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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
AstraZeneca (AZN) – Announces that it has sold the remaining naming rights for several anaesthetics to Australia’s Aspen Group for an upfront consideration of $555m.
BP & Shell (BP & RDSb) – Brent Crude has traded a fresh 4-month high overnight as US gasoline inventories fell by the largest amount on record last week following hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
Morrisons (MRW) – The supermarket giant is raising its interim dividend after first half underlying pretax profit increases by 12.7% year on year, just ahead of expectations.
Next (NXT) – The UK clothing retailer announces it is increasing its full year sales and profit guidance following trading improvements in the past three months. While first half profit fell 9.5%, the company is encouraged by its performance so far this year.
(Sources: Company Newswires, Bloomberg, FT, Reuters)
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| Stock | Code | Close | High | Low |
| DUNELM GROUP | DNLM | 11.1% | 13.3% | 0.3% |
| EASYJET | EZJ | 0.6% | 2.3% | -0.3% |
| OLD MUTUAL | OML | -0.7% | 0.3% | -0.8% |
| PADDY POWER BETFAIR | PPB | -0.3% | -0.1% | -0.8% |
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