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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Jonathan Prynn

Vodafone shares slip despite CEO's promise of accelerating growth

Mobile phone giant Vodafone delivered first half revenue and profits in line with City forecasts (Mike Booth/Alamy/PA) -

Vodafone shares slumped today despite delivering first half revenues and profits in line with City forecasts and promising shareholders a long awaited “acceleration” of growth next year.

By mid-morning the shares were trading around 4% lower at just over 70p making the mobiles giant the second biggest faller in the FTSE-100.

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