London stocks had slipped into the red by midday on Thursday following a record close the day earlier, as investors mulled a ...

Retail giant Walmart reported a rare quarterly earnings miss on Thursday despite delivering solid top-line growth and operational gains.

Plastic and paperboard packaging group Robinson saw profits more than double in the first half despite subdued top-line performance, but the company delivered a cautious outlook for demand.

European shares extended losses on Thursday as all attention turned to the meeting of central bankers at the US Jackson Hole symposium which begins later on in the day.

Italian banking group Mediobanca has dropped its €6.3bn takeover approach for peer Banca Generali after shareholders vetoed the plan.