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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
Home Retail (HOME.L) – FY profit + 27% as its digital push at Argos and revamps at Homebase start to bear fruit. Pre-tax profit for the year rose to £115.4m (£112m expected) on total sales up 3% to £5.7bn. Closing Price 206.00p (Bloomberg)
Ladbrokes (LAD.L) – Q1 group profit £18.4m down from £37.4m last year. Sees increasing competition in the run up to the world cup. Closing Price 143.40p (Bloomberg)
Next (NXT.L) – Q1 sales rose 10.8% (8.6% expected) raises full year guidance, FY sales rising to 9.5%, pretax profit £750-790m, raises share buyback limit to £64, says Q1 showed above average sales growth. Closing Price 6485.00p (Bloomberg)
Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA.L & RDSB.L) – Profit falls 3% to $7.3bn ($7.5bn last year) on lower oil and gas production of 3.25m boe/d. Closing Price 2280.00p & 2431.00p (Bloomberg)
Standard Life (SL.L) – Assets under administration rose 1.5% in the Q1 to £247.8bn, Driven by net inflows of £2.4bn. The UK's introduction of automatic enrolment of workers onto company pension schemes has helped boost business flows this year. Closing Price 384.80p (Reuters)
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| Stock | Code | Close | High | Low |
| BP | BP.L | 2.93% | 2.93% | 0.54% |
| Foxtons Group | FOXT.L | -1.35% | 3.03% | -4.41% |
| Redrow | RDW.L | 2.33% | 3.88% | 1.51% |
| Serco | SRP.L | -15.01% | -14.83% | -22.57% |
| Shire | SHP.L | -0.70% | 6.24% | -1.86% |
| Whitbread | WTB.L | 0.49% | 3.42% | -0.27% |
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