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Johnson Matthey underwhelms with interims despite FX and pension tailwinds
Chief executive Robert MacLeod said it was "a strong start to the year" but analysts pointed to the soft comparatives from a year ago
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Johnson Matthey PLC
LON:JMAT
Johnson Matthey's principal activities are the manufacture of autocatalysts, heavy duty diesel catalysts and pollution control systems, catalysts and components for fuel cells, catalysts and technologies for chemical processes, fine chemicals, chemical catalysts and active pharmaceutical ingredients and the marketing, refining, and fabrication of precious metals.
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FTSE 100 closes slightly higher as European stocks end in positive territory despite German political uncertainty
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EasyJet to report lower full year profits amid tough competition and higher costs
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Week ahead: UK Budget, EasyJet, Kingfisher, Mothercare, William Hill, United Utilities
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Johnson Matthey's electric dreams: To invest £200mln in electric vehicle lithium battery business expansion
The FTSE 100-listed group also confirmed its guidance for the year ending 31st March 2018 and said at constant currency sales growth is expected to be around 6%, with an improving operating performance offset by non-cash items
FTSE 100 fagged out as US Food and Drug Administration targets nicotine levels in cigarettes
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Johnson Matthey gets a boost as Barclays Capital ups to 'overweight', raises target price
In a note to clients, BarCap’s analysts said: “On almost any metric JM is amongst the cheapest chemical stocks in Europe despite its late-cycle demand profile”
FTSE 100 closes lower as Britain heads to the polls
The blue chip FTSE 100 index closed 28 points down at 7,449
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Johnson Matthey sees muted underlying profit growth although cost-cutting helps boost headline numbers
The FTSE 100-listed firm - a world leader in making catalytic convertors for vehicles – posted a 19% rise in statutory full-year pretax profit to £461.6mln, up from £386.3mln a year earlier, but underlying pretax profit growth at constant c
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High Court to hear whether RBS rights issue case should proceed to trial
Day ahead: RBS likely to avert High Court trial; finals from FirstGroup, Johnson Matthey and ImmuPharma
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Fourth-quarter improvement hoped for from IG Group
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Pantheon Resources up as its says it can develop a processing facility that should produce gas for less than US$5 a barrel
A look at some of the biggest London-listed risers and fallers today
Footsie ends the week in profit as US stocks extend rally
Concerns over "the Donald" appear to be easing, and investors took the opportunity to return to equity markets
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FTSE 100 stocks end higher thanks to miners and construction
FTSE 100 stocks ended higher on Thursday thanks to miners and the construction sector, while the laggards included venerable British names Royal Mail and Rolls Royce
Will Royal Mail deliver?
In July, the group said it was monitoring the Brexit situation as movements in gross domestic product were drivers for volumes of letter and business parcels
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Elsewhere, Crest Nicholson, Barratt Developments, easyJet, Vodafone, TalkTalk and others will all report to the market in one form or another
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Lower pound means chemical cos are quids in
Is it really that simple that a falling pound means UK-based chemical companies make shed loads more money?
FTSE 100 closes higher, builds on previous day’s gains
UK shares closed higher on Tuesday, extending gains from the previous session, while investors awaited the outcome of central bank meetings in Japan and the United States
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Anglo- American receives big upgrade from Canaccord
An early look at some broker upgrades and downgrades on Tuesday
The Footsie treads water as it awaits US jobs report
Today's two big economic events - the ECB and Opec meetings - proved about as decisive as an Italian election, so all eyes now move to tomorrow's US jobs report.
Footsie rises as Opec meets while drug bid talk swirls
The Footsie rose and drug industry takeover talk provided interest
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Johnson Matthey profit falls but dividend rises
Chemical and catalytic converter maker said pre-tax profits in the year to March 31 fell 5% to £418.2mln
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FTSE 100 Index waltzes higher ahead of Vienna meetings
The ECB is meeting today, and so is Opec, while tomorrow the US jobless figures for May will be announced
PREVIEW: Mixed bag expected from Johnson Matthey
Liberum expects the company to guide to higher profits for its light duty vehicle catalyst and fine chemicals divisions, but to strike a note of caution on the heavy duty diesel catalyst arm.
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Poundland lacks catalysts, but JD Sports hailed as “extremely impressive”
Poundland, JD Sports, Tesco, Johnson Matthey, and Imagination Technologies were all in Thursday’s broker spotlight.
Week Ahead: Big oil and big pharma to the fore
Big oil and big pharma will wrestle for the limelight. On the economic front, the big events are the Bank of England's interest rate decision and US non-farm payrolls.
Johnson Matthey leads FTSE100 higher
The FTSE100 jumped around 80 points to 6,360 on Thursday
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Johnson Matthey shares rise on £305mln dividend payout
Johnson increased interim dividend by 5% to 19.5p and issued 150p special dividend
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FTSE 100 boosted by US Federal Reserve minutes
London traders welcomed Fed hints about slow and gradual rise in US interest rates
Risers & Fallers: Atlas Dev, Beximco, China Nonferrous, New World Oil, Tethys, Walker Crips
Few saw this coming: a profit warning from a house builder.
Thursday's agenda - Mothercare among those reporting
A plethora of interims awaits investors tomorrow, including from South Africa based investment bank Investec and baby retail specialist Mothercare (LON:MTC).
Broker spotlight: Tesco, Lloyds Banking, Amec, Petrofac, Johnson Matthey, OPG Power Ventures
Tesco is far from out of the woods, according to Cantor Fitzgerald, which wants the retailer to set out its turnaround plans stretching forward to 2020.
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FTSE 100 manages unlikely rise on the week
A little bit of TLC from matron, in the guise of Fed boss Janet Yellen, was enough to have markets feeling better and fit to face the world.
FTSE 100 notches triple digit gain as Yellen lightens mood
A rally in Germany by Volkswagen and other car groups also helped the mood across Europe.
Risers & Fallers: Quintain Estates, ARM, Johnson Matthey, Unilever and Ultima Networks
Below are the main news-driven share price movements at midday.
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Proactive news highlights: Velocys, Globo, eg Solutions, Gemfields, Ergomed, Kibo Mining and more...
Oil and mining dominated the small cap headlines today
Velocys settle legal case with Johnson Matthey
The suit was originally brought against Catacel, which Johnson Matthey bought last year.
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FTSE 100 ends under 6,000
In London, the FTSE 100 fared a little better, but not much, easing 2.8%, or 172 points to 5,935.
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Wednesday's agenda - Investors recommended to muscle in to ARM shares
Flying onto the news radar midweek will be budget carrier EasyJet and chip designer ARM Holdings....
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Week Ahead: Emerging markets growth a concern at Unilever
Property companies feature heavily this week, but the man in the street may be more interested in an update from consumer goods giant Unilever, maker of the mighty/manky Marmite.
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FTSE 100 nudges higher as Greece deal moves forward
In the UK, the FTSE 100 was 18 points to the good at 6,844 with Sports Direct leading the way higher.
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FTSE 100 ends lower on Greek default concerns.
Another week ticked by without Greece managing to secure a deal with its creditors.
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FTSE100 plummets as HSBC agrees to pay record £27.8mln settlement
Britain's blue chips sank 91 points lower to finish firmly in the red on Thursday with banking titan HSBC in focus.
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US stocks open lower on mixed economic data
The Dow Jones opened 67 points lower to 18,007 while the tech-heavy Nasdaq and the broader S&P 500 made similar losses.
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FTSE 100 nears three figure losses, profit warnings hit Scisys and Pressure Technologies
A pair of profit warnings meant IT contractor Scisys and high pressure product manufacturer Pressure Technologies were the biggest fallers on a disappointing day for equities.
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Risers & Fallers: Churchill Mining, IOG, Feedback, Herencia Resources, Distil, Evraz
Location, location, location goes the mantra in retail, and it could also apply to oil exploration, given that 88 Energy has been given a boost by a neighbour’s well results
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FTSE 100 drops 90 points early
London’s blue-chip stocks took a pounding in early deals, after European Central Bank president Mario Draghi forecast faster euro-area inflation and said market volatility will continue.
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Week ahead: Dixons Carphone tipped to maintain positive LFL sales growth
We're a bit light on scheduled reports from multi-national leviathans this week, but some well-known national names - such as Dixons, Halfords and Bellway - are expected to report.