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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| VODAFONE GROUP PLC | 122.9 | 8.7% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 2,056.0 | 7.4% |
| PENNON GROUP PLC | 1,151.5 | 4.2% |
| IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC | 1,682.0 | 4.1% |
| SSE PLC | 1,292.0 | 4.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC | 551.8 | -12.8% |
| BRITISH LAND CO PLC | 343.9 | -10.3% |
| WHITBREAD PLC | 2675.0 | -5.7% |
| BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS PLC | 491.7 | -3.6% |
| TAYLOR WIMPEY PLC | 145.9 | -3.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 5,995 | 0.9% | -16.8% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 23,765 | -1.9% | -8.4% |
| DAX INDEX | 10,820 | -0.1% | -10.3% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 20,366 | -0.1% | -3.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 5,403 | -1.1% | -14.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 25.45 | 5.43% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 29.73 | 0.34% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,702 | 0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 234 | -1.7% |
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UK 100 called to open -40 points at 5944. Global markets recovered after a large fall towards the close on Wall Street yesterday & an initial fall in Asia during trading was short lived as markets bounced. This was prompted by fresh fears of a second wave of the Coronavirus after South Korea & Germany both reported a spike in new cases, this paired with Fresh Trade War concerns, after the US warned that fresh legislation could be used to imposed tariffs on China, if it fails to disclose full account of events leading to the global spread of the virus.
Aston Martin posts deep loss as coronavirus outbreak hits sales. They posted a Q1 2020 pre-tax loss of £119m after sales dropped by 31% y-o-y due to the impact of COVID-19 and destocking of dealers.
Premier Oil expects to be cash flow neutral in 2020 given the current oil price backdrop, as they have hedged 30% of its 2020 oil production at $60 a barel. Net debt stood at $1.91bn at the end of April.
Sage Group have said that it was starting to see the broader effects of a sharp economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic, with new customer acquisition in April roughly half the level expected. They reported a +5.7% increase in organic revenue growth to £935m and a +3% rise in organic operating profit to £213m for the six months to end-March.
Taylor Wimpey announce the phased reopening of sales centres and show homes from 22nd May 2020, following updated Government guidance.
TP ICAP saw revenue rise by +17% to £547m in Q1 2020 as its broking business beneftited from the gyrations in financial markets caused by the coronavirus and collapsing oil prices.
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