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Performance tables: FTSE 350, Global Markets, Commodities, Forex, Sovereign Yields

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Top Buys & Sells

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Best & Worst Performing Small Caps Table

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News in brief: Travis Perkins, esure, Lancashire, Summit Germany, Science in Sport, Superglass

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Carr’s Milling Industries (CRM)

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ACCUMULI (ACM:AIM)

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Croda aims for growth boost

Acquisition trail could justify hefty price tag

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Cosy up to Dunelm

High quality homewares leader is a growth and income portfolio pick

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Letters: Fight for your rights

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Preview: Rotork (ROR)

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Atlantis Resources (ARL:AIM)

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Meggitt is set to soar again

First-quarter update should help restore faith in FTSE 100 firm’s growth credentials

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Micro Focus has big plans

Super-charged shareholder returns look undervalued

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Euro to keep powering ahead

Talk of European Central Bank monetary loosening is wide of the mark

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Loonie to keep rising

The return of risk appetite will play in favour of Canadian currency

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AVEVA faces power cut

Oil industry investment cuts present growth challenge

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Preview: Smiths News (NWS)

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FTSE 100 loses its balance

Skew in benchmark’s earnings makes case for FTSE 250 and actively weighted ETFs

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RPS has stellar payout appeal

Energy consultant is building an impressive dividend growth track record

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Finance to boost Money

Interest rate hikes may prompt consumers to change products

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GVC readies for further M&A

Online gambling eyes return to acquisition trail amid record trading strength

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Have faith in gold miners

A surprise rally in the precious metal price brings out the bears

Fixed-Income Focus

Playing the short game

With interest rates set to rise duration will be crucial for fixed-income investors

Funds

M&G seeks fair value

Collective should interest investors seeking sustainable income growth

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Chartist: Antofagasta

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Chartist: Evraz

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InternetQ dials into success

Deluge of cheap smartphone handsets suggests forecast-beating growth ahead

Under The Bonnet

Get ready for drama at Electra

Activist investor yet to declare his intentions regarding private equity specialist

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How to understand charts: Price channels

Swim with the right price channels to time your trades

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Sable sell-off an opportunity

Commodity price corrections can create openings

Fight For Your Rights

Investors in the dark on costs

FCA probe finds majority of advisers still not complying with RDR

Fight For Your Rights

Call to arms at Barclays

Pirc recommends shareholders oppose key resolutions at upcoming AGM

Sector Reports

Leisure’s just the ticket

All signs point towards prosperous times for consumer-focused stocks

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Get ahead of the curve

Given an increasingly positive UK growth outlook commentators agree the only way for interest rates is up. James Crux and the Shares team get ahead of the curve with seven likely winners as monetary conditions begin to tighten.

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Letters: See Minds’ potential

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Faroe has exploration upside

Strategy aims to monetise discoveries as quickly as possible

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How to play the gas game

Inefficiencies in world energy markets offer savvy investors the opportunity to profit finds Tom Sieber

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Track down the right strategy

Portfolio building blocks can be used to take both tactical and strategic positions

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Cowdery backs Resolution

Founder backs insurer’s workplace pension focus

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Raise a glass to wine

How to pick top vintages for mature returns