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UK movers – Stories for Shell, Anglo American and Lloyds

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By Samuel Indyk

Investing.com – At 08:44BST, the FTSE 100 is trading higher by 0.3% at 7,038.75. The midcap FTSE 250 index is trading higher by 0.2% at 23,064.05.

Gainers

Rentokil (LON:RTO) (+4.5%) – Expects market expectations for annual profit to increase following H1 results which were “slightly ahead of expectations”.

Royal Dutch Shell (LON:RDSa) (+3.4%) – To buyback $2 billion shares, raise dividend as higher oil prices boosted earnings.

Anglo American (LON:AAL) (+4.1%) – Record profit in the first half of the year. Declared dividend of $3.1 billion and share buyback of $1 billion.

Lloyds (LON:LLOY) (+1.2%)– Restores dividend after reporting pretax profit of £3.9 billion in the first half.

BAE Systems (LON:BAES) (+2.2%) – Raises dividend by 5% and additional $500 million share buyback. Expects underlying EPS to grow by 3%-5% over last year.

Relx (LON:REL) (+2.4%) – Expects revenue and profit growth to be slightly above historical trends. Increasing interim dividend by 5% to 14.3p.

Laggards

Smith & Nephew (LON:SN) (-7.0%) – On track to meet full-year guidance assuming surgery volumes not constrained by the pandemic in the second half of the year.

BT Group (LON:BT) (-5.5%) – Revenue of £5.07 billion slightly below consensus of £5.15 billion.

National Express (LON:NEX) (-3.9%) – Half year revenue down 3.8% vs 2020. Group EBITDA increased 45% to £128.1 million.

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FTSE 100	7,568.66	-42.57	-0.56%
DAX	15,781.53	-152.19	-0.96%
Euro Stoxx 50	4,266.55	-35.59	-0.83%
US 30	35,603.0	-350.5	-0.97%
US 500	4,612.9	-49.4	-1.06%
Nikkei 225	28,257.25	-76.27	-0.27%
GBP Index	76.68	-0.03	-0.04%

Brent Oil	87.57	+1.09	+1.26%
Crude Oil WTI	84.75	+1.45	+1.74%
Gold	1,806.05	-10.45	-0.58%
Silver	22.887	-0.031	-0.14%
Copper	4.4000	-0.0205	-0.46%
London Cocoa	1,779.00	+6.00	+0.34%
London Wheat	207.35	+1.00	+0.48%

GBP/USD	1.3586	-0.0059	-0.43%
EUR/USD	1.1370	-0.0037	-0.33%
USD/JPY	114.68	+0.09	+0.07%
EUR/GBP	0.8368	+0.0011	+0.14%
USD/CAD	1.2521	+0.0002	+0.02%
GBP/JPY	155.79	-0.58	-0.37%
AUD/USD	0.7178	-0.0032	-0.45%

Lloyds Banking	55.50	+0.37	+0.67%
Vodafone Group PLC	123.46	+4.58	+3.85%
Barclays	214.45	-0.35	-0.16%
BT Group	188.65	+7.60	+4.20%
HSBC	517.80	-1.20	-0.23%
BHP Group	2,407.00	-5.50	-0.23%
Exxon Mobil	71.87	+1.24	+1.76%

UK movers – Stories for Shell, Anglo American and Lloyds

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