The FTSE 100 was lit up by Imperial Brands and oil majors BP and Shell on Wednesday, with Burberry and Compass the big fallers. Imperial Brands reported a 2% decline in first-half tobacco volumes and revenues and a 6.7% fall in adjusted operating profits, but this was nowhere near as bad as the market had feared. Even though sterling's swingback and the administration of UK distributor Palmer & Harvey hit reported earnings, a 6.2% decrease in adjusted earnings per share shrank to 114.3p still ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...