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| Friday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Barclays | 117.76 | 5.18% |
| Whitbread | 2,268 | 4.81% |
| Homeserve | 1,306 | 4.40% |
| Rolls Royce Holdings | 266.7 | 4.06% |
| Melrose Industries | 118.25 | 4.05% |
| Friday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals | 2,105 | -1.73% |
| Burberry | 1,550 | -1.65% |
| Associated British Foods | 1,945 | -1.52% |
| British American Tobacco | 2,878 | -1.44% |
| Intertek Group | 5,336 | -1.15% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| FTSE 100 INDEX | 6,095 | 0.8% | -18.8% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 26,075 | 1.4% | -4.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 12,634 | 1.2% | 2.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 22,291 | -1.1% | 2.8% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 5,919 | -0.6% | -11.6% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 40.55 | 2.35% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 43.24 | 2.10% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,799 | -0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 290 | 2.1% |
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UK 100 called to open+75 points this morning at 6170. Driven higher as this week marks the beginning of US earnings season this week is being viewed positively, investors will be hoping for signs of economic recovery to be seen. Last week saw China's equity markets have their best week for five years amid hopes the world’s second-largest economy is headed for a v-shaped recovery from the pandemic. This continued overnight as Japan’s Nikkei gained 1.7 percent, whilst the Hang Seng rose by 0.8% and the CSI in China rose 2.3%. Gold is changing hands for $1,808.50 an ounce, up $6.60 & Brent crude trades at $42.92 a barrel, down 42 cents.
Associated British Foods has said it would not take advantage of the British government scheme to pay employers for bringing back staff from furlough.
Centamin reports FY gold production range has narrowed to 510,000-525,000 ounces, with FY cost guidance unchanged between $630-680 per ounce produced. No material disruption to gold production or shipments from COVID-19.
G4S announces they expect H1 2020 earnings to be significantly above market consensus as the group has continued to deliver a resilient trading performance during June.
Centamin
Halma
AO World
Ocado Group
CN - Chinese Foreign Direct Investment
UK - Bank Of England Governor Bailey Speech
US - Monthly Budget Statement
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F&C Investment Trust
Hipgnosis Songs Fund
Liontrust Asset Management
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