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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
Dixons Carphone (DC..L) – Now expected a pretax profit of £355-375m (previous guidance £354m) Said sales at stores open over a year were up 7% in the nine weeks to Jan. 3, while gross margins were stable. Like-for-like sales were up 8% in the UK & Ireland division. Closing Price 442.20p (Reuters)
Halfords (HFD.L) – Retail sales at stores open over a year rose 6.8% in the 15 weeks to Jan. 9, ahead of an average forecast of 5.9% growth according to a Reuters poll of analysts. It now anticipated that its full-year retail gross margin would be at the lower end of guidance for a decline of 25 to 75 basis points, but maintained its profit expectations. Closing Price 440.30p (Reuters)
Land Securities (LAND.L) – Sales of £701.6m during quarter bringing total to £886.4m for nine months to 31 Dec. Sales for nine months to 31 Dec 15% ahead of March. 2014 retailer sales were up 3.2% this quarter on same quarter last year. Closing price 1253.00p (Reuters)
Poundland (PLND.L) – Total revenue, excluding Spain was up 10.2% on a constant currency basis in the 13 weeks to Dec 28, its fiscal Q3. Total revenue was £328.4m ($498.3m), which represented growth of 9.8%. Closing price 363.20p (Reuters)
SABMiller (SAB.L) – Reported a rise in Q3 sales despite ongoing weakness in China due to poor weather last year. The company saw a 4% rise in revenue for the quarter, ended Dec. 31. Closing price 3343.00p (Reuters)
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| Stock | Code | Close | High | Low |
| Rio Tinto | RIO.L | 1.03% | 1.03% | -1.66% |
| Unilever | ULVR.L | -0.59% | -0.22% | -2.49% |
| BHP Billiton | BLT.L | 1.79% | 2.67% | -1.02% |
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