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...today include insurer Prudential, European discount retailer B&M and UK pub group JD Wetherspoon: Prudential: Shares in the UK-based insurance company slipped 1.7 per cent after chief financial officer James...
...The share price drop left Diageo the biggest faller on the blue-chip FTSE 100 index on Friday....
...The FTSE 100 was the biggest faller in Europe, down 1.6 per cent, after UK wage growth hit a record annual pace in the three months to June, adding to signs of persistent inflationary pressures....
...Walmart’s shares fell almost 9 per cent following its profit warning, pulling down rival retailers including Ross Stores, Etsy and Best Buy, which were among the biggest fallers in the S&P 500 on Tuesday...
...“Biden faces a real challenge,” said James Bosworth, founder of risk consultancy Hxagon, calling Honduras “a country captured by a criminal group masquerading as a political party”....
...Sainsbury’s shares closed down almost 3 per cent on Wednesday, the biggest faller in the FTSE 100. The company declined to comment on its intentions....
...Marine engineer James Fisher & Sons is leading the FTSE 250 fallers after middling interim results trigger smallish forecast downgrades....
...Economically sensitive sectors including car and parts makers, travel and leisure companies and banks were among the biggest fallers in Europe....
...The stock also stands out as the FTSE 100’s biggest faller in the year to date, down more than 60 per cent....
...Deutsche’s chief financial officer James von Moltke said that the performance in fixed income trading was “a mixed bag”....
...a user can do with an iPhone Xs that they can’t do with a 6s,” Raymond James said.”...
...WPP’s leading the FTSE 100 fallers on very weak Q4 results....
...(Enlarge) Meanwhile, US futures have gone limit down again so we look to be in for another rough Wall Street open: 10:30am GMT - Airlines, then, and Raymond James: In a baffling move that appears to be...
...But WH Smith, which in spite of protests has had to close 60 per cent of its estate, is the FTSE 250’s biggest faller at pixel....
...Tuesday 14:30 GMT What’s happening ● Ferguson was the FTSE 100’s sharpest faller after guidance pointing to a slowdown in recent trading and posting weaker than expected half-year results....
...Monday 14:30 GMT What’s happening ● Persimmon was the FTSE 100’s sharpest faller on a report that UK housing secretary James Brokenshire was reviewing its participation in the Help to Buy scheme beyond...
...Ocado shares dropped 8 per cent in London morning trade, making it the biggest faller in the FTSE 100....
...Tuesday 13:30 GMT What’s happening ● Royal Mail led the FTSE 250 fallers after warning that 2020 letter volumes were likely to worsen....
...acquired in the UK healthcare sector in the last 18 months, highlighting the generally undervalued UK sector in comparison to the global healthcare market”Panmure Gordon ● CYBG was the FTSE 250’s sharpest faller...
...● Danske Bank was the Stoxx 600’s sharpest faller on news that chief executive officer Thomas Borgen had resigned following the lender’s money laundering scandal....
...Babcock led the FTSE 250 fallers after a trading update from the defence contractor revealed slower than expected activity levels in its marine and land operations....
...Monday 16:00 BST What’s happening Playtech was the FTSE 250’s sharpest faller after another profit warning, which was blamed on a “particularly aggressive pricing environment” in Asia....
...Credit Suisse was a notable faller, with shares down 5.2 per cent at the open....
...“The data may well give policymakers the green light to hike rates again in May,” said James Smith, economist at ING....
...Raymond James forecast Bed Bath & Beyond’s group earnings to decline another 39 per cent by 2020, having already more than halved since 2013....
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