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5 May 2021 | 07:24am
StockMarketWire.com - Asian stock picker Schroder Oriental Income Fund reported a positive first-half performance as markets continued to bounce back on Covid-19 recovery hopes.
The company s net asset value total return per share for the six months through March rose 21%, comparing to a 17% rise in its reference benchmark.
Schroder Oriental Income declared two interim dividends for the half totalling 3.8p, unchanged year-on-year.
The company said stock prices had been driven higher by a cocktail of liquidity, fiscal stimulus, hopes of a successful vaccine rollout and the prospect of a recovery in earnings. Aggregate valuations are now well above long term averages and increasingly starting to price in a strong recovery in earnings, it said.
5 May 2021 | 11:50am
StockMarketWire.com - The FTSE 100 made a big recovery after yesterday s US tech inspired sell-off, surging 1.2% to just reclaim the 7,000 mark by midday.
Miners were leading the charge, with BHP, Glencore and Rio Tinto all making gains.
Television broadcaster ITV ticked up 0.4% to 124p as it reported a 2% uptick in first-quarter revenue amid an ongoing rebound in the advertising market.
ITV said total advertising revenue in the first half was forecast to be up around 26% year-on-year.
Online fashion retailer Boohoo shed 0.9% to 323.67p despite reporting a 35% rise in annual pre-tax profit, underpinned by a 41% jump in sales.
Boohoo forecast lower, but still respectable, revenue growth in the current year of 25%.