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A glance at some of the day s highlights from the Proactive Investor s newswire
Brickability Group PLC (LON:BRCK) is acquiring Taylor Maxwell Group, supplier of timber and non-combustible cladding, for £63mln. The deal will be part-funded by a £55mln sale of shares.
Belvoir Group PLC (LON:BLV) announced it has exchanged contracts to acquire the entire issued share capital of Nottingham Mortgage Services (NMS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Nottingham Building Society.
Belvoir also announced that it will present at Proactive s One2One Virtual Forum on Thursday 3 June 2021. The event will begin at 6.00pm and take place via online webinar, with registration available at the following link: https://event.webinarjam.com/register/1083/wyy3gso97
FTSE 100 slips from best levels while Wall Street expected to open virtually flat
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FTSE 100 slips from best levels while Wall Street expected to open virtually flat
The UK blue-chip index in positive territory while US markets set for muted start ahead of Federal Reserve s Beige Book of economic conditions
FTSE 100 adds 11 points
Dow forecast to start unchanged
Wizz Air loses altitude
12.42pm: US markets seek direction
After a fairly uneventful close on Wall Street on Tuesday, things do not look to have changed much, with the opening calls looking far from dramatic.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is forecast to edge up 22 points or 0.1%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are also expected to be virtually unchanged.