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| Monday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Barratt Developments PLC | 529.4 | 8.0% |
| Rolls Royce Holdings PLC | 280.9 | 6.7% |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 408.7 | 6.6% |
| Persimmon PLC | 2,398.0 | 6.2% |
| Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust | 898.0 | 5.2% |
| Monday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BT Group PLC | 109.5 | -1.7% |
| ITV PLC | 70.8 | -1.5% |
| Tesco PLC | 218.9 | -1.2% |
| DS Smith | 288.2 | -1.1% |
| Sainsbury PLC | 195.7 | -0.8% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,286 | 2.1% | -16.8% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 26,287 | 1.8% | -2.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 12,733 | 1.6% | 1.3% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 22,714 | 1.8% | 4.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,015 | -0.7% | -10.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 40.63 | -0.05% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 43.13 | 0.77% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,785 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 277 | 1.0% |
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UK 100 called to open -44 points this morning at 6244. Asia was largely down last night after a surge was sparked by speculation Beijing is trying to generate a major domestic bull run to the economy which has been ravaged by the coronavirus and a Texas-style standoff with the US. This has now moved beyond trade, and also includes the issues of Hong Kong, a signal that China is aiming to reduce it dependence on the West. Japan was down 0.7% last night, as US futures fell 0.3% after Monday's gain on Chinese shares. Over the pond, European futures also are in the red as fear grips investors about the impact on the global economy of rising coronavirus cases in the US even though recent data suggests the opposite. Oil pulled back after earlier gains whilst Gold held near an 8-year peak at $1783.3 per ounce.
JD Sports sees weaker traffic numbers after re-opening. Profit before tax jumped 24% to £438.8m for the year ended Feb 1, before the lockdown hammered its customer numbers.
Micro Focus records a HY goodwill impairment charge of $922.2m, generating a HY operating loss of $906.7m (2019: profit of $32.6m). They continue to believe there will be further disruption to new sales activity and timing pressure on renewals.
Plus 500 announce that David Zruia has been appointed as their permanent CEO.
Reckitt Benckiser has stated that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved the use of its Lysol disinfectant spray against COVID-19.
Whitbread reports Q1 sales slump 79% as they begin to re-open hotels post coronavirus lockdown. They expect to have most of them re-opened by the end of July. Demand for its hotel rooms in tourist destinations are holding up well while demand in other areas including London remained subdued.
JD Sports Fashion
Halfords
Micro Focus
Electrocomponants
Reach PLC
Barratt Developments
Liontrust Asset Management
U&I Group
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Aveva Group
British American Tobacco
UK 250:
Sirius Real Estate Trust
TalkTalk Telecom Group
Telecom Plus
Safestore Holdings
BMO Global Samller Companies
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