Shell earnings hit FTSE 100; Lloyds, WPP shine

  • 10/28/2021
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(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window) * FTSE 100 down 0.1%, FTSE 250 down 0.2% Oct 28 (Reuters) - UK’s FTSE 100 slipped on Thursday, led by oil major Royal Dutch Shell after it missed quarterly profit estimates, but forecast-beating earnings from Lloyds Banking Group and ad firm WPP checked overall declines. The commodity-heavy FTSE 100 fell 0.1% by 0721 GMT, with Shell declining 1.7% after its third-quarter adjusted earnings came in below an analysts’ forecast. The decline in profit came as hedge fund Third Point built a large stake and called on the oil major to split into multiple companies to increase its performance and market value. Lloyds gained 2.1% after beating analyst estimates for third-quarter results as Britain’s economy rebounded from pandemic lockdowns. WPP climbed 3.6% as the world’s biggest advertising company lifted its full-year underlying net sales guidance again. (Reporting by Bansari Mayur Kamdar in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)

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