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| Yesterday’s UK100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| STANDARD CHARTERED PLC | 400.3 | 8.7% |
| ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC | 1,967.0 | 8.0% |
| PEARSON PLC | 499.9 | 7.9% |
| CARNIVAL PLC | 1,134.5 | 7.3% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 242.0 | 5.9% |
| Yesterday’s UK100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | 2493.0 | -3.0% |
| RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP PLC | 7086.0 | -1.9% |
| HALMA PLC | 2292.0 | -1.6% |
| ADMIRAL GROUP PLC | 2296.0 | -1.6% |
| CRODA INTERNATIONAL PLC | 5120.0 | -1.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,166 | 1.5% | -13.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 25,475 | 0.4% | 2.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 11,587 | -1.7% | -1.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 22,062 | 0.8% | 7.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 5,819 | 1.1% | -9.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 35.57 | 0.23% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 38.54 | 1.85% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,739 | 0.5% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 247 | 1.8% |
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UK 100 called to open +15 points at 6181. Global stocks rallied as Economic data show many countries around the world continuing to creep back towards normal. Asian markets delivered a green sweep on Tuesday morning, led by the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo, which is up 1.5%, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong is up 0.6% and the Shanghai Composite is just on the right side of flat. Trading in the US saw The Dow Jones add almost 92 points or 0.4% to 25,475, while the S&P 500 rose 0.4% and the tech-led Nasdaq Composite added 0.7% as investors appeared to shrug off the devastation caused by the US riots this week.
Card Factory reports resilient sales performance in challenging market conditions with +3.6% growth in revenue. However, profit before tax -4.4% and EPS -12.8%. As COVID-19 has affected trading and increased uncertainty, they have not provided financial guidance for FY21.
Galliford Try has won the contract for the University of Strathclyde project worth £42m.
Mediclinic posts an annual loss of £315m for FY 19/20.
Tesco announce that their CFO Alan Stewart will retire from his role on 30th April 2021.
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