Shares in BAE Systems were down on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading after the defence giant said that it would be cutting 946 jobs ahead of government cuts resulting from the upcoming defence spending review.
Shares in easyJet were up on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the budget airline reported a rise in passenger numbers of 8.4 per cent for the month of August.
Shares in Go-Ahead Group were up on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the transport company reported a fall in full year profits, but a rise in revenue.
Shares in De La Rue were down in morning trading on the FTSE 250 following yesterday's announcement that CEO James Hussey had resigned with immediate effect.
Shares in Balfour Beatty rose in morning trading on the FTSE 250 after the housebuilder reported a rise in pre-tax profit for the half year ended 26 June.
Shares in Tomkins were up in early trading on the FTSE 250 after the engineering company reported a return to profit and a halving of its debt in the first half of the year.
Shares in defence company Cobham were down in morning trading on the FTSE 100 after the group reported a slight rise in pre-tax profit in the half year ended 30 June.
Shares in mining firm Anglo American were down on the FTSE 100 after the group posted a rise in pre-tax profit of eight per cent in the half year ended 30 June.
Shares in BAE Systems were up on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading following the defence company's announcement of its results for the first half ended 30 June.
Shares in Rolls-Royce were up in morning trading on the FTSE 100 after the group reported a rise in pre-tax profit of four per cent in the first half of the year to £465 million.
Shares in Royal Dutch Shell were up in morning trading on the FTSE 100 after the group said it had nearly doubled its earnings in the second quarter of the year.
Along with one of the biggest write-downs in British corporate history, BP announced on Tuesday 27 July 2010, that its Chief Executive Officer, Tony Hayward, is to step down on 01 October. He will be replaced as CEO by Executive Director and the company's current head of US operations, Robert Dudley.
Shares in BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce were down in afternoon trading on the FTSE 100 after the companies signed a £700 million fighter jet deal and ahead of half year results due tomorrow.
Shares in packaging company Rexam were down on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading despite the group reporting a rise in pre-tax profit of 22 per cent in the half year ended 30 June.
Shares in BP were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading as the scale of the energy giants losses started to sink in with investors.
Shares in eastJet were down on the FTSE 250 after the company said that it had lost around £65 million as a result of cancellations following the closure of European airspace caused by a giant ash cloud emanating from a volcano in Iceland.
Greenpeace protestors descended upon BP petrol stations bearing signs and placards today in response to the news that the energy group would be replacing its CEO Tony Hayward with Robert Dudley, following months of controversy and criticism over his response to the ecological disaster caused by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
As the Farnborough airshow draws to a close we take a look at the A400M, EADS military transporter - nicknamed Grizzly in development - to see if it can be a success?
Shares in BP were up in morning trading on the FTSE 100 despite the energy company reporting a record quarterly loss of $17 billion.
Troubled energy giant BP has announced that it made a loss of over $17 billion in the second quarter of the year, thanks to the disastrous impact of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which started in April and has confirmed that CEO Tony Hayward will be stepping down in October.
Tony Hayward, CEO of BP is to step down from his position in October, the BBC reports, following his handling of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which has been the largest ecological disaster in U.S. history and has wiped out nearly half the value of BP shares since the crisis began in April.
Once every two years, Farnborough, a town of 58,000 in the north-east corner of Hampshire, finds itself for a few summer days at the centre of world aviation attention when it hosts the Farnborough International Airshow and companies and their representatives gather to buy, sell and promote their wares and services.
Tony Hayward, CEO of troubled oil giant BP is likely announce his resignation within the next 24 hours, it is being reported.
Shares in BP were down on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading as BPs attempts to deal with a catastrophic oil leak look like being hampered by a tropical storm gathering in the Bahamas.
Shares in BP were up in afternoon trading on the FTSE 100 despite coming under fire for posting doctored pictures relating to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on its website.
Shares in Land Securities were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the company said it would be beginning work on its Trinity Leeds development in Leeds city centre.
Shares in chemical company Johnson Matthey were up in morning trading on the FTSE 100 after the group reported a rise in sales excluding precious metals, of 32 per cent in the first quarter ended 30 June.
Shares in BP were up in afternoon trading on the FTSE 100 after losing over one per cent of their value in morning trading.
Now however BP faces yet more attacks as U.S. legislators are looking not just at BP's safety precautions in the Gulf of Mexico, but at the possibility that the company may have lobbied for the release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the man convicted of killing 270 people with the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 in 1988. Of the 270 victims 190 were from the U.S.
Shares in BP were up today on the FTSE 100 after the company successfully ended the flow of oil from a broken well into the Gulf of Mexico.
