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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
Anglo American (AAL.L) - South32 could be among the first to buy assets for sale by Anglo American (AAL), with the Australian company saying it was interested in its manganese unit. Anglo is also working with Bank of America Corp to sell more of its non-core coal mines in Australia. Closing price 468.05p. (Reuters)
BHP Billiton (BLT.L) - The Brazilian government expects to reach an agreement by Friday with Samarco Mineração to settle a 20 billion-real ($4.9bn) lawsuit for damages in a deadly dam disaster, Brazil's attorney general Luís Inácio Adams said Wednesday. Samarco Mineração is a JV between Vale and BHP Billiton. Closing price 743p. (Reuters)
Centrica (CNA.L) - Centrica says full-year adjusted EPS -4%to 17.2p. Confident in delivery of at least 3-5 % per annum adjusted operating cash flow growth from 2015 baseline adjusted for low commodity prices. Proposed 2015 final dividend of 8.43p,resulting in a full year dividend of 12.0p. Closing price 194.1p. (Reuters)
BAE Systems (BAE.L) - Forecast that annual earnings would grow by up to 10% this year as defence budgets recover and demand for cyber and commercial electronics grows. Posted adjusted underlying earnings per share (EPS) of 36.6p in 2015. In 2016, BAE forecast that EPS would grow by between 5% and 10% from the 36.6p level, helped by a strong performance from its electronic systems unit, whose products are used to control aircraft. Closing price 499.3p. (Reuters)
Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSb.L) - Petroleo Brasileiro said on Wednesday that it and its partners found more oil in the Libra prospect in a well that helps confirm the extent of the giant offshore area. Libra is 40% owned by Petrobras, which is also the operator, 20% owned by Shell, 20% by France's Total and 10% each for Chinese companies CNOOC and China National Petroleum. Closing price 1636.00p (Reuters)
HSBC Plc (HSBA.L) - Most managers at HSBC's UK retail and wealth unit will not be getting a pay rise this year, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, in what marks the bank's third change to pay policy in as many weeks. Closing price 456.95p (Reuters)
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