All Share prices articles – Page 8
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City News: Ocado shares drop despite profits upgrade
It’s not often a profits upgrade is accompanied by a share price plunge
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City snapshot: Premier Foods upgrades profits outlook after ‘exceptional’ half
Premier Foods has raised its profit expectations for the year after “exceptionally” strong first-half results as consumers flocked back to its stable of household brands during the coronavirus pandemic. Plus, the latest Kantar and Nielsen supermarket data shows no sign of rampant panic buying after the new lockdown was announced. And the latest BRC-KPMG retail sales report. Finally, a host of food and drink stocks rallied yesterday after the hopeful vaccine announcement by Pfizer.
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Media Bites 10 November: Covid vaccine, Reckitt Benckiser, Ocado, EG Group
Global markets roared higher in a rally led by companies hit hardest by the pandemic after Pfizer and BioNTech revealed a breakthrough in the race to find a vaccine for Covid-19.
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Global fmcg giants RB, P&G, Nestlé and Unilever report strong results
Recent earnings releases show 2020 is proving to be a good year for global fmcg giants
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City news: AG Barr shares flourish after showing Covid resilience
Shares in Irn-Bru maker AG Barr fizzed more than 15% higher to 430p on Tuesday after it assured investors of the strength of its balance sheet and floated the prospect of a resumption in dividend payments next year.
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Analysis & Features
How discounter B&M broke into the FTSE 100
B&M was loss-making and relatively little known when Simon and Bobby Arora bought it in 2004. How have the brothers transformed it?
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Unilever sales resilience shows ‘true strength’ says Alan Jope
The first half showed “the true strength of Unilever” according to its CEO Alan Jope, as a surge in eating at home propelled the consumer giant above market expectations.
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City News: SSP Group returns to shareholders to ask for more
This week SSP Group pleaded with shareholders to reinvest the dividend payment it was obligated to pay, having already tapped them for £216m in March.
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Comment & Opinion
Will Tesco push ahead with its dividend payment and risk a PR storm?
Tesco is reportedly set to press ahead with a £550m dividend payment to shareholders this week
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Comment & Opinion
Coronavirus and the City: Who’s been least and worst affected?
Global stock markets have crashed on mounting fears over the economic impact of the virus – but some share prices have plunged further than others
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Analysis & Features
As Fever-Tree’s shares fall, is the City over-reacting?
The mixer maker has spooked investors with news that its revenue growth will be lower than expected
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Analysis & Features
Who were the winners and losers on the stock market in 2019?
2019 was another turbulent year for many grocery and FMCG stocks
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Ocado continues to surge ahead, outgrowing UK grocery rivals
Ocado has been keen to show the impact of its Andover fire was minimal
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Comment & Opinion
Watch out, challengers: a new generation of fmcg CEOs is fighting back
It is no longer about big brands or small brands, but relevant and purposeful brands, says Warren Ackerman
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M&S and Ocado shares hit by Tesco Finest possibility
Tesco CEO Dave Lewis may have only made brief mention of the possibility of Tesco creating an upmarket convenience store offering, but the City quickly took it as a threat to Marks & Spencer and Ocado’s new partnership.
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Applegreen blames Brexit for 'challenging conditions' in the UK
Fresh from its acquisition of UK service station group Welcome Break, Irish forecourt group Applegreen warned economic headwinds and Brexit were beginning to bite.
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Sandpiper CI completes The International Stock Exchange listing
As part of the listing, 25.1 million shares were sold at a price of 75p per share
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Tesco shares drop despite market share outperformance
Tesco may have been the big four winner from the monthly grocery market share data this week, but it was a loser as far as the City was concerned.
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M&S faces FTSE 100 exit as shares reach 10-year low
Marks & Spencer is teetering on the brink of expulsion from the FTSE 100 after its shares plunged to a decade-long low following its annual results on Wednesday.
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Nestlé streamlining continues with sale of Skin Health
Elsewhere, Greggs shares jumped to their highest-ever level after its fourth profits upgrade in five months