Hilton Food Group up 9.7%, in its results for the 26 weeks ended 28 June 2026, announced that revenue climbed to £2.29b from £1.99b recorded in the same period of the prior year. Profit before tax narrowed to £11.80m from £27.10m recorded in the same period of the previous year.
Frontier Developments up 6.4%, announced that it has entered into an agreement with Disney to develop and publish a new game based on Disney’s portfolio of intellectual property. The game will be fully funded by Frontier and will build on the Company’s experience in the Creative Management Simulation genre, which includes the Planet Coaster, Planet Zoo and Jurassic World Evolution franchises.
Bango up 3.1%, intends to release its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2026, on 25 September 2026. Dialight up 1.4%, in its AGM trading update, stated that sales growth in 2Q27 is expected to continue at a rate comfortably above its 3.0%-5.0% growth expectation. Gross margin has also remained comfortably above 45.0%, while the Group expects to achieve its upgraded return on sales target of more than 15.0% in 1H27. Based on year-to-date performance and the current outlook, adjusted profit before tax for FY27 is now expected to be significantly ahead of previous expectations.
4basebio down 17.4% and emerged as the top loser in the Cambridge Index, announced an expansion of its DNA offering to support the production of critical starting material for personalised mRNA medicines. The expanded offering across its high quality and cGMP operations in Cambridge enables shorter manufacturing turnaround times, small patient-specific batch sizes and rapid batch release, supporting faster delivery of high-purity synthetic DNA for personalised mRNA medicines and individualised treatment programmes.
UK markets ended mostly lower last week, as renewed inflation concerns from the Middle East energy shock weighed on investor sentiment. On the data front, UK’s construction PMI unexpectedly dropped in August. Additionally, UK’s manufacturing PMI declined less than expected in August, while the nation’s services PMI advanced less than forecasted in the same month. Meanwhile, UK’s BRC shop price index advanced in August. The FTSE 100 index advanced 0.1% to settle at 10,831.09. Meanwhile, the FTSE AIM 100 index fell 1.7% to close at 3,722.34, while the FTSE techMARK 100 index lost 2.9% to end at 9,348.04.
US markets ended mixed in the previous week, as investors assessed a mixed batch of US jobs data. On the macro front, US services PMI climbed more than anticipated in August. Additionally, the US nonfarm payrolls advanced more than forecasted in August, while the nation’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in August. Meanwhile, US ISM manufacturing PMI dropped more than anticipated in August. Additionally, the US JOLTs job opening advanced less than forecasted in July, while the nation’s private sector employment rose less than expected in August. Further, the US weekly jobless claims advanced more than expected in the week ended 28 August 2026. The DJIA index fell 0.3% to end at 53,414.25, while the NASDAQ index gained 0.4% to close at 26,506.99.
