The Mail 20/09/17 | Vox Markets

The Mail 20/09/17

French Connection Group (FCCN) prepares to open first shop in a decade as surge in demand for denim and knitwear help cut losses.

Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB.) chairman Adrian Bellam to step down having guided firm through years of stellar growth.

Ocado Group (OCDO) share price slides despite the online supermarket posting a jump in sales.

Personal care and beauty firm Swallowfield (SWL) scrubbed up well, reporting a 36% jump in revenues to £74.3million in the year ended June 24.

Analysts at Liberum got on board with struggling bus and rail firm Stagecoach Group (SGC), upgrading it to ‘hold’ from ‘sell’.

Petra Diamonds Ltd.(DI) (PDL) lost its sparkle after reporting strikes at two of its mines in South Africa as it attempts to finalise wage negotiations with unions in the country.

Speedy Hire (SDY) jumped after reporting that cost-cutting measures are likely to push full-year profits ‘well ahead’ of last year and beyond its board’s expectations.

 

 

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French Connection Group
OCDO
Ocado Group
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Petra Diamonds Ltd.(DI)
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Reckitt Benckiser Group
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SGC
Stagecoach Group
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Swallowfield