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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
Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (BKG.L) – FY pre-tax profit +15.1% (beat consensus), but rev -0.7% (in-line), upgrades 5-year pre-tax profit guidance to £3.38bn from £3.3bn. Closing price 4142.10p (Bloomberg)
Barclays PLC (BARC.L), Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LLOY.L) – BoE meeting this week may result in interest rates being kept on hold as patchy economic data cast a shadow over the prospects of a rate rise. Key analysts have maintained their call the BOE will refrain from raising interest rates before November. Sterling is down 6% against the dollar in 3 months, heading for the biggest quarterly loss in two years. Closing prices 193.47p, 61.63p (Bloomberg)
BAE Systems PLC (BA.L) – Has received the contract for the U.S. Marine Corps production of wheeled amphibious combat vehicles (ACV) that transport Marines from ship to shore during hostile conditions. The deal is valued for all 208 vehicles in the program at around $6.2bn over their lifetime. Closing price 631.0p (Reuters)
(Sources: Company newswires, Bloomberg, CNBC, FT, Reuters, Wall Street Journal)
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| Stock | Code | Close | High | Low |
| ASHTEAD | AHT | -4.4% | -3.0% | -8.3% |
| FERGUSON | FERG | 1.9% | 2.9% | 0.6% |
| MCCARTHY & STONE | MCS | -17.1% | -12.1% | -22.0% |
| DEBENHAMS | DEB | -10.7% | -4.3% | -19.5% |
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