(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 100 eventually reversed its early losses and most of those from the previous day by a diverse array of companies, with the index up 0.7% to 6,129.2 around an hour before the session's close. Weir was lifted to the top of the leader board apparently due to Blackrock callin
Read more* Screwfix estate could hit 612 stores * Group overhaul on track * H1 profit fall beats forecasts * Cautious outlook weighs on shares (Recasts, adds quotes, shares) By Neil Maidment LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Kingfisher, Europe's largest home improvements retailer
Read more(ShareCast News) - Kingfisher, owner of B&Q, Screwfix and France's Castorama, saw pre-tax profits fall slightly less than feared in the first half of the year, thanks to strong UK growth and encouraging like-for-like sales. A strategic update from chief executive VĂ©ronique Laury also included plans
Read more(ShareCast News) - Stocks were being called to start the day higher ahead of a raft of macroeconomic releases, not to mention the outcome of the US Federal Reserve's policy meeting on 17 September - which has kept markets in thrall for several weeks now. Bookmakers were calling the Footsie to start
Read moreLONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Kingfisher, Europe's largest home improvements retailer, said it could open 200 more of its strongly performing British Screwfix stores, as first-half group profit dipped due to adverse foreign exchange movements on Tuesday. The firm, which runs the B&Q and Screw
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