UK's Halfords surges after forecasting profit in upper end of range

Halfords

29/04/2026 08:27

** Shares of British bicycle and car products retailer Halfords HFD.L  up 12.1% at 150 p

** Stock is among top-gainers on FTSE small caps index .FTSC which is up 0.28%

** Co expects full year profit to be around the upper end of expectations

** "Trading has stayed strong in April, with no slowing since the Gulf war began: HFD is one of few retailers to express this on recent trade"- Peel Hunt

** YTD, stock has fallen ~5%

($1 = 0.7407 pounds)

 (Reporting by Tuhina Singh)

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