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The market spotlight on Wednesday was expected to be on preliminary results for a raft of closely-followed economic surveys on either side of the Atlantic.
With traders away from their desks for the Christmas festivities, financial markets will likely see reduced volumes in the shortened trading week, with very little in the way of economic data and corporate results to move stocks either way.
The following is a round-up of earnings and trading updates by London-listed companies, issued on Tuesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
Lowland Investment Co PLC - managed.