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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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Europe's largest home improvement retailer reported a 0.5% fall in group like-for-like sales for the three months to October 31, although that was an improvement on a second quarter fall of 1.9%
The FTSE 100 managed to turn away from earlier losses to edge slightly higher at the close
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The day ahead includes full year results from EasyJet and a trading update from Kingfisher
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The week ahead centres on the Autumn Budget but also sees updates from EasyJet, William Hill, Kingfisher, United Utilities, Mothercare and Fuller Smith & Turner
The bank raised its target price for the FTSE 100-listed stock to 375p from 300p, which implies around 18% upside to Friday’s closing price
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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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The UK blue chip index closed down 1.05% to 7,447 as the pound strengthened after better-than-forecast UK GDP
The FTSE 100 rose to within a couple of points of 7,500 after US markets opened higher
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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
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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Sterling's strength weighed on FTSE 100 stocks today
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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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The benchmark for UK blue-chip shares closed up almost 38 at 7,253
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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 said it is on track to meet strategic milestones in the second year of its restructuring
The FTSE 100 closed down 45 at 7,387, while the FTSE 250 lost 86 at 19,773.
The B&Q owner's French business has overshadowed recent decent performances, will it blight the next figures?
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Week ahead includes UK inflation, unemployment, average earnings data; trading update from Kingflsher PLC, interims from Hargreaves Lansdown PLC, Admiral PLC ...
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
London markets started the day on the front foot and haven't looked back ...
“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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The Footsie closed 87.17 higher, or 1.19% to 7,416...
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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
FTSE 100 closed down 55 at 7,419 as retail shares took a beating
The Swiss investment bank blamed the disruption caused by bringing in new product lines and technology had been greater than expected.
In a trading update for the quarter to April 30, the FTSE 100-listed firm said its like-for-like sales fell by 5.5% in France, but were up 3.5% in the UK and Ireland
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The FTSE 100 index closed up 29.61 at 7,514 with easyJet the biggest gainer
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Analysts are worried clothing arm is relapsing in spite of vow to fix it by Steve Rowe
The pound has given up some of its recent gains, which has helped the internationally-focused firms on the FTSE 100
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Week ahead: Marks & Spencer, Dixons Carphone, Kingfisher, De la Rue...
The bank has raised its stance for the B&Q chain owner to ‘buy’ from 'hold’ with an increased price target of 440p, up from 380p previously
A look at some of the biggest London-listed risers and fallers today
The index of blue-chip shares fell six points to 7,108.53.
In a note on the UK general retail sector, Exane cut its stance on the FTSE 100-listed firm back to ‘underperform’ from ‘neutral’ and reduced its target price by 5% to 3,700p after the recent “bounce”
One suspects Barclays Capital has just employed a new team covering retail stocks with initiations of coverage across the board
London traded sideways with attention on Donald Trump's attempt to get a key healthcare pledge through Congress
The DIY retailer was one of the biggest fallers on the FTSE 100 again today
FTSE 100 was three points higher at 7,238, Next rises strongly.
Kingfisher blamed a downturn in the French DIY market for the poor performance across the channel, and Haitong reckons that’s a problem which could persist for some time
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Electric black cabs, Thames Water, Tessco pulls Heineken brands and Kingfisher underwhelms
The solid performance in the UK has been overlooked today, as investors continue to fret over the growth (or lack of) in France
Screwfix was the star performer, but the French businesses underperformed
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The top share index closed lower as details of a terror incident in central London emerged
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It's been two years since Véronique Laury took the helm of Kingfisher so her restructuring efforts will be in the spotlight tomorrow with the company's 2016 results
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The druggies and miners were on offer early on – although the movements were barely perceptible on a lacklustre Monday morning.
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Week ahead: Next, Kingfisher, Smiths Group ,Satellite Solutions ...
A softening housing market in the UK and market share erosion in France suggest no upturn is in sight, according to Jefferies
Deutsche Bank says the B&Q and Screwfix owner is fairly valued
The DIY chain reported underlying sales up 1.8% to just under £3bn in the three ended October, which compared with a 3% increase the quarter before.
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FTSE 100 shares ended higher on Tuesday thanks to a trio of miners, further lifted by Wall Street marking a flurry of record highs, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average spiking above 19,000 for the first time. The Dow hit a record 19,014.73
Kingfisher Plc, Homeserve PLC, Rotork PLC and Babcock International Group PLC are all in Tuesday's agenda
The new chancellor of the exchequer gets to set out his stall
DIY chain boosts first-half profits by 9% to £418mln
UK shares closed higher on Tuesday, extending gains from the previous session, while investors awaited the outcome of central bank meetings in Japan and the United States
A look at some of the firms reporting in the week commencing September 19
DIY retailer Kingfisher is set to report and although it is no longer predominantly a UK outfit, the subject of Brexit and its likely effect will be to the fore.
The dust is starting to settle after the EU referendum vote, which should mean companies can have a bit more confidence in forecasting the impact
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Oil & gas companies rise as Third Energy gets go-ahead for North Yorkshire project
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The Footsie rose 21 points to 6157.6 and small-caps also gained
DIY retailer's UK trade counter and Polish businesses were the first quarter top performers
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Tuesday brings Royal Dutch Shell Plc (LON:RDSB) into focus, as it holds its AGM, elsewhere, retailer Kingfisher releases results.
DIY giant Kingfisher plc shares lifted 3.17% as it said it had made solid progress on its turnaround plan unveiled in January as it posted final results.....
Main share price risers and fallers in London at 3.45pm
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After finishing up last week, there were early signs of promise for Footsie but it never really got out of the blocks...
The FTSE 100 Index was 10.8 points adrift at 5889.17p as oil prices continued their downward trend
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The FTSE 100 Index dropped 31.01 points to 5869 as oil prices fell again
MX Oil could sell its Nigerian investments for a sum that is - or was - more than the market capitalisation of the whole company
DIY chain plans to return the cash in the next three years in addition to the annual ordinary dividend
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Royal Mail, BAE Systems, Sainsbury / Home Retail, Kingfisher, Next, HSBC and Direct Line were all in the broker spotlight on Wednesday.
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Mining analysts are still reeling from Anglo American’s massive retrenchment yesterday,
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Dixons Carphone and Dunelm were given the thumbs up, while Kingfisher and next were downgraded by broker Nomura
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The FTSE100 ended the day almost 15 points lower to 6,223.
The FTSE100 was around 30 points higher at 6,267 with aerospace engine maker Rolls Royce leading the way.
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Nick Habgood has joined the board as a non-executive director.
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For once, technology firms crowd out resource companies in our round-up of the main news from growth companies
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The technology combines Attraqt’s visual merchandising platform with Yudu’s digital catalogue capabilities.
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Also covered: BHP Billiton, Centaur Media, Kingfisher, Reckitt Benckiser
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The shooting-down of a Russian jet by Turkey unsettled traders
The FTSE 100 Index dropped 79.95 points to 6225 at lunchtime
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Concern about higher fuel costs hit shares in airlines
Overall retail profit rose by 0.4% to £223mln at constant currencies
Kingfisher and Cineworld will update on their respective third quarters on Tuesday
Kingfisher and Cineworld will catch the eye but George Osborne will be the headline maker next week
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“With that being impossible, they have opted for the second choice, namely running around in circles," Chris Beauchamp at IG said.
“With that being impossible, they have opted for the second choice, namely running around in circles," Chris Beauchamp at IG said.
Below are the main news-driven share price movements at 4pm.
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UK inflation fell to zero from a 0.1% increase last month
DIY chain B&Q on track to close about 60 UK stores
B&Q owner Kingfisher will catch the eye of investors on Tuesday
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The effects of the serious accident at Alton Towers in June could linger at Merlin for some time.
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Serco gets an upgrade from US broker Jefferies on Tuesday....
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Falling oil stocks weigh on markets as crude prices drop
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The business pages have moved on from Apple and are now focused on the UK high street.
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Greek news helps traders to brush off oil and commodity price falls.