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Sector movers: Builders boosted, healthcare hurt
House builders were cream of the crop on Friday, while healthcare was looking under the weather.
Bloodletting in store for UDG Healthcare and NMC, reckons Jefferies
NMC Health and UDG Healthcare were given a bruising by Jefferies analysts on Friday, as they performed a check to the healthcare sector.
UK growth should perk up in first quarter of 2019 - NIESR
UK economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter of last year but could make a "modest recovery" in the first quarter of 2019 as long as Brexit wobbles don't mushroom further, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research predicted on Friday.
Brexit date may be pushed back - report
Britain's exit from the European Union could be pushed back from the current 29 March deadline, according to a report on Friday.
Misfiring factories drag UK economic growth to six-month low
UK gross domestic product growth slowed towards the end of last year as the contraction of the industrial sector deepened, official figures confirmed on Friday.
Debenhams keeps Bucher as CEO after Sports Direct coup
Debenhams chief executive and chairman have been voted off the board after its largest shareholder ambushed the embattled department store group at its annual general meeting.
Grafton expects to pip analyst forecasts for full year
Even though the rate of growth slow in the last two months of the year, builders merchant Grafton Group expects adjusted profits to be slightly ahead of the top end of analyst expectations.