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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
Aviva (AV..L) – Dividend up 4.5% to 5.85p, operating profit up 4% to £1.05bn, operating EPS up 16% to 23.6p, profit after tax £863m, new business value rose 9% to £453m. Closing Price 489.70p (Bloomberg)
Old Mutual (OML.L) – 17% increase in H1 adjusted operating profit, £761m in H1 compared to £652m a year earlier. It is expecting the external conditions for its emerging markets businesses to continue to be challenging in the next six months. Closing Price 193.90p (Reuters)
Randgold Resources (RRS.L) – Maintains FY output, Q2 sales $355.2m ($252.8m last year), Q2 production 277,283oz (196,207oz last year) Q2 Net income $53m ($46.3m last year) Q2 Costs fall from $701oz to $795oz. Closing Price 5155.00p (Bloomberg)
RSA (RSA.L) – Posted an interim pretax profit of £69m and said it was making good progress in stabilising its financial health after a year of upheaval following problems at its Irish unit. Closing price 443.50p (Reuters)
Rio Tinto (RIO.L) – Underlying Profit $5.1bn ($4.54bn expected) interim dividend up by 15% to $0.96, H1 consolidated sales revenue $24.3bn down 0.7%, cut net debt to $16.1bn. Closing Price 3390.50p (Bloomberg)
Savills (SVS.L) – H1 underlying profit up 16% to £30.1m, pretax profit rose 15% to £24.7m, board confident in its expectations for FY, H1 revenue up 8% to £430.8m. Closing Price 574.50p (Bloomberg)
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| Stock | Code | Close | High | Low |
| Easyjet | EZJ.L | 2.23% | 2.63% | -1.67% |
| Ferrexpo | FXPO.L | -1.66% | 3.97% | -4.23% |
| Standard Chartered | STAN.L | -0.70% | 1.69% | -2.26% |
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