LONDON MARKETS: FTSE 100 Advances With Oil Stocks Up; Jimmy Choo Rallies
July 25 2017 - 4:13AM
Dow Jones News
By Carla Mozee, MarketWatch
Wm. Morrison Supermarkets PLC's market share dips
U.K. blue-chip stocks advanced Tuesday, with well-received
corporate updates and gains for oil producers helping the market's
benchmark chip away at a sharp loss logged in the previous
session.
The FTSE 100 index popped up 0.5% to 7,413,89, with only a few
components in the red.
Among them, shares of Wm. Morrison Supermarkets PLC (MRW.LN)
fell 0.8% after the company's market share fell
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/lidl-aldi-lead-in-uk-market-share-gains-2017-07-25)
to 10.5% in the 12 weeks to July 16, according to Kantar.
Also catching attention in London trade was a $1.2 billion deal
to buy luxury shoe maker Jimmy Choo
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/michael-kors-to-buy-shoemaker-jimmy-choo-in-12-billion-deal-2017-07-25-2915839)PLC
(CHOO.LN) by fashion house Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. (KORS) .
Shares of Jimmy Choo jumped 17% to GBP2.28 off the FTSE 100.
Back on the benchmark, BP PLC (BP.LN) and Royal Dutch Shell PLC
(RDSB.LN) bulked up by 0.6% each as oil prices pushed higher. Oil
futures were up
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-continues-to-gain-as-opec-raises-hopes-of-market-rebalancing-2017-07-25)
after Saudi Arabia and Nigeria made fresh pledges to pull back on
exports and output, raised expectations for greater market
rebalancing.
Segro PLC (SGRO.LN) . Shares climbed 3.5% after the property
investment and development company posted a rise in first-half
pretax profit to 91.2 million pounds ($118.5 million).
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/segro-profit-rises-on-gain-in-portfolio-value-2017-07-25)
Mediclinic International PLC shares (MDC.LN) picked up 1% after
the healthcare group said Danie Meintjes plans to retire
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/mediclinic-ceo-danie-meintjes-to-retire-next-july-2017-07-25)
from his position as chief executive and company director by July
2018.
But at the bottom of the FTSE 100 was Provident Financial PLC
(PFG.LN) , down 4% after the credit provider reported a 46% drop in
first-half pretax profit
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/provident-financial-profit-drops-46-2017-07-25).
The FTSE 100 on Monday dropped 1%
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/airlines-oil-stocks-put-ftse-100-under-pressure-2017-07-24),
hurt in part by declines for airlines.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 25, 2017 03:58 ET (07:58 GMT)
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