FTSE 100 defence stocks: Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems and Babcock shares surge June 2, 2025 Shares in FTSE 100 giants Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems and Babcock have surged off the back of the UK government unveiled its strategic defence review. Plans to build up to 12 new nuclear-powered attack submarines have been included in the 130-page document, which concludes UK must prepare for conflict in Europe or the Atlantic and move [...]
Rolls-Royce: How high could FTSE 100 giant’s shares go? May 24, 2025 Rolls-Royce, the British icon which has become a darling of the FTSE 100 post-pandemic, is showing no signs of disappointing investors as its market capitalisation passed the £70bn mark for the first time in its history. The milestone means that long-term investors are also guaranteed a huge return if they ever decided to sell, but [...]
Rolls-Royce now worth over £70bn as FTSE 100 shares climb May 23, 2025 Rolls-Royce is now worth more than £70bn after shares in the FTSE 100 giant continued their remarkable comeback. Shares in the Derby-headquartered group ended Thursday, 22 May, priced at 839p which has given it a market capitalisation of £71bn. This is the first time in Rolls-Royce’s history that it has passed the £70bn valuation mark [...]
Rolls-Royce: FTSE 100 shares reach record high as £70bn valuation nears May 16, 2025 Shares in Rolls-Royce have achieved a new record high as the FTSE 100 giant edges closer to being worth £70bn. The Derby-headquartered group finished trading on Thursday, 15 May, with a share price of 816p, 4p higher than its previous record which it set on 19 March. The total means that Rolls-Royce ended the day [...]
Rolls-Royce: FTSE 100 shares near record high May 14, 2025 The share price of FTSE 100 giant Rolls-Royce has passed a major milestone as its market capitalisation continues to edge closer to new heights. Shares in the Derby-headquartered group are now changing hands for more than 800p, a landmark price that it has only surpassed three times before in its history. Rolls-Royce first passed the [...]
Rolls-Royce: Shares in FTSE 100 giant rally on trade deal hopes May 8, 2025 Shares in Rolls-Royce were driving the FTSE 100’s gains on Thursday as the UK looked poised to secure a trade deal with the US. Shares in the Derby-headquartered group were trading up three per cent at 790.60p in early deals, closing in on its all-time high The firm, which triumphed as Business of the Year [...]
Rolls-Royce: FTSE 100 shares fully recover after Trump tariffs shock May 6, 2025 Shares in Rolls-Royce have completely recovered from the tailspin President Donald Trump sent global markets into when he announced a raft of tariffs at the start of April. The FTSE 100 giant suffered a huge slump in its share price following the US president’s so-called “liberation Day’ on 2 April. The announced tariffs saw shares [...]
Rolls-Royce’s FTSE 100 shares near complete recovery after tariffs shock April 25, 2025 Shares in FTSE 100 giant Rolls-Royce have surged to their highest value since US President Donald Trump shocked global markets with his trade tariffs. The Derby-headquartered group has seen a spike in its share price of almost two per cent in early trading on Friday morning, continuing a recovery which started on 7 April. The [...]
Rolls-Royce: FTSE 100 giant worth £60bn after shares rebound April 22, 2025 Rolls-Royce is worth £60bn again after shares in the FTSE 100 giant continued their recovery after President Donald Trump’s tariffs shocked global markets. Shares in the Derby-headquartered group have now risen to more than 700p, giving it a market capitalisation of more than £60.5bn. Rolls-Royce’s shares had been trading at more than 800p before Trump’s [...]
Rolls-Royce: Shares in FTSE 100 giant rocket April 10, 2025 Shares in FTSE 100 giant Rolls-Royce are on the march and have now recovered more than half the value they lost in the wake of President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements. Shares in the Derby-headquartered group are now trading at around 734p, up more than 10 per cent since the start of trading today. That is [...]