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FX round-up: Sterling downcast on Friday as US Congress votes on Trump's Healthcare Bill
Sterling turned in a downcast Friday performance as it slipped on most key pairs, with global markets drifting as US President Donald Trump's Healthcare Bill goes to a congressional vote, and ahead of UK formally beginning its EU-exit talks next week.
London close: FTSE drifts lower ahead of pivotal US Congress healthcare vote
Equities in London spent most of the session adrift with a slightly negative bias ahead of the US congressional vote on President Donald Trump's Healthcare Bill, with little in the way of domestic corporate or economic news to provide firm direction.
Commodities: Crude trades sideways as traders look to Opec's Sunday meeting
Crude-oil futures traded essentially sideways ahead of Opec's meeting on Sunday, with traders already nervous about the global glut of the black liquid looking for a further production-cut pledge from the cartel.
Management Resource Solutions faces potential AIM cancellation
Management Resources Solutions (MRS) faces a looming deadline of 28 April to complete a fundraise and have its share-suspension lifted or have its AIM listing cancelled.
Lamprell swings to FY pre-tax loss driven by goodwill impairment
Lamprell, a provider of diversified fabrication, engineering and contracting services to the global energy industry, has swung to a full-year pre-tax loss driven by goodwill impairment, not helped by a fall in revenue.
Concurrent Technologies flags R&D investment, looks to organic, acquisitive growth
Concurrent Technologies' shares are up almost 2% as the market liked its full-year results, news of ongoing investment in R&D and that it is continuing to look for acquisitions alongside its organic-growth potential.
Regional REIT completes property deal with The Conygar Investment Co.
Regional REIT Ltd has completed an approximately £129m deal with The Conygar Investment Company to acquire a string of UK regional office, industrial and retail and retail distribution investment properties.
IG Design flags substantial investment across business
Shares in IG Design Group are up more than 15% after it expressed delight at its record full-year 2017 performance and flagged substantial investment for the future in all aspects of its business.
Powerhouse Energy says G3-UHt unit arrives on site near Manchester
Powerhouse Energy's shares rose over 10% after it stating its G3-UHt ultra-high temperature gasification demonstration unit has been delivered to its initial recommissioning site near Manchester.
Centralnic confirms talks with Slovakia's SK-NIC
AIM-quoted Centralnic Group confirms it is in talks with SK-NIC, the registry service provider for the . sk country code top level domain for Slovakia, but these have not been concluded and a potential transaction remains in the course of negotiation.
Digital Barriers warns potential contract delays will impact FY performance
Shares in Digital Barriers are down almost a fifth after it said delays in the signing of several quality contracts will have an inevitable impact on its performance in the current financial year.
Tethys Petroleum moves to cancel London listing while retaining Toronto quotation
Shares in dual-listed Tethys Petroleum have plunged more than a third as it moved to have its main-market London listing cancelled, with this expected to happen on 2 May.