LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices on Friday.----------FTSE 100 - WINNERS----------easyJet, up 1.1%. The budget airline rose after Sky News reported that Virgin Atlantic Airways is in talks about a takeover bid for Flybe Group. The regional carrier itself was up 37% on the report, though remains down 66% in the past three months amid falling profit and revenue. Sky News said easyJet is now out of the running for Flybe, which put itself up for sale last week following its latest set of poor results. The Financial Times had reported that both easyJet and infrastructure firm Stobart Group were interested. Stobart, up 1.3%, had bid unsuccessfully for Flybe in March. Sky News said Virgin Atlantic and Stobart now were the leading potential buyers of Flybe. ----------Burberry, up 1.1%. Kepler Cheuvreux raised the luxury fashion retailer to Hold from Reduce.----------FTSE 100 - LOSERS----------Fresnillo, down 3.1%. The Mexican based metals miner added to further losses Thursday after Morgan Stanley downgraded the firm to Underweight from Equal Weight on Thursday, saying its prospects could be severely hurt should proposed mining legislation in Mexico - restricting mining access in the country - come to fruition. Fresnillo ended the previous session down 12%.----------Pearson, down 1.5%. Shore Capital cut the publisher to Hold from Buy.----------FTSE 250 - WINNERS----------Ibstock, up 10%. The brick manufacturer said it remains on track to deliver annual earnings target as it sold its US brick manufacturing business, Glen-Gery. The unit was sold to Brickworksfor an enterprise value of USD110 million, on a debt and cash free basis. As part of the transaction, Brickworks will assume some liabilities, including an associated pension liability. Ibstock expects to secure about USD95 million from the sale of Glen-Gery, with the transaction closing in the "coming days". In addition, Ibstock confirmed that its maintenance program in its UK brick business is progressing well. The company said it remains on track to deliver adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization between GBP121 million and GBP125 million for the year to the end of December. This includes full year contribution from Glen-Gery of GBP11 million.----------Phoenix Group, up 1.9%. HSBC raised the insurer to Buy from Hold. ----------Hastings, up 1.9%. Barclays raised the insurer to Overweight from Equal Weight. ----------FTSE 250 - LOSERS----------Fidelity China Special Situations, down 1.2%. The trust underperformed against its benchmark in the first half of its financial year, due to sharp mark downs on investments and an underweight energy sector position. For the six months ended September 30, the China-focused investment trust posted a net asset value per share total return of negative 9.1%. Its benchmark, the MSCI China Index, posted a negative 4.0% total return for the same period. The trust said its energy sector position was particularly underweight as higher oil prices boosted companies such as CNOOC Corp and PetroChina Co Ltd. Fidelity China Special Situations said it has been investing "very selectively" in A-share industrial companies after A-shares were included in the MSCI Index. These investments include artificial intelligence and surveillance, which it believes have strong prospects for growth despite their currently low valuations.----------CYBG, down 1.1%. Goldman Sachs resumed the bank with a Neutral rating but Credit Suisse raised the lender to Neutral from Underperform.----------OTHER MAIN MARKET AND AIM - LOSERS----------Interserve, down 6.5%. The construction firm said it expects to record a significant improvement in operating profit for 2018, although its UK construction business is likely to post a small loss. Revenue from the UK Construction business has continued to decline in first nine months of the calendar year, Interserve said, and will report a small loss for the second half of the year. However, the group's overall 2018 operating profit is predicted to improve significantly over 2017, as the Support Services arm makes progress. Interserve said it has reviewed all of its UK projects and "adequately provided for anticipated losses". Interserve posted a pretax loss of GBP244.4 million on revenue of GBP3.25 billion in 2017. It then recorded a pretax loss of GBP6.0 million on GBP1.67 billion in revenue in the first half of 2018.----------
UK dividends calendar - next 7 days
Monday 27 May | |
no events scheduled | |
Tuesday 28 May | |
Atrato Onsite Energy PLC | dividend payment date |
Chesnara PLC | dividend payment date |
Costain Group PLC | dividend payment date |
CQS Natural Resources Growth & Income PLC | dividend payment date |
Foxtons Group PLC | dividend payment date |
Quilter PLC | dividend payment date |
Team Internet Group PLC | dividend payment date |
Tetragon Financial Group Ltd | dividend payment date |
Wednesday 29 May | |
Fresnillo PLC | dividend payment date |
Mortgage Advice Bureau Holdings PLC | dividend payment date |
Seplat Energy PLC | special dividend payment date |
Stelrad Group PLC | dividend payment date |
Tyman PLC | dividend payment date |
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp | ex-dividend payment date |
Thursday 30 May | |
Advanced Medical Solutions Group PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Alfa Financial Software Holdings PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Alfa Financial Software Holdings PLC | special dividend payment date |
Alliance Trust PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Anexo Group PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Associated British Foods PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC | dividend payment date |
BlackRock World Mining Trust PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
British Smaller Cos VCT2 PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Britvic PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Canadian General Investments Ltd | ex-dividend payment date |
Card Factory PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Centamin PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Centrica PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Cerillion PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Coats Group PLC | dividend payment date |
Coca-Cola HBC AG | ex-dividend payment date |
DFS Furniture PLC | dividend payment date |
Dowlais Group PLC | dividend payment date |
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Fair Oaks Income Ltd | ex-dividend payment date |
Fair Oaks Income Ltd Realisation | ex-dividend payment date |
Gamma Communications PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Great Portland Estates PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
H&T Group PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Henderson EuroTrust PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Hill & Smith PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Hilton Food Group PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Intertek Group PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
JPMorgan European Growth & Income PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
JTC PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Keller Group PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Law Debenture Corp PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Likewise Group PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
LMS Capital PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Macfarlane Group PLC | dividend payment date |
Marks & Spencer Group PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Octopus AIM VCT 2 PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Octopus Titan VCT PLC | dividend payment date |
On the Beach Group PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Origin Enterprises PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
PetroTal Corp | ex-dividend payment date |
Premier Miton Global Renewables Trust PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Regional REIT Ltd | ex-dividend payment date |
Sage Group PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Seplat Energy PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Severn Trent PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Temple Bar Investment Trust PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Triple Point Social Housing REIT PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Ultimate Products PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Vanquis Banking Group PLC | dividend payment date |
Victrex PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Yu Group PLC | ex-dividend payment date |
Friday 31 May | |
abrdn Property Income Trust Ltd | dividend payment date |
Albion Development VCT PLC | dividend payment date |
Alternative Income REIT PLC | dividend payment date |
Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC | dividend payment date |
Balanced Commercial Property Trust Ltd | dividend payment date |
Bankers Investment Trust PLC | dividend payment date |
Bellevue Healthcare Trust PLC | dividend payment date |
City of London Investment Trust PLC | dividend payment date |
CQS New City High Yield Fund Ltd | dividend payment date |
Custodian Property Income REIT PLC | special dividend payment date |
CVC Income & Growth Ltd EURO | dividend payment date |
CVC Income & Growth Ltd GBP | dividend payment date |
Derwent London PLC | dividend payment date |
Diverse Income Trust PLC | dividend payment date |
Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust PLC | dividend payment date |
Ecofin Global Utilities & Infrastructure Trust PLC | dividend payment date |
EJF Investments Ltd | dividend payment date |
Elementis PLC | dividend payment date |
Global Opportunities Trust PLC | dividend payment date |
Greencoat UK Wind PLC | dividend payment date |
Henderson Far East Income Ltd | dividend payment date |
Henderson International Income Trust PLC | dividend payment date |
Henry Boot PLC | dividend payment date |
Ibstock PLC | dividend payment date |
IWG PLC | dividend payment date |
JPMorgan American Investment Trust PLC | dividend payment date |
JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets Ltd | dividend payment date |
Kier Group PLC | dividend payment date |
Marwyn Value Investors Ltd | dividend payment date |
Mobeus Income & Growth VCT PLC | dividend payment date |
NB Global Monthly Income Fund Ltd | dividend payment date |
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust PLC | dividend payment date |
Picton Property Income Ltd | dividend payment date |
Portmeirion Group PLC | dividend payment date |
PPHE Hotel Group Ltd | dividend payment date |
PRS REIT PLC | dividend payment date |
Reach PLC | dividend payment date |
Robert Walters PLC | dividend payment date |
Senior PLC | dividend payment date |
Shaftesbury Capital PLC | dividend payment date |
Sherborne Investors (Guernsey) C Ltd | dividend payment date |
STV Group PLC | dividend payment date |
Target Healthcare REIT PLC | dividend payment date |
Taylor Maritime Investments Ltd | dividend payment date |
TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund Ltd | dividend payment date |
Vesuvius PLC | dividend payment date |
Weir Group PLC | dividend payment date |
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