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FTSE ends firmly lower as BoE warnings dent sentiment
END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares ended the day firmly lower, but off worst levels, with better-than-expected UK unemployment data offering some rare good news but offset by downbeat assessments ...
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Compass Group enjoys positive momentum in top line growth
Global caterer Compass Group said today that it enjoyed positive momentum in top line growth in the half-year to end-March, driven by good levels of new business wins and a consistently high rate ...
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Broker News & Views
UBS upgrades Barclays from neutral to buy, target cut from 272p to 215p. Numis upgrades Compass Group from add to buy, target unchanged at 750p.
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Tullow sees growth
Tullow Oil said its performance to date in the first half has been excellent. In Uganda, the Group completed the $2.9bn farm down to CNOOC and Total.
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SSE dividend up 6.8%
Scottish & southern Electricity (SSE) reported adjusted pretax profit up 2% to £1.335bn in the year to end-March and upped its dividend 6.8%.
Capital and investment expenditure was up 18.2% to...
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- Brokers' round-up, buy Barclays and Compass Group
- FLASH: JP Morgan Cazenove upgrades Morrison from underweight to neutral, target price cut from 279p to 270p
- FLASH: Exane BNP Paribas downgrades G4S from neutral to outperform, target price raised from 305p to 330p
- FLASH: WH Ireland Securities initiates buy on Tribal Group, target price 115p
- FLASH: Espirito Santo initiates buy on KCOM Group, target price 100p
- FLASH: UBS upgrades Barclays from neutral to buy, target price cut from 272p to 215p
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