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Equities, indexes, earnings, and the moves that reset portfolios.
Persimmon’s Homeward Bound phase in north Kent is selling reservations at a slower weekly pace than the South East division average, according to a commuter-belt survey that tracks mortgage affordability and Help to Buy exit effects.
SSE Renewables has revised marine coordination windows with the Port of Hull after Dogger Bank export cable work shifted landing logistics, keeping Albert Dock heavy-lift slots aligned with East Riding landfall timing.
Rolls-Royce Holdings climbed after its Derby small modular reactor campus booked turbine housing orders tied to a UK government shortlist milestone, lifting civil nuclear backlog numbers that investors track separately from widebody engine cycles.
BP plc shares led the FTSE 100 after Aberdeen decommissioning tax credits booked in the third quarter lifted North Sea free cash flow above analyst models, even as benchmark Brent held flat through the week.
AstraZeneca shares eased after the FDA pushed a joint oncology advisory review of camizestrant and Truqap from late September to October, delaying the London-listed drugmaker’s clearest US read-through until after third-quarter updates.
FTSE 250 life and general insurers rallied as Solvency UK reforms and higher risk-free rates lifted disclosed capital headroom, with Chesnara and RSA reporting surplus ratios well above management targets.
