By Samuel Indyk
Investing.com – At 07:19GMT, FTSE 100 futures are trading higher by 0.7% at 7,520.
In FX markets, GBP/USD is trading at 1.3590, EUR/GBP is trading at 0.8429. The US Dollar Index is down 0.1%.
Bitcoin is trading at $37,905.
Today’s calendar highlights include US Nonfarm Payrolls, Eurozone Retail Sales, UK Construction PMI, Canadian Employment Change.
Stocks
Carnival (LON:CCL) - Made amendments to fleet deployment plans. Two cruises after April 9th from Jacksonville to be cancelled. Cruises from Mobile that were planned for Carnival Sensation from Oct. 15, 2022 through Sep. 30, 2023 have been cancelled. In Australia, Carnival is cancelling planned operations of Carnival Splendor from Jun. 10, 2022 through Sep. 26, 2022, and of Carnival Spirit from Jun. 5, 2022 to Oct. 5, 2023.
SSP Group (LON:SSPG) - Over the first four months of the financial year, total Group revenues were circa 62% of 2019 levels. Trading remained resilient during December and throughout the holiday period, before softening in early January. Underlying EBITDA was positive during the first quarter of the financial year. Medium-term expectations, which are for a return to like-for-like revenues and EBITDA margins at broadly similar levels to 2019 by 2024, remain unchanged.
Airtel Africa (LON:AAF) - 9-month reported revenue grew by 21.7% to $3.492 billion. Constant currency underlying revenue grew by 24.8%. Operating profit grew by 43.1% to $1.146 billion in reported currency.
Shaftesbury (LON:SHB) - Leasing transactions with a combined rental value of £10.6 million completed in the quarter. EPRA vacancy at 31 December 2021: 5.1% of portfolio ERV, down 0.9% over the quarter; further decrease to 4.9% by 2 February 2022. 88% of the rent for the quarter to 31 December 2021 collected to date
Avast (LON:AVST) - Now expects the effective date of the merger with NortonLifeLock to take place on 24th February 2022.
Superdry (LON:SDRY) - Upgraded to Buy from Add by Peel Hunt.