Shares in Sky (LON:SKY) rose to the top of the leader board this morning, after reports suggested that 21st Century Fox is planning a knockout bid of around £25 billion.
AIM listed Bellzone Mining (LON:BZM) watched its shares shoot upwards by 40.18% to 0.77p (as at 14:20 BST) after the National Assembly in Guinea ratified an amendment relating to its Kalia mining site and the surrounding infrastructure.
Shares in FTSE 250 miner Centamin (LON:CEY) slipped 5.77% to 110.95p (as at 10:30 BST) after the company revealed that gold production for the three months ended 30th June was roughly 25% lower than in the same period of the prior year.
Struggling retailer Mothercare (LON:MTC) has announced that it will close 60 of its 137 outlets and attempt to raise £32.5 million in new capital via an equity issue.
Shares in multi-currency payments specialist FairFX (LON:FFX) shot up by 12.59% to 128.35p (as of 14:30 BST) after it announced that it had a turnover of £1.1 billion over the six months to 30th June.
Shares in UK oil and gas firm Hurricane Energy stormed upwards by 5.90% to 53.27p (as of 15:15 BST) after the company said that well completion work for the Lancaster field was finished.
Shares in FTSE 250 outfit BCA Marketplace rose 2.31% to 226.10p (as of 11:30 BST) after it confirmed that neither Apax nor any of the funds it advises would be making an offer for the company.
Associated British Foods published an update stating that total sales for the 40 weeks to 23rd June were up by 2% relative to the same period of last year.
Shares in cost management consultancy Utilitywise rose by 6.74% to 32.76 (as at 14:45 BST) after the company released a new strategy outline.
Clothing manufacturer Superdry has reported that group revenues climbed by 16% to £872 million for the year ended 28th April.
