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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| 3I GROUP PLC | 797.0 | 6.3% |
| INFORMA PLC | 420.0 | 2.6% |
| MEGGITT PLC | 237.9 | 2.6% |
| ITV PLC | 69.9 | 2.0% |
| FLUTTER ENTERTAINMENT PLC | 10,050.0 | 1.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| SAGE GROUP PLC/THE | 618.4 | -7.2% |
| AVEVA GROUP PLC | 3661.0 | -7.2% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 1956.0 | -6.9% |
| SPIRAX-SARCO ENGINEERING PLC | 8836.0 | -6.7% |
| INTERTEK GROUP PLC | 4416.0 | -6.3% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 5,742 | -2.8% | -21.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 23,625 | 1.6% | -7.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 10,337 | -2.0% | -13.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 20,037 | 0.6% | -5.4% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 5,405 | 1.4% | -14.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 28.10 | 1.96% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 31.93 | 2.57% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,736 | 0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 237 | 1.0% |
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UK 100 called to open +50 points at 5790. Investors will be pleased to see some positive sentiment this morning as this comes on the heels of a pull back during trading yesterday, after the close on the UK Index however, U.S markets started to bounce, with the Dow Jones, staging an 835 point U-turn from bottom to top, could we see a similar pattern in European equity markets today? Oil prices continue to rise as a dip in US oil stockpiles yesterday saw Bent Crude above $30 per barrel and West Texas oil touching $10 per barrel.
BT are in talks to sell a multi-billion pound stake in its wholly-owned network subsidary Openreach to infrastructure investors to help fund an ambitious expansion in fibre broadband.
Moneysupermarket.com announces the appointment of Peter Duffy of Just Eat as their new CEO.
William Hill reports a material impact on trading from the absence of live sport and social distancing measures in the UK but are well positioned across the group to 'power up' quickly as live sporting events resume.
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