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>> The Stock Movers Report, your roundup of

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>> Let's take a look at some of the stocks

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on the move today in Europe. I'm TA

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Adabay with Caroline Heepka and we're

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joined by Bloomberg's breaking news

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editor, Louise Moon. Analysts are

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fueling moves in airline stocks this

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morning. Tell us why, Louise.

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>> Yes, indeed. So, there's been a note

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from Morgan Stanley on airline stocks,

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which is um as you say, impacting stock

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movements this morning. So, the main

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thing, the crucial thing is it's saying

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complacency after sharp earnings cuts is

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offering opportunities in the market.

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So, it's downgraded Lufanza and Lufanza

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stock is kind of tracking that falling

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this morning. upgraded Air France, but

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its top pick is I AG, obviously the

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owner of British Airways. So they're

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saying that things like cost discipline,

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strong free cash flow, shareholder

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returns are all reasons for IAG to be a

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top pick. And this kind of echoes what

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an unless have been saying anyway. So

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say so the kind of wider consensus is

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that IG's given everything that's going

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on in the Middle East rising fuel costs

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and and everything um that's come out of

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of that conflict that IG has been is

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being seen as being in a relatively

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strong position. They've got higher

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profitability and balance sheet better

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positioned essentially to withstand all

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of these headwinds. So if you look at

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the analyst ratings for IG they've got

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27 buys, zero holds and just two sells

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and their shares are higher. So also

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moving in line with the others um on the

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back of that Morgan Stanley note. So one

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of the top prizes this morning on the

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Footsie 100. So an interesting note

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there from Morgan Stanley having quite

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an impact on airline stocks today.

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>> Okay. Interesting. Uh meanwhile King

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Fisher the DIY retailer seems to be

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reassuring investors. Have they done

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that?

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>> Yes. So shares up as much as 8.3% this

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morning. The top riser on the Footsie

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100 here in London. That's and they

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briefly hit a two-month high within

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that. um as you say reassuring update.

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They had their first quarter sales. Now,

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interestingly, sales actually fell and

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they blame a later spring um coming and

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which resulted in a in a weaker footfall

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essentially, but the commentary is quite

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is quite uh reassuring is what analysts

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saying. So, they're saying that it

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they're resilient in the face of kind of

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wider headwinds um and they're on track

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to meet their fullear guidance. So,

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holding up against a whole host of of of

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uh challenges that we're seeing across

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the retail sector. obviously you've got

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a weaker consumer um higher costs um

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later spring as King Fisher noted

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themselves um but analysts are saying

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that yeah holding up reassuring after

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recent pressure on the stock um Screw

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Fix one of their brands in particular

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performing very well so shares really

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rising this morning

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>> okay so perhaps a resurgence coming for

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Kingfisher but finally Louise everyone's

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talking about Ferrari this morning it

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seems like the business wants to go

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green but its stock price seems to be

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going into the Red, what's going on

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there?

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>> Yeah. So, so they've unveiled their

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first fully electric car. This is the

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kind of the final step. They had a

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three-part reveal and and Sunday evening

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presentation uh revealing the full

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extent of it. So, it's a 5-seater, cost

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550,000.

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It's being seen as a big test for

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Ferrari. It's a breakaway from their

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heritage. Um, you know, there's

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questions over how much demand there'll

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be. The challenges of extending into

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battery when they're very much used to

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combustion engines. So, it's a tough uh

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challenge for them and and it's a tough

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market. You we've seen, you know, rivals

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like Lamborghini and Porsche, they've

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slowed their electrification plans,

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citing a lack of buying interest. So,

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it's a tough market to go into and

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shares falling very heavily this

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morning. So, they fell over 8%. Reviews

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essentially for this are disappointing.

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Analysts saying they don't like the

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design. It's too close to Tesla. Um and

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one saying, which I thought was quite a

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good quote, we are lost in translation

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with Ferrari's new strategy. So, a lot

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of questions over what's going on. how

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how uh you know how successful this will

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be and so far the reception is not good.

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Interactive Summary

This episode of The Stock Movers Report analyzes key movements in the European stock market. It highlights a Morgan Stanley note impacting airline stocks like IAG, Lufthansa, and Air France, discusses Kingfisher's resilient first-quarter update despite retail headwinds, and examines the negative market reception to Ferrari's announcement of its first fully electric vehicle.

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