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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 84.0 | 9.7% |
| NATWEST GROUP PLC | 128.8 | 7.3% |
| TAYLOR WIMPEY PLC | 116.1 | 6.9% |
| BARCLAYS PLC | 113.4 | 5.9% |
| RSA INSURANCE GROUP PLC | 452.1 | 5.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| JUST EAT TAKEAWAY | 8636.0 | -1.4% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 2430.0 | -1.2% |
| DS SMITH PLC | 289.6 | -0.8% |
| BT GROUP PLC | 101.0 | -0.7% |
| B&M EUROPEAN VALUE RETAIL SA | 503.0 | -0.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 5,787 | 2.3% | -21.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 27,480 | 2.1% | 0.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 12,089 | 2.6% | -6.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 23,695 | 1.7% | 3.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,062 | -0.1% | -9.3% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 37.97 | 0.82% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 40.07 | 0.91% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,895 | -0.7% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 305 | -1.3% |
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UK 100 called to open -50 points this morning at 5736. Calls for a tepid open come as traders wait with some trepidation for the results from yesterday’s tighter than expected US election. Overnight Stateside, before the polls closed, the Dow Jones Industrials Average ended nearly 555 points, or 2.1% higher at 27,480, while the broader S&P 500 index gained 1.8% and the tech-laden Nasdaq Composite added 1.9%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was 0.2% higher, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 index added 1.9%, albeit having been closed in the previous session.
Boohoo announces a Save As You Earn (SAYE) share scheme for its employees, giving them the opportunity to participate in the future growth of the company.
BP is close to selling its central London HQ for £250m as the coronavirus pandemic has forced the company to cut costs.
Marks & Spencer slumped to its first loss in 94 years after clothing sales were hammered by the COVID-19 pandemic. They reported a pretax loss of £17.4m, which was ahead of analysts' average forecast of a £59m loss (2019: £176.5m profit).
Provident Financial report that they are on track to meet market expectations for 2020.
Stobart Group reports a H1 pretax loss of £77.4m (2019: £15.5m loss) from continuing operations. They have £119.1m of cash and undrawn banking facilities following its capital raise in June, as its aviation division has been severely impacted by covid-19.
Stobart Group
Smurfit Kappa
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Aveva Group
Sainsbury
Trainline
Wincanton
Wizz Air
Astrazeneca
Howden Joinery
RSA insurance
Superdry
Hansard
US ADP Employment Change
US ISM Services PMI
Chinese Caixin Services PMI
EcoFin Meeting
German Markit PMI Composite
Eurozone Markit PMI Composite
US Trade Balance
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BP
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Softcat
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