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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
PaddyPower Betfair (PPB), William Hill PLC (WMH.L) and GVC Holdings (GVC) – US Supreme Court struck down 1992 law that prohibits individual US states from authorising sports betting, with potential read-across for UK Index betting firms. (Reuters)
Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.L) – Total assets rose 3.1% YTD with fresh client money offseting market losses. Company took in £3.3bn of net new business during January – April, offsetting £600m in losses and helping total assets under administration hit £88.8bn. Closing price 1880.90p (Reuters)
Easy Jet PLC (EZJ.L) – Narrower pretax H1 loss of £68m, a 71% improvement on the £236m loss last year, H2 revenue guidance positive. Closing price 1690.70p (Reuters)
FirstGroup Plc (FGP.L) – Activist campaign to put the company up for sale after a failed takeover bid from American private equity firm Apollo Global Management. Closing price 109.77p (Telegraph / Reuters)
Land Securities Group PLC (LAND.L) – Posted a £251m loss from a £112m profit last year, after refinancing bonds early. Cost of refinancing was £1.5bn of bonds which resulted in loss and fall in adj. NAV/share. Closing price 972.5p (Bloomberg)
(Sources: Company newswires, Bloomberg, CNBC, FT, Reuters, Wall Street Journal)
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| Stock | Code | Close | High | Low |
| IWG | IWG | 10.3% | 36.5% | 31.1% |
| LONMIN | LMI | -1.4% | 7.2% | -1.1% |
| CENTRICA | CNA | 0.4% | 2.2% | 0.0% |
| BRITISH LAND | BLND | 0.7% | 1.2% | 0.1% |
| DIGNITY | DTY | 0.7% | 6.0% | -0.7% |
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