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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
Ted Baker (TED.L) – A 24.4% increase in group revenue to £77.1m (2012: £62.0m). Retail sales for period increased 19.8% to £58.1m (2012: £48.5m). average retail square footage rose by 11.4%. Wholesale sales for the period increased 40.8% to £19.0m (2012: £13.5m). Expect group wholesale sales for the full year to be some 25% ahead of last year. Closing Price 1790.00p (Reuters)
Antofagasta (ANTO.L) – Group EBITDA of $2,052.5m (9 months to 30 September 2012 – $2,848.4 million) down almost 28%. Closing Price 813.50p (Reuters)
Centrica (CNA.L) – FY earnings per share to come in at the same level as last year. The company posted adjusted earnings per share of 27.1p in 2012 vs forecast for Centrica’s 2013 earnings per share is 27.81p. Centrica said in October it would increase gas and electricity bills by an average 9.2%. Closing Price 364.57p (Reuters)
Taylor Wimpey (TW..L) – Confident of meeting FY expectations. Cancellation rates remain low at 13% vs 15% last year. Order book stands at £1.5bn. Closing Price 103.40p (Reuters)
Burberry (BRBY.L) – met forecasts for flat profit in a first half period that reported revenue above £1bn ($1.60bn) for the first time. Profit before tax and one-off items of £174m. Total revenue rose 17% to £1.03bn, driven by a 17% increase in retail revenue to £694m. Closing Price 1462.00p (Reuters)
Serco (SRP.L) – warned on Thursday its profits in 2014 would fall as the impact of multiple high profile contract problems in Britain and Australia hit margins. The firm said that the mid-point of estimates for operating profit in 2013 was £307m, the same as in 2012. It said that its operating margin in 2013 would be slightly lower than the 6.4% a year earlier. Closing Price 504.00p (Reuters)
Great Portland (GPOR.L) – H1 pre-tax profit £146.9m versus £76.7m a year ago. Portfolio valuation up 6.7%. Q2 12 month total property returns of 14.3%, Adjusted diluted nav per share up 9.2% to 487p. Adjusted profit before tax of £18.1m, up 103.4% in 2012 Closing Price 558.00p (Reuters)
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| Stock | Code | Close | High | Low |
| London Stock Exchange | LSE.L | -3.12% | 0.06% | -4.17% |
| British Land | BLND.L | -2.26% | 0.56% | -2.42% |
| Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment | BPTY.L | 4.42% | 5.46% | -3.21% |
| ICAP | IAP.L | 4.12% | 6.68% | 3.03% |
| Drax Group | DRX.L | 2.59% | 6.83% | 2.44% |
| J Sainsbury | SBRY.L | 2.98% | 4.49% | 0.88% |
| Barratt Developments | BDEV.L | -4.67% | 0.73% | -5.29% |
| Esure Group | ESUR.L | 5.51% | 7.40% | 3.23% |
| SSE | SSE.L | -0.43% | 1.42% | -0.93% |
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