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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
Rolls-Royce Holdings (RR.L) – CEO says company’s cost performance and cash outflow has been unacceptable, both need to improve. Beat expectations with a 34% rise in first half profit, Underlying pretax profit of £840m Revenues rose 27% to £7.3bn. Increased the interim dividend by 13% to 8.6p p/sh. Its order book rose 15% to £69.2bn. Closing Price 1180.00p (Reuters)
BT Group (BT.A.L) – Q1 profits comfortably ahead of forecasts driven by heavy cost cuts and good performance from the retail division. More than half a million customers have signed up to BT’s new sports service. Closing Price 342.00p (Reuters)
Travis Perkins (TPK.L) – Geoff Cooper to step down as CEO on 1 Jan. 2014. Deputy chief executive John Carter to be new CEO. H1 adjusted pretax profit £136m, up 4.1%. H1 revenue up 1.6%, up 0.9% like-for-like. H1 dividend 10.0p, up 25%. Confident anticipated recovery in H2 will materialise. Expects FY EPS in line with the market consensus, which it estimates to be around 100p. Closing Price 1710.00p (Reuters)
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| Stock | Code | Close | High | Low |
| ARM Holdings | ARM.L | -0.41% | 6.12% | -2.51% |
| EasyJet | EZJ.L | 3.67% | 9.21% | 3.37% |
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