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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
Tesco (TSCO) - Considers challenging Aldi and Lidl by opening up to 60 trial discount stores named ‘Jack's’, after Tesco's founder Jack Cohen. Closing price 257.70p (Sky News)
Hammerson (HMSO) – H1 net rental income -3%, adj profit +0.5%, div +3.7%; launches £300m buyback; new disposal target of £1.1bn by end-2019 (£300m completed; 2018 target raised to £600m), plans to exit retail parks over medium term. Closing price 528.60p (Reuters)
BT (BT) – says Openreach will deliver supplementary wholesale broadband discounts (in return for volume commitments) to incentivise UK upgrade of broadband network over next 3 to 5 years. Closing price 222.25p (Reuters)
Fevertree Drinks (FEVR) – H1 revenue +45% (£104.2m), adj. earnings +35% (£34.0m), pre-tax profit hit £32.7m, EPS +36% and the interim dividend hiked by 40% to 4.22p/share. Closing price 3463.00p (Bloomberg)
(Sources: Company newswires, Bloomberg, CNBC, FT, Reuters, Wall Street Journal)
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| Stock | Code | Close | High | Low |
| GLAXOSMITHKLINE | GSK | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.0% |
| WPP | WPP | 3.1% | 3.4% | -1.2% |
| RYANAIR | RYA | -6.4% | -3.8% | -6.4% |
| ROLLS-ROYCE | RR/ | -0.7% | 0.0% | -1.2% |
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Prepared by Michael van Dulken, Head of Research