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The below stocks have been identified as having potential to register bigger than normal share price moves (up or down) today based on the news cited
BP (BP) - According to lawyers, US federal jury acquitted former BP executive of lying about how much oil spilled into Gulf of Mexico following explosion of Deepwater Horizon rig in April 2010. Closing price 443.35p (Reuters)
DIAGEO (DGE) - Brazilian billionaire Jorge Paulo Lemann and 3G Capital partners considering potential bid for Diageo, Brazilian newsweekly Veja reported on Friday sending ADR shares +10%. Closing price 1760.50p (Reuters)
WM MORRISON (MRW) - Announces price cuts on some 200 everyday branded and own-brand items today which ratchets up an already fierce industry price war. First cuts under new CEO David Potts Closing price 1760.50p (Reuters)
Balfour Beatty (BBY.L) - China's CCECC looking at £2bn takeover of BBY. Closing price 249.00p (Merrill Lynch)
Shire (SHP) - Sunday Times reports Swiss biotech Actelion (ATLN) rebuffed £12bn bid. Closing price 5455p (Merrill Lynch)
BT (BT.A) BT seen as takeover target for Deutsche Telekom. Closing price 439.4p (Telegraph)
Vodafone (VOD.L) – Liberty Global pushing for full-blown merger. Closing price 242p. (Telegraph)
For more information on any of these individual news items, call into the trading floor
| Stock | Code | Close | High | Low |
| Bellway | BWY.L | -1.73% | -1.35% | -2.58% |
| Vodafone | VOD.L | -2.42% | 3.99% | -2.45% |
| Halfords | HFD.L | 0.93% | 2.60% | 0.04% |
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