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Diageo flags slowdown in growth, Chemring trades as expected
London open The FTSE 100 is expected to open 42 points lower on Friday, having closed up 0. 73% on Thursday at 7,455. 67.
London pre-open: Stocks seen down after US losses; GDP in focus
London stocks were set to fall at the open on Friday following a downbeat session on Wall Street on the back of hawkish comments from Fed chair Jerome Powell, as investors mulled the latest UK GDP data.
Friday newspaper round-up: Thames Water, NatWest, Metro Bank
Thames Water has pumped at least 72bn litres of sewage into the River Thames since 2020 – roughly equal to 29,000 Olympic swimming pools – new figures reveal. Water firms have no legal obligation to report the amount of sewage discharged, only the number of hours that it was released. But campaigners argue this data is insufficient as this does not properly quantify how much sewage is in England’s rivers. – Guardian.