Market Pulse
Warhammer strength keeps Games Workshop trading in line
Games Workshop Group updated the market on its trading for the six months ended 2 December on Friday, reporting that preliminary estimates indicated sales of around £124m in the first half of the financial year, and an operating profit of about £41m.
RELX completes £700m share buyback, plans £100m more
RELX announced the completion of its £700m share buyback programme for 2018 on Friday.
AstraZeneca's Imfinzi fails to reach endpoint in difficult trial
AstraZeneca and its global biologics research and development arm MedImmune announced overall survival results for the Phase III EAGLE trial of Imfinzi (durvalumab) on Friday.
Genus raises £68m in share placing to cut debt, capture opportunities
FTSE 250 animal genetics company Genus said on Friday that it has raised £68m in a share placing.
London pre-open: Stocks set to recover as investors eye payrolls
London stocks were set to rise at the open on Friday following heavy losses a day earlier that saw the top-flight index close at its worst level since the Brexit referendum, with non-farm payrolls in focus.
Friday newspaper round-up: Brexit, O2, Huawei, Lyft
Theresa May’s plans for a crackdown on immigration after Brexit could cause UK companies to go bust and spark job losses across the country, the head of Britain’s biggest business lobby group has warned. Carolyn Fairbairn, the director general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), said the measures aimed at restricting low-skilled immigration could have unintended consequences, and warned the prime minister against using “derogatory terms” about EU migrants working in Britain.
Bonds: Short squeeze in US Treasuries extends into second day
These were the movements in some of the most widely-followed 10-year sovereign bond yields:.