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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
ITV (ITV.L) – Revenue £3.06bn up 3%; Operating profit £604m; Net profit £448m; EPS 170p; raises dividend to 4.8p vs. 4.1p, while proposing special dividend of 5p per share, as company on track to deliver good organic revenue growth in 2017. Closing Price 202.50p (Reuters)
CRH PLC (CRH.L) –Showed earnings were up 41% to €3.1bn, ahead of Novembers guidance. Sales of €27.1bn came in 15% ahead of 2015 up 4%, with year-end net debt reduced by €1.3bn to €5.3bn. Seeing continued positive momentum in United States and growth for 2017. Closing price 2720.00p (Bloomberg)
Man Group (EMG.L) – Has added a net $1.9bn of new client money in 2016. Total funds under management rise 3% to $80.9bn. Said market moves helped add a further $3.2bn to its assets, offsetting currency losses/market movements of $2.9 billion. Adjusted profit before tax was down $205m in 2016, from $400m in 2015, hit by a drop in performance fees. The firm said it had recommended a final dividend of 4.5cents a share, for a total dividend for the year of 9 cents. Closing Price 146.40p (Reuters)
Capita (CPI.L), Dixons Carphone PLC (DC.L), EasyJet (EZJ.L) - Could exit Britain's blue-chip UK 100 index. Results of its index reviews are due out on March 1 following steep declines in their share prices, Capita & Dixons by market value, on the index, and risk demotion from UK 100 , Easy Jet have fallen a third in the last year. Closing prices 563.50p, 303.00p, 951.00p (Reuters)
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