P/TSX Composite and broader Canadian markets on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. Where the TSX Stands After Monday’s Slide Canada’s main index starts the day from a weak position: Options markets also flashed more stress: the S&P/TSX 60 VIX volatility gauge climbed to roughly a six‑month high near 19, signaling growing demand for downside protection as stocks sold off.
18 November 2025
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Earth’s New ‘Quasi‑Moon’ 2025 PN7: What NASA’s Data and Astronomers Say Today (Nov. 18, 2025)

Earth’s New ‘Quasi‑Moon’ 2025 PN7: What NASA’s Data and Astronomers Say Today (Nov. 18, 2025)

Earth has a tiny new traveling companion. Here’s what’s actually confirmed—and what isn’t—about 2025 PN7, plus how it fits into the bigger story of quasi‑moons and mini‑moons. What happened today Coverage of Earth’s “extra moons” picked up again on November 18, 2025, with fresh explainers highlighting that our planet frequently hosts transient mini‑moons and quasi‑moons—small natural bodies that either briefly orbit Earth or share our year around the Sun. The broader context matters: Earth’s newly discussed quasi‑moon 2025 PN7 is real, but it’s not a second Moon. It’s an asteroid in a special co‑orbital dance with Earth, and modeling suggests
18 November 2025
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Shanghai Stock Exchange Today (Nov 17, 2025): Shanghai Composite slips 0.46% to 3,972 as lithium rally offsets broader risk-off mood

China Stock Market Today (November 18, 2025): Shanghai Composite and Hang Seng Slide as Global AI Sell-Off Hits Asia

Published: November 18, 2025 China’s stock markets fell on Tuesday as a global tech-led sell-off, worries over lofty artificial intelligence (AI) valuations and uncertainty about U.S. interest-rate cuts triggered a broad risk-off move across Asia. Mainland benchmarks in Shanghai and Shenzhen closed lower alongside Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index, even as fresh data showed a small improvement in China’s youth unemployment rate. Reuters+2The Washington Post+2 Key Index Moves: Mainland China and Hong Kong in the Red Mainland China Hong Kong Despite today’s setback, mainland and Hong Kong benchmarks are still sitting on solid year‑to‑date gains: the Shanghai Composite remains up
18 November 2025
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SAP stock price: Treasury stake tops 5% as buyback focus builds into next week

SAP stock price: Treasury stake tops 5% as buyback focus builds into next week

7 February 2026
SAP SE closed at 171.22 euros on Xetra Friday, up 0.43%, after disclosing its treasury shares rose above 5% of capital, reaching 61,737,035 shares. The increase follows the launch of a buyback plan worth up to 2.6 billion euros through July 2026. SAP’s U.S. shares finished at $203.34. Investors await SAP’s Integrated Report on Feb. 26 and next results on April 23.
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