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| Yesterday’s UK100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 2,191.0 | 4.2% |
| BRITISH LAND CO PLC | 407.3 | 2.5% |
| AUTO TRADER GROUP PLC | 558.2 | 2.2% |
| UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC | 917.6 | 2.0% |
| AVEVA GROUP PLC | 4,088.0 | 1.3% |
| Yesterday’s UK100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 271.6 | -14.9% |
| CARNIVAL PLC | 1057.5 | -10.7% |
| MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC | 115.2 | -8.5% |
| EASYJET PLC | 680.0 | -8.1% |
| COMPASS GROUP PLC | 1184.0 | -7.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,077 | -2.3% | -15.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 25,383 | -0.1% | 2.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 11,587 | -1.7% | -1.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 21,878 | -0.2% | 6.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 5,756 | -1.6% | -10.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 35.49 | 5.28% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 37.84 | 5.02% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,730 | 0.7% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 243 | 0.5% |
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UK 100 called to open +75 points at 6150. The UK 100 looks set to make a positive start to the week, drawing comfort from the fact Washington stopped short of a full-blown escalation of the trade war with China over Hong Kong & investors welcomed this week's gradual reopening of businesses in England. Shares in Asia rallied to three-month highs with the Hang Seng leading the way with a 3.4% gain after the US said it would simply revoke special trading privileges for the former British colony.
Associated British Foods is looking to re-open all of its Primark stores by 15th June 2020. They have estimated that loss of sales because of their store closures due to COVID-19 was £650m for every month the stores were closed. It remains too early to resume guidance for the remainder of the current financial year.
Balfour Beatty report a strong Q1 2020, but the coronavirus lockdown has had a material impact on financial performance across all divisions. As a result they have decided to cancel their final dividend of 2019.
Dart Group announces that it has completed the sale of its distribution and logistics business, Fowler Welch to Culina Group Ltd for £98m.
Ted Baker posts FY pretax loss of £79.9m (2019: profit £30.7m). They plan to raise £95m through a stock issue to help it ride out the challenges posed by coronavirus. The company'e revenue slumped 36% for the 14 week period (Jan 26th - May 2nd) mainly due to COVID-19.
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