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Currys lifts full-year profit expectations

(Sharecast News) - Electricals retailer Currys lifted its full-year profit expectations on Tuesday as it hailed a return to like-for-like sales growth.

UK's Wood Group rejects engineering firm Sidara's 1.4 bln pound bid

May 8 (Reuters) - British oilfield services and engineering firm John Wood Group rejected a potential 1.42 billion pound ($1.77 billion) buyout proposal from Dubai-based firm Sidara on Wednesday, saying it "undervalued Wood and its future prospects".

UK earnings, trading statements calendar - next 7 days

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Deutsche Bank likes Frasers; Barclays cuts JD

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

IN BRIEF: Capital & Regional picks Gerry Murphy as non-exec director

Capital & Regional PLC - London-based real estate investment trust - Appoints Gerry Murphy as a non-executive director, with immediate effect. Murphy is currently a non-executive director of Currys PLC and was previously senior independent director of Capital & Counties Properties PLC, which became Shaftesbury Capital PLC in March last year after a merger between Capital & Counties Properties and Shaftesbury PLC. He is the former partner at Deloitte LLP.

Currys backs outlook, seals GBP175 million sale of Greece, Cyprus arm

(Alliance News) - Currys PLC on Wednesday said it has completed the sale of Dixons South East Europe AEVE, trading as Kotsovolos, to Public Power Corp SA for an enterprise value of EUR200 million, or GBP175 million.

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Miners and airlines in demand as FTSE 100 climbs

(Alliance News) - Investors bought in London on Monday, as the FTSE 100 rose with gold hitting a new high before fading, airlines and miners were in demand, while Entain prospered on bid speculation.

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Sluggish blue-chips underperform European peers

(Alliance News) - Blue-chips in London paused for breath on Monday midday, while mid-caps prospered, in the absence of fresh catalysts to provide direction.

PRESS: Top Currys shareholder calls for sale of mobile phones unit

(Alliance News) - A shareholder in Currys PLC has called on the consumer electronics seller to dispose of its mobile phone service division, The Sunday Times reported.

LONDON BRIEFING: Astra hails neurology data; CVS flags cyberattack

(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 is called to open a touch higher on Monday, ahead of an interest rate decision in the eurozone and a US inflation reading later in the week.

Keysight outbids rival Viavi to buy UK's Spirent for $1.5 billion

March 28 (Reuters) - Keysight Technologies outbid rival Viavi Solutions to buy Spirent Communications for about 1.16 billion pounds ($1.46 billion) on Thursday, winning a battle over the UK telecoms testing firm's expertise in automation.

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: SocGen raises Sage; Numis cuts Virgin Money

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

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Stocks downbeat before central bank rate storm

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London closed in the red on Monday, as tech gains in New York failed to make an impact ahead of several interest rate decisions from central banks across the world this week.

London close: Stocks slip ahead of central bank decisions

(Sharecast News) - London markets closed with a slight downturn on Monday as investors monitored upcoming rate decisions from a number of central banks.

Confident Currys raises profit guidance despite challenging markets

(Alliance News) - Currys PLC on Monday raised full-year profit guidance on the back of stronger-than-expected sales.