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FTSE 100 closes in red as pound strengthens; BoE in focus
Around 4pm, the UK blue chip index fell 14 points to 7,490 as the Bank of England's interest rate decision looms
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Kingfisher PLC
LON:KGF
Kingfisher is Europe's leading home improvement retail group and the third largest in the world, with leading market positions in the UK, France, Poland, Turkey and China.
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FTSE 100 closes over 1% lower as sterling spikes
The UK blue chip index closed down 1.05% to 7,447 as the pound strengthened after better-than-forecast UK GDP
FTSE 100 closes firmly in positive territory as sterling slides
The FTSE 100 rose to within a couple of points of 7,500 after US markets opened higher
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Tesco and Greggs to give a taste of high street conditions; hurricanes could have blown away US jobs
Week ahead to include first half results from supermarkets giant Tesco PLC, an update from high bakery chain Greggs PLC (LON:GRG), and the latest US jobs data
Kingfisher jumps as first-half profit beat forecasts, but cautious on second-half backdrop in UK and France
Europe's largest home improvement retailer reported an underlying pretax profit of £440mln for the six months to July 31, up 0.9% on the £436mln reported a year earlier, and above the consensus forecast of £426mln
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FTSE 100 closes a tad lower as focus turns to Fed
Sterling's strength weighed on FTSE 100 stocks today
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Kingisher can't afford another duff trading update
Trading can change as fast as the weather for a home improvements retailer; not many are expecting it to have changed for the better for Kingfisher
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FTSE 100 closes higher as Carney hints at first UK rate rise for a decade
The benchmark for UK blue-chip shares closed up almost 38 at 7,253
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Focus shifts to US interest rates with Fed meeting; UK retail updates due from Kingfisher, Ocado
Week ahead includes Federal Reserve interest rate announcement, UK retail sales data, second quarter results from Kingfisher PLC, and trading update from Ocado PLC
Kingfisher decidedly under the weather as B&Q's LFL sales slump
Kingfisher said it is on track to meet strategic milestones in the second year of its restructuring
FTSE 100 closes in the red but gold price boosts miners
The FTSE 100 closed down 45 at 7,387, while the FTSE 250 lost 86 at 19,773.
What’s in store for Kingfisher investors on Thursday?
The B&Q owner's French business has overshadowed recent decent performances, will it blight the next figures?
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UK economic health eyed from inflation, jobless numbers; Kingfisher updates on trading
Week ahead includes UK inflation, unemployment, average earnings data; trading update from Kingflsher PLC, interims from Hargreaves Lansdown PLC, Admiral PLC ...
FTSE 100 closes up but misses record high
The FTSE 100 index closed 10.79 higher at 7,542. The session peak was 7,549, and the day’s low was 7,518
FTSE 100 ends almost 57 higher buoyed by retailers
London markets started the day on the front foot and haven't looked back ...
Morgan Stanley double upgrades B&Q owner Kingfisher even though it expects turnaround plan to fail
“We still expect ‘One Kingfisher’ to fail. However, when this becomes clear, we expect investors to start valuing the company on its assets, not its earnings”
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FTSE 100 finishes strongly as dovish Fed chair Yellen reassures
The Footsie closed 87.17 higher, or 1.19% to 7,416...
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One year on: BT, Royal Mail and ITV among worst-hit FTSE 100 stocks since the Brexit vote
A weaker pound following the Brexit vote has given the FTSE 100 and other UK indices a boost in the year since the Britain voted to leave the European Union