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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
Rolls-Royce Holdings (RR.L) - Said its Chief Executive John Rishton would retire in July, to be succeeded by Warren East, the former leader of Britain's biggest listed technology company ARM . Closing price 1007.00p (Reuters)
Tesco (TSCO.L) – Posted its worst annual loss in its 96 year history, after writing down store values by £4.7bn. Hurt by the accounting scandal and price war with supermarkets, it made a statutory pretax loss of £6.38bn, with a net debt if £8.5bn and pension deficit of £3.9bn. Closing Price 234.75p (Reuters)
BHP Billiton (BLT.L) - The miner said on Wednesday it would delay an expansion of its iron ore output to 290m tonnes a year, becoming the first big miner to slow a planned production increase amid a plunge in prices. Closing price 1463p. (Reuters)
Travis Perkins (TPK.L) - The company reported that its sales grew 7.2 % and said its overall trading was in line with expectations. Closing price 2019p. (Reuters)
Hammerson (HMSO) - The company signed a £415m revolving credit facility, with a maturity of five years that may be extended to a maximum period of seven years. Closing price 679p. (Reuters)
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| Stock | Code | Close | High | Low |
| Rio Tinto | RIO.L | -2.16% | -0.43% | -2.64% |
| Associated British Foods | ABF.L | -5.27% | -2.03% | -5.49% |
| Barclays | BARC.L | -0.87% | 0.93% | -1.40% |
| ARM Holdings | ARM.L | 3.91% | 7.22% | 3.04% |
| Tate & Lyle | TATE.L | -1.68% | 1.15% | -2.98% |
| Randgold Resources | RRS.L | 0.50% | 1.00% | -0.40% |
| SKY | SKY.L | 5.04% | 6.08% | 1.81% |
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