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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
Anglo American (AAL.L), BHP Billiton (BLT.L), Glencore (GLEN.L), Kaz Minerals (KAZ.L), Rio-Tinto PLC (RIO.L), Vedanta Resources (VED.L) – Chinese markets suffered as Asian stocks fell due to U.S. threats of further tariffs on an additional $200bn worth of Chinese goods, moving the US and China towards a full-scale trade war. China vowed to retaliate to any additional tariffs. Closing prices 1731.50p, 1711.60p, 327.58p, 845.10p, 4148.20p, 827.80p (Dow Jones Newswires)
Sky (SKY.L) – 21st Century Fox increases bid to £14 per share, an increase of 12% to Comcast’s latest offer and a 30.2% increase on 21CF’s original offer. Closing price 1500p. (Reuters)
Burberry (BRBY.L) – Sees continued progress executing their plan with comparable sales climbing +3% which was in line with forecasts. Closing price 2101.00p (Dow Jones Newswire)
Barratt Developments (BDEV.L) – Expects pre-tax profit to increase +9.1% to £835m in 2018 compared with £765.1m previously, it also beat forecasts of £811m and said year-end net cash was ahead of expectations. Total completions were 17,579, which it said represents the highest figure in ten years. The average selling price of its houses on completion rose by around 5% to £289,000. Closing price 482.90p (Dow Jones Newswires)
(Sources: Company newswires, Bloomberg, CNBC, FT, Reuters, Wall Street Journal)
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| Stock | Code | Close | High | Low |
| SKY | SKY | 2.2% | 2.5% | 0.5% |
| OCADO | OCDO | 9.0% | 9.6% | -7.5% |
| SOFTCAT | SCT | 7.0% | 8.7% | 4.9% |
| TP ICAP | TCAP | -35.9% | -23.4% | -36.9% |
| KIER | KIE | 4.2% | 4.8% | -1.2% |
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Prepared by Michael van Dulken, Head of Research