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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
Centamin (CEY.L), Fresnillo (FRES.L), Hochschild Mining (HOC.L), Randgold Resources (RRS.L) - Gold is getting hammered, the precious metal is heading for a sixth weekly loss and is near a 10-month low as a more aggressive Federal Reserve combines with investor enthusiasm about President-elect Donald Trump’s equity friendly policies to push prices closer toward bear-market territory. Closing prices 114.90p, 1114.00p, 224.60p, 5470.00p (Bloomberg)
AstraZeneca (AZN.L) - Needs the patience of investors to build up its product pipeline, the CEO said in an interview with German newspaper Handelsblatt. The company has ‘guaranteed a good Dividend’ expecting positive results in 2017 with no plans to move the HQ from the UK after ‘Brexit’. Closing price 4400.00p (Bloomberg)
Royal Dutch Shell (RDSb.L) - Natural gas workers in Peru plan to hold an indefinite strike starting Dec. 29 that would disrupt production of the widely-used fuel as well as Royal Dutch Shell Plc's liquefied natural gas exports. - Closing Price 2268.50 (Reuters)
Tesco (TSCO.L) - Former group commercial director Kevin Grace will not face charges from the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) over the accounting scandal that unfolded in 2014, his lawyer said on Thursday. Closing price 204.90p (Reuters).
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