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After a rocky start, US stocks pushed into positive territory by the closing bell on Friday, helped by renewed optimism in the AI and semiconductor sectors on the back of a strong market debut from South Korean memory chip maker SK Hynix. The Dow and Nasdaq both finished 0.3% higher while the S&P 500 gained 0.4%. All three indices had briefly dropped into the red shortly after the opening bell.

In the news release, Omnia Training Selected to Deliver £2bn Army Training Contract, issued 10-Jul-2026 by RTX over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the first paragraph should read "Army's Collective Training Service" rather than "Army's Collective Training System" as originally issued inadvertently.

The FTSE 100 ended the week down 182.09 points, or 1.71%, closing at 10,497.29 on Friday. Equity view Textile services provider Johnson Service Group said on Friday that it still expects to deliver "another year of progress" in FY26, despite a drop in first‑half hotel, restaurant and catering (HORECA) revenues, as margin improvement and cost discipline continue to support performance.

Sharecast / Christian Lue via Unsplash European shares managed to finish slightly higher on Friday as geopolitical concerns and jitters around artificial intelligence valuations continued to weigh on sentiment. The pan-European Stoxx 600 edged up 0.04% to 641.14. Germany’s DAX slipped 0.13% to 25,085.42, while France’s CAC 40 rose 0.15% to 8,338.97 and London’s FTSE 100 gained 0.24% to 10,497.29.

Sharecast / Olga Lioncat via Pexels London's FTSE 100 inched higher on Friday after hitting a two-week low the previous session, with M&A activity involving household names Vodafone and easyJet lifting the mood despite ongoing uncertainty in the Middle East. The FTSE 100 finished 0.24% higher at 10,497.29 after two days of losses pushed it down to 10,472.45 on Thursday, its lowest since 24 June.

The company said the results demonstrated capability for screening people without requiring them to remove clothing or personal items for mass-casualty threats, although the testing does not operate on a pass-or-fail basis. The NPSA said it was confident Thruvision had followed the test method correctly and that the reported results accurately reflected system performance, while stressing that it does not endorse or approve individual products.

Hole KBDD06 returned several zinc-bearing intervals, including 6.00 metres at 4.57% zinc with peak readings above 20%, while KBDD07 intersected three mineralised zones with grades of up to 1.60% zinc. The company said the northern holes were designed to test the less-defined extremities of the orebodies and that drilling had been extended to 2,500 metres following encouraging results.

The company’s shareholders approved the scheme of arrangement on 30 June. The acquisition remains subject to court sanction and other outstanding conditions, with the court hearing scheduled for 11 August. The scheme is expected to become effective around 13 August, after which Cordel’s shares are expected to be cancelled from trading on AIM. At 1623 BST, shares in Cordel Group were up 0.01% at 12.15p. Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com. See latest RNS on Investegate

The quarter included £754m of outflows linked to Impax Environmental Markets’ exit tender and a further £994m of net outflows elsewhere. Chief executive Ian Simm said performance across the group’s thematic equities, systematic equities and fixed income strategies had remained strong, with most outperforming relevant indices. He added that underlying flow trends were improving and that Impax planned to launch its first European UCITS systematic equities product later this year.

CitigroupSharecast / Joshua Lawrence via Unsplash The US earnings season will kick off next week, with banking behemoths Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and JPMorgan among those slated to report. Monday will mark a quiet start to the week in the UK, with a trading update due from Grafton. Tuesday will bring full-year results from Watches of Switzerland and a trading update from recruiter Robert Walters.