Hundreds of Ryanair Holdings (RYA) flights cancelled as European pilots ready for wave of strikes
Activist investor Ed Bramson steps up Barclays (BARC) battle with push to influence next chairman choice
Centrica (CNA) – British Gas follows watchdog with 3.8% energy price hike
boss defiant despite headwinds
Investec (INVP) hit by shareholder revolt over reappointing KPMG as auditor
Prudential (PRU) chief ‘not surprised’ by interest in high-growth Asia business
Hill & Smith Holdings (HILS) shed a quarter of its value in just one day as the Brexit deadlock and delays to road revamp plans put its shares into reverse gear.
Spire Healthcare Group (SPI) share price slump extended into a third day after Berenberg warned clients that “management is currently unable to forecast its own business”. NHS belt-tightening forced the private hospital operator to issue a profit warning on Monday as it told investors that it was seeing “new signs” of further NHS “rationing”.
Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB.) edged down 13p to £69.02 after JAB Holding, the investment vehicle of the billionaire descendants of Johann A. Benckiser, continued to sell down its stake.
UDG Healthcare Public Limited Company (UDG) plunged 85p to 734.5p after disposing of its Aquilant business.
Smith & Nephew (SN.) slipped back 3p to £13.60 on a UBS downgrade to “neutral”.
Quilter PLC (QLT) climbed 1p to 150.6p after pre-tax profit jumped 16% in its maiden results.
InnovaDerma (IDP) surged 24p to 135p after bagging a deal to put its Roots range in Tesco stores.
Rival lenders taking risks by ‘mis-pricing credit’, says Secure Trust Bank (STB) boss
Questor – Dart Group (DTG): this tip has made readers 80pc richer but they should resist the urge to sell now
