Wood Group shares tumble after trading update
Shares in energy industry engineering and consulting business Wood Group slumped on Tuesday as it held full-year guidance and said trading in the first 10 months of the year was in line with expectations, although revenue and profits would be lower than 2021.
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Wood Group (John)
65.45p
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The company said it expects revenue to be between $5.2bn-$5.5bn and adjusted core earnings to be broadly around the middle of its guidance range of $370m-$400m, both down on 2021.
Both had been impacted by recent exchange rate movements, which hit revenue by $200m and earnings by $10m.
Reporting by Frank Prenesti for Sharecast.com