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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 203.5 | 8.2% |
| STANDARD LIFE ABERDEEN PLC | 233.3 | 5.3% |
| ITV PLC | 76.5 | 3.4% |
| M&G PLC | 121.5 | 3.1% |
| JD SPORTS FASHION PLC | 562.0 | 3.0% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC | 1545.5 | -6.5% |
| CENTRICA PLC | 37.2 | -5.4% |
| SSE PLC | 1223.5 | -4.8% |
| COMPASS GROUP PLC | 1114.0 | -3.4% |
| NEXT PLC | 4478.0 | -2.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,002 | -0.8% | -18.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 24,207 | -1.6% | -5.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 11,075 | 0.2% | -9.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 20,433 | 1.5% | -4.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 5,560 | 1.8% | -14.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 32.50 | 2.14% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 34.66 | -0.43% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,746 | 0.8% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 241 | 0.1% |
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UK 100 called to open -30 points at 5970. Calls for a negative open come as scientists reportedly raised doubts over the viability of Moderna's Covid 19 vaccine, which has already seen an investment of $2bn from UK Index listed Astrazeneca. Overnight in Asia it was a mixed session which saw the Nikkei in Japan rise just short of 1% to close at 20,595. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng closed the day flat at 24,367 & in China, the CSI closed half a percent lower at 3,929. Oil rose marginally overnight to trade at $33.19 per barrel (Brent Crude) & $11.12 per barrel (WTI).
AstraZeneca's drug Lynparza has been approved in the US for HRR gene-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Marks & Spencer reported a 21% fall in annual profit as they are to accelerate their latest turnaround programme to deal with the fallout from the coronavirus. They have taken action total £1bn relative ti its original budget to reduce costs and manage cash. They made a pretax profit of £403m (2019: £512m).
Rolls Royce announce a major reorganisation of their business to adapt to the COVID-19 outbreak, cutting 9,000 jobs (from their global workforce of 52,000) and cut capital expenditure. These actions are expected to generate annualised savings of more than £1.3bn.
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