Main Market Tips

The Main market of the London Stock Exchange is the world’s most successful stock market.

The London Stock Exchange Main Market is a world leading market for the admission and trading of equity, debt and other securities. Its location at the heart of the world’s pre-eminent financial centre makes it the ideal home to more than 1,000 companies from 100 countries, including many of the world’s largest, most successful and dynamic companies.

The Main Market represents a badge of quality for every company admitted to and traded on it, and admission remains an aspiration for many companies worldwide.

The London Stock Exchange Main Market is home to around 1,100 companies with a combined market cap of £3 trillion. In the past five years alone, 555 companies have raised over £160bn on our Main Market segments. Daily volume of trades of Main Market companies averaged £4.5bn.

There are four segments within the Main Market, each fulfilling different issuer requirements:

  • PREMIUM SEGMENT – The highest listing standards for the world’s leading companies
  • STANDARD SEGMENT – Core European listing standards for equity and GDR issuers
  • HIGH GROWTH SEGMENT – launch pad for growth businesses on their journey to the Premium Segment.
  • SPECIALIST FUND SEGMENT – Designed for investment funds that wish to target institutional investors or professionally advised investors only.

The variety of segments in the Main market, it can make it a good place for variable rate investments, Main Market Tips can prove to be lucrative with wise investments. The following are a selection of the Main Market Tips we are confident to provide to our members. For more Main Market Tips, make sure you sign up to our monthly newsletter HERE.

Ocado – 269p

17 July 2025 - interim results The logistics and technology group has announced its interim results for the 26 weeks to 1 June and these have revealed a 13% increase...

Ashtead Technology Holdings – 354p

17 July 2024 - trading update The leading provider of subsea solutions has issued a trading update for the six month period to 30 June which has proved somewhat disappointing. ...

Future – 735p

17 July 2025 - trading update The media group Future has issued a positive trading update for the third quarter of its financial year to 30 June.  This has confirmed...

Audioboom – 330p

17 July 2025 - interim results/acquisition Following on from last week's positive trading update, the global podcast company has issued its interim results and also announced details of an acquisition. ...

Diageo – 1968p

16 July 2025 - resignation of CEO We put up shares in Diageo as a trading buy last month at 1938p with a short-term price target of 2040p.  Unfortunately, this...