London's FTSE 100 was down 0.7% to 6,904.97 in afternoon trade on Friday amid trade war worries. Next bucked the trend, rallying as it kept the dividend flat despite reporting a 5.6% fall in earnings per share after store sales fell in the year to 31 January. Analysts said the fact it has maintained its full-year guidance will be taken well following recent weakness and negative news flow from the UK retail sector. "Next's 54-page-long results release is a whopper but it is what is missing from ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...