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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| CARNIVAL PLC | 1,015.0 | 14.6% |
| ANGLO AMERICAN PLC | 1,600.2 | 11.6% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 188.2 | 11.0% |
| EASYJET PLC | 551.6 | 10.5% |
| INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROU | 3,568.0 | 10.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 1903.5 | -2.6% |
| WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS | 188.9 | -0.5% |
| AUTO TRADER GROUP PLC | 500.0 | -0.4% |
| ADMIRAL GROUP PLC | 2290.0 | 0.1% |
| HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | 2460.0 | 0.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,049 | 4.3% | -17.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 24,597 | 3.9% | -4.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 11,059 | 5.7% | -9.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 20,134 | 0.5% | -5.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 5,461 | 1.0% | -14.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 32.74 | 11.25% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 35.58 | 9.48% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,732 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 242 | 4.0% |
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UK 100 called to open +40 points at 6090. Following yesterdays global market rally, positive sentiment and momentum continued this morning on the back of fresh vaccine hopes. Asian markets closed out the day in positive territory, in Japan the Nikkei 225 closed out the day 1.5% higher at 20,433, in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng closed 503 points higher (2.1%) at 24,437 and in China the CSI 300 closed 28 points higher at 3,951, a gain of 0.75%. US futures are already showing early gains of 166 points on Wall Street. Oil has retraced from its highs, having given up some of its earlier sizable gains, however still trades higher than yesterdays closing value at $33.38.
Antofagasta have cut its 2019 final dividend recommendation to 7.1 cents per share. This represents a reduction of 16.3 cents per share from the previous recommendation, due to the impact of COVID-19.
Compass Group has launched a £2bn share offer, seeking to shore up its liquidity as the coronavirus crisis continues to keep many of its food service operations in offices and schools closed. They have also withdrawn their 2020 outlook and said that the drop through impact of lost revenues on operating profit in April was 23% due to lockdowns across its markets.
Imperial Brands reported slightly lower-than-expected H1 revenue and said that the impact from COVID-19 pandemic would be more pronounced in H2. They are to rebase their dividend by a third as it seeks to save cash during the pandemic, whose impact will be a low-single-digit hit to earnings per share for FY 2020.
Topps Tiles reports that the coronavirus lockdown has had a material impact on trading during April. The firm expects to have 250 stores fully opened by end of May, woth the remaining 100 stores open by the end of June. For H1 2020 they reported a 85% fall in adjusted pretax profit to £1.2m.
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