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US weekly jobs claims fell to 290,000 from 296,000, which was a bit below the consensus forecast of 297,000.
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Renishaw designs, developments and sells a wide range of specialist tools for metrology, motion control, machine calibration, dental CAD/CAM and spectroscopy. Its metrology products help manufacturers to maximise production output, to reduce significantly the time taken to produce and inspect components, and to keep their machines running reliably.
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US weekly jobs claims fell to 290,000 from 296,000, which was a bit below the consensus forecast of 297,000.
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Boohoo is expected to release its results on Thursday, Go-Ahead now are not.
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Executive chairman David McMurtry and non-executive deputy chairman John Deer said they are not "getting any younger" and want to ensure the future of the firm
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Peel Hunt has hiked its target price to 5,000p while sticking with its ‘hold’ recommendation, saying a projected price/earnings ratio of around 52 is plenty high enough
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The broker said the precision tools maker had multiple positive qualities and they did not expect the “strong momentum” in the company’s stock to fade in the near term
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To cope with the crisis, the high-precision tool maker axed jobs across its global operations and cancelled dividends
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“The board will review its position on dividends during the next fiscal year with the intention of reinstating the dividend as soon as it is appropriate to do so”
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The upbeat outlook accompanied a sharp decline in the none months to 31 March, which saw profits slump just over 60%
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It marks the engineering company’s third profit warning in this calendar year.
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On 1 August, other half-year updates include British American Tobacco, Barclays, Standard Chartered and Capita
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“Notwithstanding the current economic uncertainties, the board remains confident in the future prospects of the group”
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The FTSE 250-listed firm said now it expects its full-year revenue to be in the range of £595mln to £620mln, with adjusted pre-tax profit to be in a range of £117mln to £135mln
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Aside from the tide of blue-chip results, some big second line news will also flow on Thursday from the likes of Britvic, Dairy Crest, Premier Oil, Rank Group, and Renishaw
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The FTSE 250-listed firm said its adjusted pre-tax profit from continuing operations for the first quarter fell to £32.6mln, down from £35.8mln last year
The UK blue-chip benchmark finished down over 27 points at 7,026, while the FTSE 250 closed down over 52 points at 18,961.
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Aside from the latest trading news from Unilever, the Day Ahead includes updates from blue-chip peer Rentokil Initial and FTSE 250-listed Domino's Pizza
The week ahead includes full year results from Bellway and ASOS, interims from Gear4Music and trading updates from Barratt Developments, Segro, Unilever, Domino's Pizza and Rentokil
The Nasdaq on Wall Street is down over 88 points at the time of writing, at 7,420.
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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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In a trading update on Wednesday, Renishaw hiked its adjusted profit before tax forecasts to a range of £145mln to £160mln this year, on revenue of between £585mln and £610mln