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FTSE 100 movers: Beazley hit by Hurricane woes; 3i Group boosted by Citi note

(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 100 was down 0.5% at 8,125.77 in afternoon trade on Tuesday. Insurer Beazley was under the cosh amid worries about the impact of Hurricane Beryl.

Sainsbury's was also in the red as it reported a slowdown in first-quarter like-for-like sales growth on the back of declines in general merchandise sales and at its Argos division.

Total retail sales excluding fuel increased by 2.6% year-on-year in the 16 weeks to 22 June, with like-for-like sales rising by 2.7%. That's down from the 4.8% LFL growth seen in the fourth quarter of the previous financial year and 7.4% growth in the third.

On the upside, 3i Group was among the gainers after Citi lifted its price target on the shares to 3,800p from 2,650p, implying around 25% upside.

"We value 3i Group's 55% stake in Action, a pan-European discount retailer, at £30bn. This is in line with 3i Group's £30bn market cap and excludes upside from a potential expansion outside of Europe," it said.

"We estimate 7%+ LFL sales growth until 2030 and 15%+ sales growth, while Action's fast inventory turnover and negative working capital makes this growth self-funding," it said.

"We model 3i Group receiving £14bn of dividends from Action by 2031."

FTSE 100 - Risers

Persimmon (PSN) 1,401.00p 2.11% International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (CDI) (IAG) 166.95p 1.86% BP (BP.) 486.25p 1.62% Barratt Developments (BDEV) 485.00p 1.51% 3i Group (III) 3,030.00p 1.47% Croda International (CRDA) 3,945.00p 1.18% National Grid (NG.) 894.80p 1.06% NATWEST GROUP (NWG) 318.10p 0.98% easyJet (EZJ) 453.00p 0.82% Flutter Entertainment (DI) (FLTR) 14,770.00p 0.82%

FTSE 100 - Fallers

Beazley (BEZ) 655.50p -4.52% BT Group (BT.A) 137.70p -2.55% Anglo American (AAL) 2,374.00p -2.40% CRH (CDI) (CRH) 5,636.00p -2.32% Smurfit Kappa Group (CDI) (SKG) 3,466.00p -2.15% Mondi (MNDI) 1,494.50p -2.10% Frasers Group (FRAS) 858.00p -2.00% Compass Group (CPG) 2,131.00p -1.93% Standard Chartered (STAN) 718.40p -1.88% Sainsbury (J) (SBRY) 253.00p -1.86%

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