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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
Associated British Foods (ABF.L) – H1 Revenue £6.21bn vs. £6.33bn expected, Operating profit £497m in line, pretax profit £468m vs. £463m expected, EPS 45.8p vs. 44.1p expected, Primark to open stores in north east US. Closing Price 2722.00p (Bloomberg)
ARM Holdings (ARM.L) – Reported a 9% rise in Q1 profit to £97.1m from a 16% increase in revenue. Said its customers were signalling an upturn in demand in the second half of the year. Closing Price 983.00p (Reuters)
Fenner (FENR.L) – Revenue declined 8% to £356m, pretax profit for H1 fell to £17.6m vs. £26.1m last year, expects demand for its machinery to pick up in newer markets, offsetting slow demand in Russia, Ukraine and UK. Closing Price 390.00p (Reuters)
Petra Diamonds (PDL.L) – Q3 Production up 15% to 743,424 carats, on track to meet FY production target 3m carats, revenue jumped 55% to £163.9m including 29.6 carat blue diamond which sold for $25.6m, strong start to the year with prices up 10%. Closing Price 150.70p (Reuters)
Sports Direct International (SPD.L) – Q1 sales up 10.3% to £360m, gross profit increased 11.5% to £147m, board is very confident of achieving at least our full year internal underlying EBITDA target of £310m, before charge for employee bonus share scheme. Closing Price 830.00p (Bloomberg)
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| Stock | Code | Close | High | Low |
| AstraZeneca | AZN.L | 4.71% | 9.67% | 4.64% |
| Genel Energy | GENL.L | 0.43% | 1.56% | -2.29% |
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