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| Wednesday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 156.7 | 4.4% |
| CRH PLC | 3,025.0 | 3.0% |
| GLENCORE PLC | 169.4 | 2.8% |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 1,287.5 | 2.7% |
| KINGFISHER PLC | 303.9 | 2.5% |
| Wednesday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| M&G PLC | 160.5 | -3.3% |
| RELX PLC | 1676.0 | -3.0% |
| AVAST PLC | 502.5 | -2.8% |
| BRITISH LAND CO PLC | 360.1 | -2.4% |
| DCC PLC | 5368.0 | -2.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 5,946 | -0.1% | -17.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 28,303 | 1.9% | 6.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 12,929 | 0.2% | 6.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 23,423 | -0.1% | 8.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,036 | 1.3% | -8.5% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 40.04 | -1.55% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 42.15 | -1.17% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,887 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 303 | 2.3% |
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UK 100 called to open +25 points this morning at 5970. Calls for a positive open come after Yesterday stateside we saw The Dow Jones climb by 530.70 points, or 1.9%, to close at 28,303.46, for its best single day of trading since July. The S&P 500 also advanced on Wednesday, by 1.7% to close at 3,419.45 & The Nasdaq Completed an all green day on Wall Street closing 1.9% higher at 11,364.60. The major indices took a leg up after President Donald Trump tweeted his support for aid to airlines and other stimulus measures, giving investors fresh hope that a smaller aid package could be passed. This positive sentiment filtered through into Asia, as A whole host of Asian shares climbed to a one-month high on Thursday. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index climbed by 254 points or 1.09% to trade at 23,668, in Hong Kong however, the Hang Seng slipped 152 points or 0.6% to 24,094. The Shanghai Composite was down 0.2% at 3,218.
EasyJet have warned it would report a loss of as much as £845m in its last financial year and said it continued to review its finances as travel remains subdued by the ongoing pandemic. They have also signalled to the government that it may need further financial support.
GVC Holdings have raised its estimates of annual core earnings after posting stronger Q3 revenue, helped by a surge in online gaming and as sports events such as the English Premier League resumed. They reported FY EBITDA of between £770-790m, as net gaming revenue rose 12% in Q3.
Hargreaves Lansdown say they have taken on £800m of net new business in Q3, despite what is described as weakening investor sentiment arising from COVID-19 and fresh Brexit uncertainty. They also added 31,000 net new clients over the period, taking their active client numbers to 1.44m, while assets under administration rose 3% to £106.9bn.
Imperial Brands have forecast FY net revenue to be broadly flat and in line with market estimates, as it works through the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The forecast is slightly above guidance, however the company forecast EPS to be down around 6%, also in line with market expectations, due to increasing its provisions because of COVID-19-related uncertainties.
Electrocomponents PLC
Hargreaves Lansdown
CMC Markets
Delta Air
Imperial Brands
JD Wetherspoon
Stagecoach
ECB Monetary Policy Meeting Accounts
US Initial Jobless Claims
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Spirax-Sarco Engineering
WPP
UK 250:
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust
PZ Cussons
F&C Investment Trust
QinetiQ Group
888 Holdings
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