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FTSE 100 closes firmly higher as metals prices, sterling help
FTSE 100 gained support from higher metals prices and a slide in sterling on Wednesday to close higher
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Bunzl PLC
LON:BNZL
Bunzl is a FTSE 100 specialist distribution group with operations in 23 countries across 4 continents. Bunzl supplies a wide range of consumable products such as food packaging, disposable tableware and catering equipment, cleaning and hygiene supplies, guest amenities, personal protection equipment, packaging and healthcare consumables to various customer markets including grocery, foodservice, cleaning and safety, non-food retail and healthcare.
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Bunzl expected to report solid organic sales growth
Updates are expected from Bunzl, Countryside Properties and Jupiter Fund Management, among others
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High street issues to the fore as Debenhams, JD Sports, and Primark owner AB Foods provide updates
Week Ahead includes trading statements from Primark owner Associated British Foods, Debenhams, and JD Sports, plus Q1 numbers from Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser and Rentokil Initial
Marwyn Value says investee firm Safe Harbour to float on AIM after raising £22.7mln from institutions
Star fund manager Neil Woodford's Woodford Investment Management will take a 26% stake in Safe Haven. Invesco will have a similar holding
Bunzl delivers a 13% jump in full-year pre-tax profit boosted by recent acquisitions, weaker pound
The FTSE 100-listed distribution and outsourcing group said its adjusted pre-tax profit increased to £542.6mln for the year to 31 December 2017, up from £478.2mln a year earlier
FTSE 100 closes higher but below 7,300, as Wall Street heads north
London's blue-chips closed up around 45 points but below the 7,300 level
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Housebuliders step up to the podium in busy week of corporate earnings
The week ahead includes a slew of full year results, including from Taylor Wimpey, Persimmon, GKN, Capita, AB Foods and WPP
Bunzl buys two companies, expects tax break in US
The company’s aggressive buying hasn’t slowed in the new year
FTSE 100 closes at third successive new high but retailers lag
FTSE 100 closed in London around 14 points higher at 7,762
Serco, Equiniti and Page Group downgraded by Credit Suisse amid Brexit uncertainty
Credit Suisse has adjusted its ratings and target prices on a number of business service stocks
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FTSE 100 closes higher; Next keeps festive cheer rolling
On a separate note, Mifid II comes into force today with the aim of increasing transparency and making everyone in the investment chain more accountable for their decisions
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FTSE 100 finishes in the red as BoE keeps rates on hold
FTSE 100 closed down over 48 points at 7,448., while FTSE 250 shed over 55 to 20,006
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Will Sports Direct International investors still be optimistic when interims come out on Thursday?
Sports Direct International, Ocado Group, PZ Cussons, and Bunzl are among the names in Thursday's agenda.
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Federal Reserve Grinch to dominate among upcoming central bank rate decisions
The Week Ahead will be dominated by interest rate decisions from the US Federal Reserve, Bank of England and ECB, plus UK inflation and results from Ashtead Group, TUI, and Dixons Caphone among others
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FTSE 100 joins global sell-off to close lower
Data out yesterday suggested Chinese industrial production growth is starting to slow, which is bad news for miners, but Fresnillo topped Footsie today
Bunzl reports third quarter revenue growth and plans to make further acquisitions
Bunzl expects to make further acquisitions over coming months
FTSE 100 closes near flat as traders look for direction; Dow Jones surges
The UK blue chip index closed its account on Tuesday up 2.09 at 7,526.
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Strong coffee needed to fuel Whitbread's first half performance after Costa's first quarter dip
Day ahead includes first half results from leisure giant Whitbread PLC, and third quarter updates from miner Anglo American PLC and wealth manager St James' Place Capital PLC
Lloyds, Barclays and RBS under the microscope with release of third quarter earnings
The week ahead includes third quarter earnings from Lloyds, Barclays and RBS along with trading updates from Shire, IAG and GSK