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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
Lloyds (LLOY.L) - Reported a 21% rise in underlying pre-tax profit for Q1, reflecting an improved margin and lower losses for bad debts. It made a pre-tax profit before one-off items of £2.2Bn for the three months to the end of March, at the top end of expectations from analysts. Bad debts fell 59% from a year ago to £177m and margins were better than expected. Closing price 77.38p (Reuters)
Rentokil (RTO.L) - British support services firm Rentokil Initial said it was on track to achieve its full-year expectations after it posted a 2.2 percent rise in revenue, helped by strong growth in Britain, North America and Latin America. Closing price 134.3p. (Reuters)
BP (BP.L), Tullow Oil (TLW.L) and Premier Oil (PMO.L) - The price of oil is hovering around 2015-highs after posting the biggest monthly gain for six years in April. Closing Prices 470.10p, 413.90p and 174.50p (Reuters)
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| Stock | Code | Close | High | Low |
| International Consolidated Airlines | IAG.L | -2.50% | 0.00% | -4.58% |
| Moneysupermarket.com Group | MONY.L | 1.89% | 3.24% | 0.55% |
| Royal Bank of Scotland | RBS.L | -3.23% | -1.00% | -4.95% |
| Royal Dutch Shell | RDSA.L | 0.37% | 2.07% | 0.15% |
| Tullow Oil | TLW.L | -2.36% | 1.49% | -2.69% |
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