Wednesday preview: Glaxo, Standard Life, UK GDP

First quarter results from drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline are due out at noon on Wednesday, with both sales and profits expected to be higher than a year ago.

First quarter results from drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline are due out at noon on Wednesday, with both sales and profits expected to be higher than a year ago.

The market is expecting sales to edge up to £6.83bn from £6.59bn last year, and for profit before tax to move up to £2.02bn from last year's £1.93bn.

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