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FTSE 100 movers: Energy shares gain on gas supply worries
(Sharecast News) - The FTSE 100 was down 0.24% at 7,532.40 at 1326 BST.
There was little corporate news to drive the markets on Monday.
Vodafone shares fell after the telecoms giant said it had agreed to sell its Hungary business to 4iG and Corvinus, a Hungarian state holding company, for €1.8bn.
It added that its shared services business - VOIS - was not included in the deal and it would continue to provide services to Vodafone's other operating companies.
"The Hungarian Government has a clear strategy to build a Hungarian owned national champion in the information and communications technology sector," Vodafone Chief Executive Nick Read said in a statement.
The deal is expected to create Hungary's second largest telecoms operator.
"It is clear the Hungary government is keen to build its own national telecoms champion with Vodafone prepared to take the cash in exchange for the spin-off. In November last year Vodafone's CEO Nick Read said he was pursuing consolidation in Europe," said Interactive Investor head on investment Victoria Scholar.
"Now the telecoms giant can focus more of its attention on Germany instead, a market it considers to be the most attractive on the continent. There is also M&A potential for Vodafone in the UK amid recent reports that it considered a merger with Three's UK division. Vodafone's share price has been in long-term decline, halving since the peak in January 2018 but it still offers an attractive dividend yield."
Energy providers were higher after Russia said the Nordstream 1 pipeline would be closed for three days of maintenance.
Over the weekend, Russian state-owned gas giant Gazprom announced that gas flows through NS1 would be halted for three days between 29 August and 2 June for regular maintenance, but markets obviously were obviously fearful of the worst outcomes.
Harbour Energy, National Grid, BP, SSE and Centrica were all higher on the prospect of higher consumer prices boosting profits.
FTSE 100 - Risers
Haleon (HLN) 263.20p 2.77% Harbour Energy (HBR) 406.40p 2.26% AstraZeneca (AZN) 11,444.00p 1.72% Standard Chartered (STAN) 592.60p 1.68% National Grid (NG.) 1,178.50p 0.86% Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT) 6,718.00p 0.66% BP (BP.) 450.30p 0.56% Centrica (CNA) 83.14p 0.56% Airtel Africa (AAF) 142.00p 0.42% SSE (SSE) 1,849.00p 0.41%
FTSE 100 - Fallers
Ocado Group (OCDO) 825.00p -5.93% Smurfit Kappa Group (CDI) (SKG) 2,935.00p -4.02% International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (CDI) (IAG) 108.44p -3.66% Smith (DS) (SMDS) 272.40p -3.40% Scottish Mortgage Inv Trust (SMT) 834.80p -3.18% Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.) 923.20p -3.09% Taylor Wimpey (TW.) 115.45p -3.02% Abrdn (ABDN) 153.75p -3.00% St James's Place (STJ) 1,184.50p -2.99% Mondi (MNDI) 1,523.50p -2.96%
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