Vodafone Share News (VOD)

Stocks are back below 5,900 points despite a decent reception for company updates.Strong growth in emerging markets and the increasing popularity of smartphones helped the mobile telecommunications giant Vodafone post higher revenues and profits in the year to 31 March. Adjusted pre-tax profits rose to £11bn from £10.6bn on revenues that were up to £45.9bn from £44.5bn.It is joined higher by fellow FTSE 100 constituent Capital Shopping Centres, which said shopping centres remain busy despite economic worries, though 2011 is expected to be difficult year for customers. The company, which controversially bought the Trafford Centre in Manchester earlier this year for £748m in shares and bonds, said footfall - retail jargon for how many shoppers come into its centres - is up by 3% year-on-year in 2011 so far. Insurance giant Aviva highlighted the performance of its UK general insurance sales, which topped the billion pounds mark, as it made a solid start to the year. Net written premiums in the first quarter of 2011 were up 9% on the corresponding quarter and up 14% on the preceding quarter at £2.69bn.Debt-laden pubs group Enterprise Inns said average net income per pub remained stable in the first half of its fiscal year, despite poor weather conditions over the key Christmas trading period. Underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) dropped to £179m from £204m the year before, while profit before tax and one-off items tumbled to £61m from £91m.Derwent London said it will raise a £175m convertible bond to fund future plans as the office market in the capital continues to perform strongly. The group announced the launch of the convertible bond to help fund its development pipeline and increase resources for future acquisition opportunities, it said in a company statement. FTSE 100 - RisersVodafone Group (VOD) 171.20p +1.75%3i Group (III) 288.40p +0.70%National Grid (NG.) 619.50p +0.57%Essar Energy (ESSR) 414.30p +0.53%Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.) 592.50p +0.34%Autonomy Corporation (AU.) 1,786.00p +0.34%John Wood Group (WG.) 646.00p +0.31%Aviva (AV.) 435.00p +0.23%BP (BP.) 439.30p +0.19%Rexam (REX) 387.90p +0.05%FTSE 100 - FallersIMI (IMI) 1,033.00p -3.64%ARM Holdings (ARM) 566.00p -2.75%Invensys (ISYS) 311.50p -2.47%Fresnillo (FRES) 1,331.00p -1.48%Wolseley (WOS) 2,046.00p -1.11%Johnson Matthey (JMAT) 1,980.00p -1.10%AstraZeneca (AZN) 3,159.00p -1.08%Vedanta Resources (VED) 2,103.00p -1.04%Burberry Group (BRBY) 1,343.00p -1.03%Schroders (Non-Voting) (SDRC) 1,357.00p -1.02%FTSE 250 - RisersRedrow (RDW) 130.90p +3.89%Babcock International Group (BAB) 670.00p +2.84%Renishaw (RSW) 1,782.00p +2.06%Ocado Group (OCDO) 206.90p +1.62%Keller Group (KLR) 539.50p +1.41%Capital & Counties Properties (CAPC) 170.40p +1.37%Stobart Group Ltd. (STOB) 129.40p +1.09%Cranswick (CWK) 791.50p +1.02%FirstGroup (FGP) 359.70p +1.01%Carpetright (CPR) 695.50p +0.80%FTSE 250 - FallersCOLT Group SA (COLT) 145.30p -2.48%Sports Direct International (SPD) 203.30p -2.21%Domino Printing Sciences (DNO) 655.00p -2.09%Taylor Wimpey (TW.) 38.77p -1.97%AZ Electronic Materials SA (WI) (AZEM) 285.80p -1.89%Brown (N.) Group (BWNG) 282.40p -1.88%Regus (RGU) 106.30p -1.85%Pace (PIC) 94.00p -1.67%Premier Foods (PFD) 33.40p -1.56%Hochschild Mining (HOC) 520.50p -1.51%