Economic Calendar

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Consort Medical, HMV, Mulberry: U.K., Irish Equity Preview

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By Lenka Ponikelska

Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in U.K. and Irish markets today. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are from the last market close.

The benchmark FTSE 100 Index fell 13.98, or 0.3 percent, to 4,367.28. The FTSE All-Share Index declined less than 0.1 percent and Ireland’s ISEQ Index retreated 0.5 percent.

U.K. companies:

Consort Medical Plc (CSRT LN): The U.K. company that supplied inhalers for Pfizer Inc.’s abandoned Exubera diabetes treatment is reporting earnings. The stock fell 10 pence, or 2.3 percent, to 422 pence.

HMV Group Plc (HMV LN): The U.K.’s largest music retailer is publishing results. The shares rose 5 pence, or 4.7 percent, to 111 pence.

Imagination Technologies Group Plc (IMG LN): The U.K. designer of semiconductors is scheduled to report results. The shares declined 2.25 pence, or 5.7 percent, to 37.5 pence.

Mulberry Group Plc (MUL LN): The maker of luxury leather bags is reporting earnings. The stock was unchanged at 72 pence.

Premier Farnell Plc (PFL LN): The U.K. electronic and industrial products supplier is scheduled to report earnings. The stock added 0.75 pence, or 0.6 percent, to 135.75.

To contact the reporters on this story: Lenka Ponikelska in London lponikelska1@bloomberg.net;




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