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* FTSE 100 steadies; FTMC up 0.3 pct
* NMC Health hits record high
* Vodafone dips after downgrade
* GVC Holdings up after revenue jump
By Danilo Masoni
The country's blue chip FTSE benchmark index wasflat at 0938 GMT, moving in a narrow range and line with thebroader European market, while mid-caps added 0.28 percent asinvestors digested a number of earnings updates.
Trump announced import tariffs on steel and aluminum butsaid
"There were a number of caveats, and this is probably wheremarkets are taking their cues," said Michael Hewson, ChiefMarket Analyst at CMC Markets.
The FTSE, which is down around 6 percent so far this year,was little changed after data showed that
Later in the session, investors will keep an eye on the
On Friday there was little specific company news to captureinvestors' attention.
The biggest FTSE gainer was NMC Health, whichbriefly touched a record high, up as much as 5.7 percentfollowing a well received trading update earlier this week. Thestock was up 3.1 percent.
The
Vodafone was a weak spot, down 0.6 percent, afterBernstein analyst downgraded the stock to market perform.
On the midcap index, Renewi fell 6 percent after thewaste-to-product company said it would take an impairment chargefollowing the review of contracts in its
Inmarsat fell 5 percent after a quarterly updatewhioch was in line with expectations. Morgan Stanley analystssaid comments around its government business were cautious,indicating that consensus expectations for 2019 revenue growthof 5 percent were too high.
GVC Holdings rose 3.3 percent after the onlinegambling firm saw full-year net gaming revenue rise 17 percentin 2017, helped by gains from the bwin.party businesses itbought three years ago. GVC is set to take over