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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
Standard Life (SL.L) – Has posted a 6% rise in H1 operating profit and beat expectations by 2.5%, as it nears completion of an £11bn merger with Aberdeen Asset Management, which will complete on Aug. 14, after being signed off by shareholders in June. Closing price 443.30p (Reuters)
Bellway PLC (BWY.L) - Expects full year housing revenue to increase by over 13% to £2.5bn and its order book climbed to £1.29bn up 16%. Closing price 3200.00p (Reuters)
Paysafe Group (PAYS.L) – Posted a HY revenue of $538.7m up 11% year on year from $486.7m. Closing price 592.00p (Bloomberg / Reuters)
Sainsbury's PLC (SBRY.L) - Is considering cutting 1,000 head office jobs as part of a drive to save £500m in costs. Closing price 250.00p (Reuters)
(Sources: Company Newswires, Bloomberg, FT, Reuters)
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| Stock | Code | Close | High | Low |
| AstraZeneca | AZN | 0.3% | 0.8% | -0.8% |
| BAE Systems | BA. | -2.7% | 3.5% | -3.0% |
| Rio Tinto | RIO | -3.0% | -1.6% | -3.5% |
| Royal Mail | RMG | -0.4% | 0.5% | -0.5% |
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