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LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Stocks mostly down but easyJet, Ascential surge

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were lower at midday on Wednesday, despite some positive UK company trading updates.

Q4 earnings: focus on cost control

Tech, telecom stocks push STOXX lower

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Negative U.S. inflation in 2023?

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NEGATIVE U.S. INFLATION IN 2023? (1051 GMT)

Airlines and defence defy STOXX weakness

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AIRLINES AND DEFENCE DEFY STOXX WEAKNESS (1003 GMT)

TOP NEWS: Aviva backs payout outlook as counts cost of UK cold snap

(Alliance News) - Aviva PLC on Wednesday left returns guidance unchanged as the insurer put the cost of a UK cold snap late last year at GBP50 million.

Europe eyes flat start, earnings take centre stage

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Aviva expects in-line full-year profits, dividend and capital returns outlook unchanged

(Sharecast News) - Aviva performed as expected by management for 2022 2022 and reiterated its guidance for dividends and capital returns.

FTSE 100 in sight of record high as financial stocks gain

Ocado rises ahead of results

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LONDON BROKER RATINGS: SocGen raises Severn Trent to 'buy'

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:

European shares rise on bets of easing rate hikes; Direct Line plunges

LVMH up after management reshuffle

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LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Europe buoyant amid hope US inflation has peaked

(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 in London hit another multi-year high on Wednesday, as investors grew increasingly confident on the day before of a key US inflation reading.

British motor insurers slide as Direct Line axes dividend

LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Shares in Direct Line lost more than a quarter of their value on Wednesday after the British motor and home insurer unexpectedly scrapped its 2022 final dividend, with stocks in rivals Admiral and Aviva also falling sharply.

Consumer stocks drag FTSE 100 to first day in losses in 2023

FTSE 100 down 0.4%, FTSE 250 off 0.5%

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LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Jefferies likes Inchcape; HSBC cuts Clarkson

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning and Monday:

TRADING UPDATES: Equals buys Roqqett; Aviva reappoints DWF

(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Monday and not separately reported by Alliance News: