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FTSE 100 closes firmly lower, joining global indices, as traders shun risk
If you are long blue-chip equities, the trend has not been your friend today
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Compass Group PLC
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Compass Group PLC is a market leader in providing food and a range of selected support services to customers in the workplace, in schools and colleges, in hospitals, at leisure or in remote environments
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Schadenfreude to boost full-year results from budget airline easyJet after recent misfortunes of rivals
The Day Ahead also includes updates from blue-chip contract caterer Compass Group, and second line players such as challenger bank CYBG and online electrical appliances retailer AO World
FTSE 100 closes lower as UK politics, Brexit remain the focus
The chief negotiator for the EU, Michel Barnier, has proposed extending the transition period for the UK to leave the bloc until as late as 2022. Theresa May said she was not keen on the idea
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UK investors will have plenty of updates to chew over in the coming week as turkeys are prepared for US Thanksgiving
Aside from the inevitable Brexit drama, the Week Ahead will be dominated by another batch of corporate updates from the likes of Kingfisher, Centrica, easyJet, and Compass Group
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Mitie adds to security business with £14mln acquisition of Compass Group subsidiary
The combination will offer opportunities to accelerate the growth of Mitie's premium technology-enabled and intelligence-led security solutions, the company said
Compass Group serves up lukewarm offering
The caterer left full-year expectations unchanged but did caution about a more difficult volume and cost environment in Europe.
FTSE 100 keeps head above water at close: Facebook in focus
The Nasdaq on Wall Street is down over 88 points at the time of writing, at 7,420.
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Blue-chip deluge on Thursday with Royal Dutch Shell, AstraZeneca and Diageo (and more) set to report
Three of the 10 largest London-listed companies (by capitalisation) are updating the market on Thursday. A dozen or more other household names are also expected to report.
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Apres moi le deluge: Flood of blue chip results to dominate in coming week, including BT Group
Over the five sessions in the Week Ahead, around 20% of the FTSE 100 index will report results or issue a trading update, with about half that number due on Thursday alone
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McKay Securities shares rise as it hikes final dividend after ‘exceptionally productive year’
A look at some of the top rises and fallers in London on Tuesday
Compass Group looking for new group finance director with Johnny Thomson to leave by end-December
The FTSE 100-listed firm – which lost its chief executive Richard Cousins at the start of the year following his death in a seaplane crash in Australia – said the search for Thomson’s successor will be started immediately
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FTSE 100 closes in red as speculation swirls on August rate rise
The rise in sterling hit the dollar- earning constituents of the FTSE 100
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Dixons Carphone to report slump in profits, Bank of England to stand pat on rates
Markets are pricing in a 3% chance that the Bank of England will raise interest rates, making it "about half as likely as England winning the World Cup", said Hargreaves Lansdown
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Dixons Carphone has already had a kicking so investors will be hoping full-year numbers provide some relief
The Week Ahead also includes updates from blue chips Ashtead Group and Ferguson, plus mid-cap housebuilder Berkley Group, and the latest Bank of England interest rate decision
Dunelm appoints Laura Carr as new chief financial officer
The FTSE 250-listed firm said Laura Carr is group Financial controller of Compass Group, and prior to this role she was CFO of Indigo Books & Music
Compass Group upgraded by Bernstein on expectation of special dividend return
Analysts at the broker said despite the disappointing results for the first half of the year, they expected the second half to be stronger with 15% EPS growth
FTSE 100 closes in red as there is little around to spark investor interest
FTSE 250 fared better though closing ahead by around 15 points at 20,800.
Compass Group heads south as it serves up fall in half-year profits
The world’s largest catering group blamed foreign exchange headwinds for a 4.7% fall in pre-tax profits as it kept its full-year forecasts unchanged
FTSE 100 closes higher, boosted by oil stocks
President Donald Trump decided to abandon a key Iran nuclear deal, sending oil prices higher
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Beer and pasties to provide sustenance, with updates due from Wetherspoons and Greggs
Day Ahead includes trading updates from pubs operator JD Wetherspoon and bakery chain Greggs, plus interims from blue chips cigarettes firm Imperial Brands and travel group TUI