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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
BHP Billiton (BLT): Commodity price slides sees H1 revenues -12%, profits -47.4% YoY, interim dividend +5% to 62c. Profits beat expectations. Iron ore outlook holds little cheer for small miners. Cost tightening to withstand tough conditions. Confident can maintain dividend policy. (Closing Price: 1547p, Reuters)
Bowleven (BLVN): Says Etinde farm-out deal to complete in 15 days, seeing company receive $170m cash from Lukoil and Newage. (Closing Price: 29p, Reuters)
Drax (DRX): 2014 results slightly ahead of expectations on better electricity sales, but guidance well below consensus with challenging year ahead due to expected fall in profits from burning biomass in power plants (Closing Price: 403p, Reuters)
GKN (GKN): Says can grow further this year thanks to continued strong demand for car parts which saw FY profits +4%, better than consensus (Closing Price: 386p, Reuters)
Green Dragon Gas (GDG): Sees increase in estimated reserves at year-end (Closing Price: 360p, Reuters)
Persimmon (PSN): FY14 revenues +23% and profits +44% on sales of 13,509 homes, with a positive outlook for property market. 2015 started well with current forwaerd sales running 5% ahead of last year (Closing Price: 1710p, Reuters)
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| Stock | Code | Close | High | Low |
| Lloyds Banking Group | LLOY | 1.33% | 1.87% | 0.19% |
| Quindell | QPP | 26.32% | 38.16% | 18.42% |
| Bovis Homes | BVS | 0.37% | 2.37% | -1.69% |
| HSBC | HSBA | -4.63% | 0.79% | -6.48% |
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