WH Smith tumbles on weaker current trading 

** Shares of British travel retailer WH Smith SMWH.L slump 9.4% to 386.4p

** Co says, first 10 weeks trading of current financial year is flat on like-for-like basis reflecting ongoing consumer and macroeconomic pressures

** "We expect the shares to be down today given weaker LFL trajectory and consensus downgrades," say analysts at JP Morgan

** Co expects headline group pretax profit & non-underlying items for 12 months to August 2027 to be in line with current market view of £75 mln ($99.43 mln) - £85 mln

** SMWH posts FY headline group profit before tax & non-underlying items at £76 mln vs £108 mln year ago

** As of last close, stock down ~39% YTD

($1 = 0.7543 pounds)