Cerillion (CER:AIM) £18.90Gain to date: 19.8%Genuine growth stocks may be hard to come by on the UK market but Cerillion (CER:AIM) is a rare gem which qualifies. Forecast-beating full year results had analysts gushing, with Canaccord Genuity talking up the stock's chances of more than doubling. The broker observing 'more market share gains likely; we see a path to £38 on four to five-year...

Cerillion (CER:AIM) £15.78Market cap: £565 millionNot every investor will back young (ish) technology-led growth companies because it often means being willing to steal yourself through years of painful losses at the start of the journey. It's why so many feel the need to look overseas for sustainable tech growth, with real profits and cash flows.But while built-in-Britain opportunities in...

Amid the debris of UK share price performance this year a little-known software story has been knocking it out of the park. Aim-traded Cerillion (CER:AIM) has seen forecasts upgraded through 2022, ending up with record full year statutory profits, revenues, and a bulging order pipeline of new business.Having started the year at 916p, by early March the stock had fallen to 602p, then a new...

Higher interest rates have have reduced PE (price to earnings) ratios across the market with the brunt of the damage suffered by highly-rated growth shares.With only one in six stocks in the FTSE-All Share trading above their 200-day moving average, Shares investigates whether some names may unfairly have been caught up in the indiscriminate selling.This article reveals some of the biggest...

The massive sell-off of technology growth stocks in 2022 to date may see an acceleration of opportunistic buyouts from private equity funds flush with cash.On 9 May, compliance and regulation software supplier Ideagen (IDEA:AIM) agreed a takeover deal from private equity outfit firm Hg worth £1.09 billion, while also opening its books to Hg's counterpart Astorg.'Following initial reports of...

In light of the implications of the unfolding tragedy in Ukraine, the global growth outlook has dimmed, which means now more than ever, portfolios should be as diversified by asset class as possible to in order to maximise returns relative to risk.Higher risk assets they may be, yet 'micro caps', the London stock market's smallest quoted companies should form at least a portion of a...

The FTSE 100 finished Monday's trading session 0.44% to the good at 7,255.46 points, with continuity-craving markets welcoming the White House's confirmation it will stick with Jay Powell as chairman of the US Federal Reserve.Also lending some support was speculation about private equity interest in several UK firms following the $12 billion bid for Telecom Italia; BT Group (BT.A) was bid up...

London's FTSE 100 was up modestly by midday on Monday, the blue chip benchmark gaining 0.1% to 7,231.69, but down on its highs for the day amid speculation about private equity interest in several UK firms following the $12 billion bid for Telecom Italia.BT Group (BT.A) was bid up 2.5% to 164.6p, while Vodafone (VOD) was up 1.6% to 115.4p.UK equity markets had started Monday's trading session...

UK equity markets started Monday's trading session on a positive note despite increasing concerns regarding the rapid rise in Covid-19 infections in Europe, where Austria has been forced to impose a lockdown on unvaccinated citizens.The blue chip FTSE 100 is 0.32% higher at 7,246.61 while mid-caps are also in vogue, the FTSE 250 adding 0.26% to 23,553.82.Germany and the Netherlands have also...

London's FTSE 100 erased earlier losses on Monday to finish only slightly lower, off 0.2% at 7,032.85 points by the close.The move came as most of the UK eased coronavirus restrictions, although airlines, pubs, and restaurants all lost ground amid fears over the Indian coronavirus strain.The blue chip benchmark's intra-day recovery from its lows arose in spite of a weak start on Wall Street,...

London's FTSE was weaker at midday on Monday, despite optimism over the UK's lifting of additional Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, as sterling strength, worries regarding the India variant of the virus and weakness in the banking and mining sectors weighed on investor sentiment.By midday, the blue chip benchmark was down 0.7% at 6,994.01 points.UK investors will be keeping a close eye on...

Having opened positively, the FTSE 100 fell 0.36% to 7,017.96 by 9am on Monday as optimism over the reopening of the leisure sector indoors in England and the lifting of the ban on foreign holidays was weighed against continuing fears over inflation.The more domestically-focused FTSE 250 index also fell after an earlier gain, dipping 0.03% into the red at 22,239.08.Investors will be keeping a...

UK stocks made modest gains in early trading on Monday, edging higher as investors continued to bet on a global economic recovery with vaccine rollouts gathering pace.By 8.32 am, London's FTSE 100 was up 0.06% at 7,023.92 points, consolidating its position above 7,000 as investors balanced reopening optimism with a need to take stock following recent gains, while the FTSE 250 crept 0.26%...

UK stocks advanced on Monday with the FTSE 100 adding 10 points to 6,750 points despite concerns around losses building up at hedge funds and investment banks due to the market volatility of the last few months.Traders are eyeing the US open with caution after a 'fire sale' of technology stocks by a major US broker on Friday, said to be related to a large private investment firm, with fears...

Boris Johnson's thumping general election victory saw a swathe of unloved stocks come charging back, with the Gervais Williams-run Miton UK MicroCap Trust (MINI) among them.Shares in the investment trust reversed more than a year of poor stock price performance to rally 4.7% to 50.9p with investors clearly far more confident that the Prime Minister can get his Brexit deal through Parliament...

London's FTSE 100 rallied 46.6 points to 7,373.4 on Monday as claims the US and China are 'very close' to a trade deal sent global markets higher.Restaurant Group (RTN) fell 3.8% to 140.5p after delivering an update to bondholders on second-quarter trading at Wagamama. Turnover rose by 11% to £93.5m thanks to the opening of six new sites and as delivery kitchen with the US showing 12.5%...

On a very quiet morning for corporate news investors attention is drawn to rising tensions in the Middle East after the US accused Iran of involvement in an apparent attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman yesterday.With safe havens in demand precious metals miner Fresnillo (FRES) gains 2.4%. The FTSE 100 retreats 0.3% to 7,346.96.Recruitment firm SThree (STHR) is up 3.6% on reporting a...

Macroeconomic uncertainties, the return of volatility and political turmoil suggest diversification will prove a key investment watchword in 2019.One way in which investors can diversify portfolios is by allocating funds to UK micro caps, often agile and fast-growing minnows offering better value relative to larger caps; they fly under the radar of big institutional investors and are generally...

London's FTSE 100 rises 79.5 points to 7,032 and the FTSE 250 powers 212.7 points higher to 18,746 on the latest Brexit news, although the muted 1.15% gain for the FTSE 250 index is by no means large enough to suggest investors are hungry for UK equities once more after a long downbeat period. EU leaders may have agreed the UK's exit deal, but getting it approved by parliament is the real hard...

The FTSE 100 opens up flat on Monday morning despite robust gains in Asia overnight. At 7,718.46 the index is less than 1% away from the record close posted in January 2018.British Gas owner Centrica (CNA) reports a boost to energy demand from colder than normal weather but also increased call-out costs. This adds up to lower first half adjusted operating profit compared to the same period a...