London's FTSE 100 takes on 13.6 points to trade at 7,132 on Tuesday, regaining ground following yesterday's market-wide Trump travel ban-driven declines.
Retailers are in focus, with online supermarket Ocado (OCDO) ripening up 8.1% to 264.1p on full year results showing a 21.8% pre-tax profit gain to £14.5m on retail sales growth of 13.6% to almost £1.27bn, reflecting robust trading in a tough groceries market.
The real excitement surrounds CEO Tim Steiner's clear confidence in signing 'multiple deals in multiple territories in the medium term' for the group's Ocado Smart Platform; he also assures 'we anticipate continuing to grow ahead of the online market in the year ahead'.
Out-of-favour carpets seller Carpetright (CPR) stitches together a 5.8% gain to 184p as boss Wilf Walsh reports a return to quarterly sales growth in the UK and a better-than-expected performance in Europe. UK like-for-like sales rose 1.9% in the third quarter to 28 January, growth accelerating to 6.8% in the final four weeks and there's relief as Walsh leaves full year profit guidance unchanged.
Sofas-to-carpets seller ScS (SCS) edges 1.25p higher to 171.25p after announcing 2.7% growth in like-for-like order intake for the first half, a good showing given tough prior year comparatives and with trading over the Christmas and January sales meeting management's expectations.
Also in demand is convenience foods maker Greencore (GNC), which fattens up 4.3% to 227.7p on a first quarter trading statement flagging strong growth in the UK and US. There's also a positive update on the early progress with integrating transformational US acquisition Peacock Foods.
Plastics specialist Carclo (CAR) improves 9.5% to 139p as it announces a stronger second half turn from its Technical Plastics arm and flags a reduction in its pension deficit.
Soft drinks giant Britvic (BVIC) fizzes 3.9% higher to 612p on news of a strong start to the year, first quarter revenue frothing up 4.3% to £351m thanks to sparkling performances from the Pepsi Max, 7UP and R Whites brands in the UK and Fruit Shoot in the USA.
Online gaming play Stride Gaming (STR:AIM) skips 2p higher to 229p on a positive annual meeting update, chairman Nigel Payne highlighting encouraging organic growth rates and progress with integrating recent online bingo acquisitions.
