Market Pulse
Tui remains resilient as holiday demand undimmed
Despite troubles in Turkey and the Brussels bombings, Tui informed investors that overall demand and pricing for holidays has remained resilient in the first half of its financial year.
Chadwick leaving Grafton after 30 years at helm
After more than 30 years at the helm, Grafton Group announced the retirement of Michael Chadwick as non-executive chairman on Thursday.
Patient counts, revenues rise at new entrant Mediclinic
FTSE 100 private healthcare group Mediclinic International reported continued patient growth across all of its operating platforms in the 11 months to the end of February on Thursday, with an associated rise in revenues.
London pre-open: Stocks seen touch lower ahead of retail sales, GDP
Stocks in London were expected to open a touch lower on Thursday ahead of some key data releases.
Thursday newspaper round-up: Steel industry, energy, HSBC
Tata’s board met for seven hours on Tuesday in the company’s elegant stone headquarters in central Mumbai but one insider said it was clear what the company had to do. “It was very straightforward, not dramatic,” he said, as Tata signalled that, after nine years, several billion pounds of investment and continuing heavy losses, it was putting its British steel operations up for sale. – Financial Times.