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27 April 2021 | 08:33am StockMarketWire.com - UK stocks eked out modest gains in early trading Tuesday as investors digested some mixed earnings releases, including positive updates from BP and Focusrite and disappointing ones from Whitbread and Aveva. At 0822, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was up 6.77 points, or 0.1%, at 6,969.89. BP rose 2.6% to 304.2p on announcing that it would start a $500 million share buyback in the second quarter after its first-quarter profit was boosted by higher oil prices and refining margins. BP s underlying replacement cost profit for the three months through March jumped to $2.6 billion, up from $791 million year-on-year. It kept its dividend steady at 5.25c per share. ....
27 April 2021 | 16:37pm StockMarketWire.com - The FTSE 100 saw its losses deepen through the course of the afternoon as trading on Wall Street got off to a lacklustre start. By the close the index was down 0.5% at 6,931.09 while the US S&P 500 was down 3.3 points to 4,184.31 by 4.30pm UK time. BP reversed earlier gains to trade 0.6% lower at 294.7p on announcing that it would start a $500 million share buyback in the second quarter after its first-quarter profit was boosted by higher oil prices and refining margins. BP s underlying replacement cost profit for the three months through March jumped to $2.6 billion, up from $791 million year-on-year. It kept its dividend steady at 5.25c per share. ....
To florida s state capital to make their push to lawmakers for new gun control measures. we re learning more about the shooter and what authorities may have known about him. joining me now, rosa flores in parkland, florida. another sad day down there for so many students, rosa. reporter: john, it is a somber day here in parkland, florida. you can see the growing memorial behind me. so it is difficult to say that this community has begun the healing process because they are still laying their loved ones to rest. this hour, there are two fune l funerals, in total, three funerals and two visitations. the students are going to be attending these funerals and visitations. and then heading over to the state capitol to demand change. they demand from lawmakers that the gun, the type and style of weapon that was used to kill 17 ....