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BUZZ-Stagecoach: UK Bus headwinds spur worst one-day pct move in 5 yrs

Reuters - UK Focus

** Stagecoach suffers biggest one-day pct drop since Oct 2009 on downbeat newsflow around UK Bus in H1 results statement

** Profit in recent wks at regional UK Bus has fallen short of co's expectations, knocked by strong competition in Manchester, & with co anticipating additional staff costs to minimise vacancy gaps caused by the economic recovery

** Analysts at Liberum reckon the challenges at UK Bus are manageable & potentially temporary, but warrant caution

** Stock dives off all-time highs reached early Dec (Shanghai: 600875.SS - news) , having been given a leg up to those levels by a rail contract win

** Among busiest stocks on FTSE 250, with all of avg daily volume traded (RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : tricia.wright1.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)