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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
BHP Billiton to return $10.4bn to shareholders, half of which stock buyback (only Aussie-listed shares for tax benefit; 10-14% discount) and half special dividend.
BT H1 adj. revenues £11.6bn, -1%, beats £11.5bn est.; adj. EBITDA £3.7bn, +2%; pre-tax profit £1.34bn, +24% beats £1.25bn est.; Normalised cash flow -22%, net debt +25%; Consumer ARPU +1%; Interim div -4.7%; Reiterates FY guidance, sees adj. Ebitda in upper half of £7.3-7.4bn range.
Royal Dutch Shell adj. CCS earnings $5.6bn misses $5.7bn est. (gas +78%, upstream +335%, downstream -24%), operating cash flow +59%, dividend unchanged. Started second tranche of $25bn buyback ($2.5bn by 28 Jan). Q4 gas prod. outlook lower after disposals, upstream expected higher.
Just Eat Q3 like-for-like revenue +43% QoQ, orders +27% (UK +16%). On-track to meet FY expectations. FY revenue expected toward top of £740-770m range but EBITDA toward lower end of £165-185m range due to continued investment.
(Sources: Company newswires, Bloomberg, CNBC, FT, Reuters, Wall Street Journal)
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| Stock | Code | Close | High | Low |
| NEXT | NXT | -0.7% | -0.2% | -4.4% |
| RANDGOLD RESOURCES | RRS | -2.4% | -1.1% | -3.9% |
| STANDARD CHARTERED | STAN | 2.5% | 5.4% | 1.0% |
| SMURFIT KAPPA | SKG | 0.3% | 5.2% | -0.9% |
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