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| Tuesday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC | 96.5 | 9.4% |
| BT GROUP PLC | 106.1 | 8.2% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 175.4 | 7.1% |
| BP PLC | 299.3 | 6.5% |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 245.3 | 6.5% |
| Tuesday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| DIAGEO PLC | 2721.0 | -5.6% |
| AVAST PLC | 570.0 | -4.2% |
| BERKELEY GROUP HOLDINGS/THE | 4413.0 | -3.2% |
| LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP | 8438.0 | -2.9% |
| HALMA PLC | 2183.0 | -2.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,036 | 0.1% | -18.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 26,828 | 0.6% | 1.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 12,601 | -0.4% | 6.1% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 22,574 | 1.7% | 7.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,038 | 1.9% | -10.8% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 41.56 | 1.34% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 44.35 | 0.45% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,017 | 2.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 290 | -0.4% |
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UK 100 called to open +30 points this morning at 6061. Calls for a positive open come as US Markets were driven over fresh hopes of additional stimulus, after house Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the senate minority leader and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows held “productive” discussions on Monday, but added there are several issues still outstanding. Both sides have indicated they have agreed on an additional $1,200 stimulus, but, no agreement has been met on additional support for unemployed. All three major US indices closed in the green on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones gaining about 165 points, for its third straight day of gains. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose 0.36% and 0.35%, respectively. The Nasdaq closed for a fifth day in a row at record highs. Gold closed up 1.75% at $2,021, a new record close and its first close above $2,000 ever. Brent Crude oil closed on Tuesday up 0.63% at $44.43, while WTI crude closed up 1.68% at $41.70, hitting at high of $42.08 its highest level since July 23rd when it traded as high as $42.36.
Coca Cola HBC sees recovery as market reopen, as its performance has recovered steadily from April lows as its markets gradually reopened from coronavirus-led lockdowns. Operating profit fell 35.8% to 208.8m euros for H1 2020, missing consensus.
Ferrexpo delivers increased sales and production volumes, resilient financial performance in H1 2020.
Legal & General posts a 2% drop in H1 2020 operating profit, hurt by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Operating profit fell to £1.13bn (2019: £1.15bn) and net cash generation dropped 14% to £730m. They are to pay an interim dividend for 2020 of 4.93p, the same as a year ago.
Metro Bank swings to £240m loss for H1 2020 (2019: £3.4m profit) on pandemic bad loan charges.
William Hill reported better-than-expected H1 2020 profit while announcing 119 of its UK betting shops closed by coronavirus lockdowns would not re-open as it combines its online and retail businesses. Operating profit fell to £11.8m (2019: £76.2m) while revenue slumped by just under a third.
Hill & Smith
Legal & General
Page Group
William Hill
UDG Healthcare
Ferrexpo
Segro
Evraz
Mondi
Savills
Serco
ITV
Aviva
Glencore
Cineworld
CN - Caixin Services PMI
EU - Retail Sales Data
US - Trade Balance
US - ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
JP - Gross Domestic Product
UK 100:
Unilever
Fresnillo
UK 250:
Sabre Insurance Group
IMI
HICL Infastructure
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
Moneysupermarket Grou
Kainos Group
St. Modwen Properties
Avon Rubber
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