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| | | Today's News | - Barclays Q1 has missed analysts' forecasts, pre-tax profit fell 9% to £1.655bn on total income of £7.4bn a decline of 8%.
- BP Q1 replacement cost profit fell to $5.481bn with debt levels up $2.3bn to $27.5bn. The oil giant said higher taxes impacted profit with effective tax rate for Q1 of 37%. The board has declared a dividend of 7 cents per share.
- The FTSE 100 is down 12.2 points to 6,057.1 in early trading.
- The Dow Jones rose 115.5 points to 12,595.4 points after positive earnings reports.
- The Nikkei 225 jumped 133.2 points to 9,691.8 a gain of 1.39%
- Brent crude oil has opened down 28 cents to $123.86 per barrel on continued unrest in Syria and Libya.
- Game Group has reported EPS of 4.51p and will pay a final dividend of 3.9p per share. Group sales fell to £1.625bn a decline of £147m.
- Premier Oil has drilled a sidetrack well CRD-2X-ST on block 07/03 offshore Vietnam which has tested for gas. The shares are down 40p in early trading.
- Irish 10 year bond yields rose to 10.36% on talk of bond restructuring in the EU periphery.
- Johnson & Johnson has agreed to buy Synthes Inc for $21.3bn to boost its trauma product portfolio.
- S&P has lowered the rating outlook on Japan to "negative" commenting that the earthquake will add to Japan's debt load.
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| | | Highlights of the day | - UK GDP for Q1 2011 is due shortly
- Domino's Pizza UK & IRL has bought a 75% stake in Domino's Germany paying 2.2m in new Domino's shares.
- Aggreko has made a strong start to 2011 despite a £7.5m hit due to a weak US dollar
| | | | Co. | Broker | Recommendation | Price Target | | ARM | Matrix | Reduce | 500p | | BP | Oriel | Hold | | | Logica | GS | Neutral | 1296p | | ITV | Numis | Buy | 115p | | STV | Numis | Buy | 131p | | William Hill | CS | Neutral | 202p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Key Data Releases Today | | | | Prev | Fcst | Cons Range | | 13:30 | US Durable Goods | -0.9% | 1.9% | 0.5%-3% | | 17:30 | US FOMC Meeting | | | |
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