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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
British American Tobacco Plc (BAT.S) - Sold a $17.25bn bond the second-largest deal of the year to finance its purchase of the portion of Reynolds American Inc. that it didn’t already own. The bond yields a better rate of return than US government treasuries, this will help the company buy the remaining shares of Reynolds. Closing price 4990.00p (Bloomberg)
Legal & General Group PLC (LGEN.L) - Reported a 27% rise in H1 operating profit to £988m, due to strong performance in its retirement division. Funds under management rose 13% to £951bn. It also announced a 7.5% increase in the interim dividend. Closing price 276.00p (Reuters)
G4S PLC (GFS.L) - Posted a 7.6% rise in its H1 profit of £128m and £3.7bn in revenue with a better forecast contract potential ahead. With an expectation that full-year revenue growth would be in line with a medium of 4-6% and saw further expansion in 2018. Closing price 330.60p (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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