RAMSEY CROOKALL & CO
27 APRIL 2011 Evening Report
Temporary power supplier Aggreko has surged ahead after saying it expects its full year
profits to be slightly ahead of 2010 after a strong start to the year.
Airline IAG is firmly highly, continuing from strong gains made yesterday.
And, engineers GKN, IMI and Weir Group are also among the best performers of the day.
Meanwhile, Associated British Foods is 6% lower after saying that full year results will
only be roughly on a par to last year. Group revenue rose 9% to £5,207m in the 24 weeks
to 5 March, up from £4,976m in the corresponding period a year earlier and ahead of the
£5.16bn predicted by broker Charles Stanley.
Banking giant Barclays is also lower after a 15% slide in top-line income at Barclays
Capital, its high profile investment banking arm. Nevertheless, adjusted profit before
tax rose 10% in the first quarter of 2011. Lloyds is also unwanted.
Finally, miners ENRC, Antofagasta, BHP Billiton and Fresnillo are among the worst
performers.
THE FTSE 100 CLOSED Down 1 @ 6068
THE DOW JONES AT 4.40 IS Up 13 @ 12,609
THE NASDAQ COMP AT 4.40 IS Down 2 @ 2845
Exchange Rates
GBP – USD 1.654
GBP - EURO 1.128
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