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The FTSE 100 will open at 8am. Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Whitbread, DS Smith and Speedy Hire. Read the Thursday 22 June Business Live blog below.
Strong UK trading and continued recovery in Germany meant the budget hotelier enjoyed strong revenues growth in the last quarter.
Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Tesco, ITV, Currys, Travis Perkins and GSK.
Bellway reported a 25% drop in reservations in the four months to the start of June compared to the same period last year, while cancellations also ticked up slightly.
The Newcastle-based firm reported that the reservation rate for the four months to June 4 was down by around a quarter.