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* G4S: The world's largest security group G4S said ?its 2017 revenueand earnings rose 3.2 percent and 5.7 percent respectively and predicted apositive outlook for its business backed by growing technology-relatedincome.
* DOMINO'S: Domino's Pizza Group Plc,
* AVIVA: Insurer Aviva posted a 2 percent rise in 2017 operatingprofit to 3.1 billion pounds (
* LLOYDS: Lloyds Banking Group on Thursday launched a planned 1billion pounds (
* COUNTRYWIDE: Countrywide Plc,
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* OIL: Oil prices steadied on Thursday, supported by healthy demand, afterfalling the previous day on the back of record
* GOLD: Gold prices held steady on Thursday as investors awaited moredetails on
* EX-DIVS: BHP Billiton, Evraz, Land Securities,Persimmon, Shire, Standard Chartered will tradewithout entitlement to their latest dividend pay-out on Thursday, trimming 8.31points off the FTSE 100 according to Reuters calculations.
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