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ITV, GlaxoSmithKline and Indivior to be among the highlights for Wednesday
Among Wednesday's names are ITV, GlaxoSmithKline, Indivior, and Tullow Oil
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QinetiQ Group PLC
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QinetiQ Group PLC is an international defence and security technology company with over 8,000 employees in Europe, Middle East and Australasia and more than 5,500 in North America. QinetiQ provides research, technical advice, technology solutions and services to customers in core markets of defence and security, and increasingly in the transfer of expertise and capabilities into adjacent markets such as energy and environment.
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FTSE 100 joins global equities to head lower as geopolitical worries weigh
News that the President will now not be meeting North Korea leader Kim Jong-un next month as planned is weighing on global stocks
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Kingfisher and Tate & Lyle key names in diary as spotlight falls on UK consumer
Kingfisher, Tate & Lyle, Talk Talk Telecoms and United Utilities are among the stand-out names in Thursday's schedule.
Tern shares spike up as holding company extends security capability for Microsoft’s internet of things platform
A look at some of the biggest risers and fallers in London on Tuesday
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QinetiQ acquires Germany-based airborne training provider
The science and engineering company said the acquisition would accelerate its international growth strategy and establish a test and evaluation and engineering services capability in Germany
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QinetiQ to stop making pension top-up contributions
The pension pot is actually in surplus, so the defence contractor will stop making annual top-up payments of £10.5mln
FTSE 100 closes higher as pound firms; Shire top riser
The latest ONS data showed that retail sales grew 0.3% in October - ahead of the 0.1% economists had expected - which has boosted the blue chip retailers
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Royal Mail Group continues to contend with tough compeition
Royal Mail reports on Thursday and investors will be waiting to see how the mail group is coping with the competition.
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UBS upbeat on European defence sector on US valuation gap; upgrades rating for QinetiQ
The UBS analysts said: “We expect defence budget growth of low- to mid-single digit in France, Germany and the other European nations, and mid- to high single digit in the US. The country where we see limited defence upside, if not cuts, is
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QinetiQ marches higher as Barclays upgrades to ‘overweight’
Analyst Richard Paige reckons recent share price weakness means that that the balance between risk and reward is now “favourably skewed”
Well-received earnings gives Plus500 a boost
A look at some of the biggest risers and fallers in London today
FTSE 100 closes at 7,531 as new highs come in to view
The FTSE 100 index closed up 20.23 at 7,531, below the session peak of 7,533.74 and well above the day’s low of 7,511.71
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QinetiQ share price slump brings stock into Goldman's price range
At last night's close, it was still a (marginal) sell for Goldman's, but the stock has wilted again today
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QinetiQ shares tank as new contracts slow in the first quarter
QinetiQ has left its full year forecasts unchanged, supported by revenue growth in its businesses
Independent Oil & Gas flows higher as North Sea projects reach milestone
A look at some of the risers and fallers in London this afternoon
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BHP Billiton, Drax and TalkTalk to be among Wednesday’s highlights
Interim results are due from UK power firm Drax and a trading statement from TalkTalk will likely also garner investor attentions.
Prudential shares in demand; Metal Tiger and Falcon Oil & Gas strong gainers
Some of London's largest risers and fallers around 2.30pm included insurer Prudential, and small caps Metal Tiger and Falcon Oil & Gas ...
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All steady at defence contactor QinetiQ, with third-quarter trading "as expected"
Overall QinetiQ said it had “made encouraging progress in the implementation of its strategy to drive future growth” in the third-quarter.
FTSE 100 closes higher with banks betting on March US rate hike
FTSE 100 shares closed higher on Wednesday, led by banking shares which teamed up with their Wall Street brethren to cheer on what may be a US rate hike as soon as March
Precious metal miners find support as the price of gold rises again
Randgold Resources and Fresnillo both added 1% as the price of gold rose 0.3% to US$1,135 an ounce as the US dollar - in which it is priced - slipped back slightly.