profits

Royal Bank of Scotland shares rocketed this morning after the bank said it expects a big jump in profits in H1.

Royal Mail has reported a rise in operating profits in its first set of full-year results since floating on the stock market.

Debenhams' chief financial officer Simon Herrick has resigned from his role after a profits warning on New Year's Eve sent shares plunging.

Aggreko's share price shot up more than 8% yesterday, after the firm won contracts to supply power at next year's World Cup in Brazil and Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Standard Chartered saw its stock price plummet 7% during trading today after warning of its first fall in operating profits for a decade.

Polar Capital has more than doubled its assets under management year-on-year, driven primarily by inflows into its Japanese products.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has cut his stake in Tesco, days after the food retailer posted a major profit slump.

Henderson Group has seen a record jump in underlying profit before tax in the first half of 2013 despite a £2bn outflow from its institutional business.

BP has reported a 19% fall in profits for 2012 to $17.6bn (£11.2bn), down from $21.7bn the previous year, just days after the US court approved a record $4bn fine for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Aberdeen Asset Management has grown its profits by 15% in the last year despite "difficult and uncertain" market conditions.