Moonpig tumbled on Thursday after a number of shareholders placed around 25m shares in the company at 160p each, which is a discount of just under 10% to the closing price a day earlier.
Anglo American surged on Thursday after it received an unsolicited non-binding and highly conditional £31.1bn all-share takeover proposal from Australia’s BHP Group - a deal that would create the world’s largest miner and copper producer.
AstraZeneca posted better-than-expected revenues and profit for the first quarter of 2024 with both the company and analysts highlighting its drug pipeline.