* COCA COLA: Coca-Cola HBC AG forecast full-year
profit growth to be at the
top end of its guidance, aided by robust demand for its soft drinks and executed price increases.
* HALEON: Haleon , the world's biggest standalone
consumer health business, reported first-quarter profit
below analyst expectations.
* BARRATT: Barratt Developments said on
Wednesday it expected its full-year profit to be
in line with market forecasts as it became the latest major British housebuilder to retain its annual build target.
* LLOYDS: Lloyds Banking Group beat
profit expectations for the first quarter, as the
bellwether lender was buoyed by interest rate rises despite
Britain's tough economic outlook.
* OSB: British lender OSB Group Plc raised
its full-year outlook for underlying net loan book growth
to 7% from about 5% earlier, aided by a rise in interest rates
and a revival in demand for mortgage loans.
* CINEWORLD: Bankrupt movie theater chain Cineworld received U.S. court approval on Tuesday to raise $2.26 billion
as part of its exit from bankruptcy, after reaching a settlement
with a minority faction of lenders that had opposed parts of the
exit financing.
* LSE: Britain's stock market rules could be radically
simplified as part of efforts to lure major company listings to
London, under detailed plans unveiled by the country's financial
watchdog on Tuesday.
* London's FTSE 100 reversed early gains to end Tuesday
lower as a slump in energy firms outweighed strong earnings from
Europe's biggest lender, HSBC, in the first quarter.
* For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: TODAY'S UK PAPERS > Financial Times > Other business headlines (Reporting by Muhammed Husain in Bengaluru)
