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Announcements from FTSE 350 companies are winding down after a busy few weeks of results for periods ending 30 June. But there is still plenty of stock market news scheduled, particularly from smaller, lesser-known, companies. Private investors favourites such as greeting cards seller Card Factory (CARD), posh chocs retailer Hotel Chocolat (HOTC:AIM), Xeros Technology (XSG:AIM), the laundry ...

The AIM market has come out of the blocks in 2017 like Usain Bolt, leaving the mainstream stock market indices trailing in its wake. This article contains some of our best AIM stock ideas and explains why the market has been racing ahead. The FTSE AIM All-Share index has rallied 7.9% year to date to close at 910.38 on 1 March 2017, the highest the junior index has been since 2011. That compares ...

New iron ore shock Iron ore prices have fallen below $47 per tonne, putting more pressure on iron ore mining equities. At current levels, we doubt most AIM-quoted juniors would be able to bring a project into production economically. The market remains in oversupply so we see further weakness until output is curbed. (DC) IQE’s bright cash spot Compound wafer technology designer IQE ...

The bullish bubble that has swept UK market higher over the past few trading sessions gets well and truly popped on Thursday as investors react to more hefty falls in crude prices and the US Federal Reserve’s outlook for interest rates. In early trade London’s FTSE 100 is down 58 points, or 0.9%, at 6,767, tracking late declines on Wall Street, with the S&P 500 falling 1.3% overnight to ...

Latham (James) (LTHM:AIM) 577.5p Sheet and hardwood supplier Latham has been consistently profitable for the past 10 years, more than doubling operating profit in the same period. The Hemel Hempstead-based company is expected to grow earnings per share 19% to 39.5p this year. Leaf Clean Energy (LEAF:AIM) 34p Renewable energy investor Leaf Clean is a closed-end fund in run-off. At a ...