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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
Halma (HLMA.L) – Profit before tax for the full year ending 29 March 2014 to be within the range of £139m to £140m. Order intake has remained slightly ahead of revenue. Asia pacific has continued to grow strongly with good growth in China. Closing Price 593.50 (Reuters)
Bellway (BWY.L) – Increase in housing revenue of £690m legally completed the sale of 3,245 homes and increase of 25%. Achieving an operating margin in excess of 15% for the first 6 months of the financial year. Order book at 31 January stood at £783m Closing Price 1612.00p (Bloomberg)
Barclays (BARC.L) – To improve its leverage ratio to at least 3.5% by the end of next year. Committed to paying out at least 40% of its earnings in dividends. Increased its bonuses to staff to £2.38bn last year. Earnings dropped by a quarter last year to £5.2bn. Closing Price 275.00p (Bloomberg)
Dunelm Group (DNLM.L) – Revenues up 4.8% to £356.3m. H1 profit before taxation up by 2.9% to £61.6m. Interim dividend increased by 11.1% to 5p p/sh. Closing Price 908.50p (Bloomberg)
Glencore Xstrata (GLEN.L) – Copper production rose 26% and coal output was up 4% in the year to the end of December 2013, offsetting a weaker performance in zinc and lead. The company produced a total of 750,600 tonnes of copper up 21% on the year. Lead and zinc output saw reductions of 9% and 2% respectively. Closing Price 326.05p (Bloomberg)
Thomas Cook (TCG.L) – Posted an underlying operating loss of £56m in the three months to the end of December, a 15% improvement on the corresponding year earlier period. Closing Price 185.40p (Reuters)
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