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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Smiths Group PLC | 1,412.0 | 8.8% |
| Ferguson PLC | 6,612.0 | 2.3% |
| Polymetal International PLC | 1,615.5 | 1.6% |
| M&G PLC | 167.6 | 1.4% |
| Informa PLC | 470.4 | 1.3% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Royal Dutch Shell A | 1287.0 | -4.0% |
| Royal Dutch Shell B | 1224.0 | -3.7% |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group | 222.2 | -3.6% |
| BAE Systems | 483.4 | -2.5% |
| BP PLC | 307.2 | -2.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,170 | -0.9% | -16.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 25,813 | 0.9% | -3.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 12,311 | 0.6% | -0.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 22,288 | 1.3% | 2.6% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 5,898 | 1.4% | -11.3% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 39.63 | -0.18% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 41.15 | -1.34% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,781 | 0.5% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 273 | 1.5% |
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UK 100 called to open flat this morning at 6169. The UK blue chip index continued to find support around the 6150 level overnight, as it did throughout yesterdays session. The UK 100 posted its best quarterly performance since 2010 in Q2 of 2020 amid recovery hopes from Covid 19 continue. Warnings that the US could see as many as 100,000 new coronavirus cases per day alongside a fresh localised lockdown in Leicester amid a fresh outbreak there have been causing investors to pause recent rallies, however, US and UK June PMI manufacturing data due later today could provide some optimism over an economic recovery. Yesterday saw Wall Street managed to cap off an impressive quarter overnight despite the uncertainty, with the Dow Jones ending Tuesday’s session up 0.85% at 25,812, while the S&P 500 rose 1.54% to 3,100 and the Nasdaq climbed 1.87% to 10,058. Brent crude trades at $41.76 a barrel, up 1.19%, while trades at $1,784 an ounce, up 0.16%.
Ryanair expects to fly more than 4.5m passengers in July as it returns to a more regular schedule with 40% of its usual capacity for the peak summer month.
Sainsbury's reports that underlying retail sales rose 8.2% y-o-y in Q1 2020 driven by the country being on coronavirus lockdown for all the period. Total grocery sales increased 10.5% as shoppers returned to big weekly shops and spent more online and in local convenience stores. They expect flat underlying profit for FY 2020, with the impact of COVID-19 expected to be more than £500m broadly offset by business rates relief and stronger grocery sales.
SSP Group will cut 5,000 jobs due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on international travel.
Topps Tiles have reported that quarterly average weekly sales are down 53%. Retail trading over Q3 improved significantly as average sales per week has grown from £0.8m in April to £3.9m in final week of June. Q3 performance was ahead of its revised expectations following outbreak of COVID-19.
Sainsburys
DS Smith
Meggitt
Associated British Foods
CN - Caixin Manufacturing PMI
GER - Retail Sales Data
GER - Unemployment
US - ADP Employment Change
US - ISM Manufacturing PMI
US - FOMC Minutes
UK 100:
National Grid
Coca-Cola HBC
Homeserve
UK 250:
Airtel Africa
Workspace Group
Murray International Trust
ICG Enterprise Trust
Scottish Investment Trust
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