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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
Antofagasta (ANTO.L), Anglo American (AAL.L), BHP Billiton (BLT.L), Glencore (GLEN.L), KAZ Minerals (KAZ.L), Vedanta Resources (VED.L) - Copper prices rose from lowest levels in three months after upbeat China trade data for March, as traders take risk off for the Easter weekend. China's 2017 export outlook brightened considerably as it reported forecast-beating trade growth in March. Closing prices 824.00p, 1171.00p, 1268.00p, 310.00p, 448.50p (Reuters)
BP PLC (BP.L), Cairn Energy (CNE.L), Premier Oil PLC (PMO.L), Royal Dutch Shell (RDSb.L), Tullow Oil (TLW.L) - Traders will be keeping an eye on oil prices as the IEA monthly Oil report is due out at 10:00am UK time, while the Baker Hughes Rig Count is due out from the US this evening. Conflicting reports of production disruption from various regions continue to keep the price of oil volatile with significant drawdowns reported earlier this week from both the API and DOE agencies. Closing prices 472.50p, 209.50p, 66.25p, 2222.50p, 232.90p (Reuters)
Royal Mail PLC (RMG.L) - Says a member-wide consultation phase on its pension plan ended on March 10 and, if no changes are made, contributions could more than double to £1bn in 2018, which would be unaffordable. Closing price 419.20p (Bloomberg)
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