City Snapshot: Danone and Reckitt Benckiser beat expectations thanks to price rises

Reckitt Benckiser and Danone have continued the trend of stronger-than-expected sales growth from big consumer groups fuelled by hefty price rises. Plus, trading updates from Haleon and Parsely Box, Q2 numbers from Mondelez, first-half results from British American Tobacco and Nichols, Q1 figures from Rémy Cointreau, and the latest shop price index from BRC and Nielsen.