FTSE 100 movers: BT higher on EE takeover Easyjet nosedives on weak passenger numbers
BT surged after confirming reports it has settled on terms of its acquisition of EE from Deutsche Telekom and Orange, saying it will be spending £12.5bn on the UK mobile network. The deal will be financed by new debt and a £1bn placing of its shares and will result in Deutsche Telekom and Orange taking 12% and 4% stakes in BT, respectively.
AstraZeneca
10,946.00p
17:08 19/04/24
BT Group
105.40p
16:40 19/04/24
easyJet
535.20p
16:40 19/04/24
Fixed Line Telecommunications
1,784.13
17:09 19/04/24
FTSE 100
7,895.85
16:59 19/04/24
FTSE 350
4,341.08
17:09 19/04/24
FTSE All-Share
4,296.41
17:08 19/04/24
Health Care Equipment & Services
11,690.05
17:09 19/04/24
Imperial Brands
1,774.00p
16:40 19/04/24
Mobile Telecommunications
1,784.13
16:59 24/01/22
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
21,247.91
17:09 19/04/24
Smith & Nephew
961.80p
16:45 19/04/24
Tobacco
26,231.59
17:10 19/04/24
Travel & Leisure
7,521.61
17:10 19/04/24
Vodafone Group
67.00p
16:40 19/04/24
Smith & Nephew rose after seeing a 6% increase in annual revenue, as weak results at its advanced wound management business were offset by a strong performance at its US hip and knee implants division.
Heading the other way was Astrazeneca after earnings per share fell more than expected in the fourth quarter, dragging the full-year number short of the market's target.
Vodafone dialled in a smaller-than-expected 0.4% decline in organic service revenues in the third quarter thanks to a steady recovery in Europe and a return to growth in the UK, though investors were largely underwhelmed.
Easyjet fell after saying that passenger numbers were flat at the budget airline in January, while planes were not as full as they were a year earlier. The carrier flew just over 4.02m customers last month, representing no change from January 2014.
Imperial Tobacco was among the fallers on read-across from Phillip Morris’ weak 2014 full-year results. Cigarette shipment was down 2.8% excluding acquisitions to 856bn units and operating income was down 13.4% to $11.7bn.
Risers
BT Group (BT.A) 443.90p +4.94%
Tullow Oil (TLW) 410.60p +3.71%
Smith & Nephew (SN.) 1,198.00p +2.57%
Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.) 985.00p +1.97%
Rolls-Royce Holdings (RR.) 914.00p +1.61%
Intertek Group (ITRK) 2,431.00p +1.38%
Royal Mail (RMG) 448.30p +1.27%
ARM Holdings (ARM) 1,082.00p +1.22%
Aggreko (AGK) 1,615.00p +1.19%
BG Group (BG.) 943.00p +1.18%
Fallers
AstraZeneca (AZN) 4,557.00p -2.79%
easyJet (EZJ) 1,730.00p -2.70%
ITV (ITV) 225.00p -2.43%
Vodafone Group (VOD) 231.05p -2.30%
Unilever (ULVR) 2,827.00p -1.98%
BAE Systems (BA.) 517.50p -1.90%
Imperial Tobacco Group (IMT) 3,022.00p -1.88%
St James's Place (STJ) 874.00p -1.80%
Wolseley (WOS) 3,827.00p -1.57%
Admiral Group (ADM) 1,451.00p -1.49%