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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
Babcock International (BAB) - The defence contractor has been awarded a five year contract with the Australian Navy to provide maintenance support services in a deal worth £115m.
Carillion (CLLN) - The embattled outsourcer has announced it is to be subject to an FCA probe into the timeliness of announcements from December 2016 to July 2017, when the company released a string of profits warnings.
International Consolidated Airlines (IAG) - Less than a week after the announcement of IAG's purchase of defunct Air Berlin unit Niki, a German passenger rights group is attempting to move Niki's insolvency talks to Austria from Germany, threatening the sale.
Next (NXT) - The high street retailer has announced Christmas trading was better than expected, with full price sales +1.5% YoY, beating analysts' expectations and leading the company to upgrade its FY profit guidance to £718m-£732m.
(Sources: Company newswires, Bloomberg, CNBC, FT, Reuters, Wall Street Journal)
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| Stock | Code | Close | High | Low |
| BP | BP/ | -1.0% | 0.3% | -1.6% |
| COMPASS GROUP | CPG | -1.3% | 0.3% | -1.6% |
| GLENCORE | GLEN | 1.1% | 1.1% | -1.0% |
| MARKS & SPENCER GROUP | MKS | 0.4% | 1.6% | -0.5% |
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