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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 100.0 | 43.8% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 130.0 | 25.5% |
| INFORMA PLC | 558.0 | 22.2% |
| BRITISH LAND CO PLC | 454.0 | 21.9% |
| COMPASS GROUP PLC | 1,371.0 | 21.7% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 1109.0 | -15.3% |
| POLYMETAL INTERNATIONAL PLC | 1659.0 | -11.9% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 2283.0 | -11.5% |
| B&M EUROPEAN VALUE RETAIL SA | 482.0 | -9.8% |
| JUST EAT TAKEAWAY | 8392.0 | -8.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,186 | 4.7% | -15.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 29,158 | 3.0% | 5.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,096 | 4.9% | -1.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 24,906 | 0.3% | 6.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,341 | 0.7% | -5.7% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 40.29 | 0.00% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 42.50 | 0.24% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,887 | 1.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 314 | -0.6% |
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UK 100 called to open +10 points this morning at 6200. Calls for a positive open come on the back of a positive trading session in Asia overnight, which saw Japan’s Nikkei 225 advanced 0.26% meanwhile in China, the Shanghai composite dipped 0.62% as Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index added 0.29%. Yesterday on Wall Street, it was a mixed session, with the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 up 2.95% and 1.2% but the Nasdaq Composite falling 1.5% as eight of the top ten tech giants saw billions knocked off their valuations. Ivestors will be looking today fort amore positive sentiment following yesterdays vaccine announcement from Pfizer.
Persimmon declares another interim dividend of 70p per share, and said trading remained strong with it being fully sold up for the current year. Ther company benefitted from firm selling prices and strong demand for new homes. Completions for the second half of the year will be at least in line with last year.
Land Securities posted a bigger first half pre-tax loss, as rent payments were hit by large closures and a fall in consumer demand due to the pandemic. The loss widened from £147m last year to £835m this year.
DCC adjusted eps rose 7% to 117p. The company increased their dividend by 5% to 51.95p per share. Revenue decreased by 18.9% to £5.931bn.
Meggitt reports that it expected to make underlying profit of between £180m-£200m for 2020 despite travel markets weakening due to the second lockdown.
Direct Line posted lower premiums due to weaker car sales due the pandemic. They did also say that its roadside recovery and rescue service business Green Flag, was back to pre-pandemic levels.
AstraZeneca says Tezepelumab Phase III trial met primary end point in patients with low levels of Eosinophils (uncontrolled asthma).
Capita lost nearly £100m in Q3 revenue as COVIS-19 hit its businesses but did cut costs which helped make a small rise in adjusted core profits.
Land Securities
DCC
Renewi
Electrocomponents
Meggitt
Persimmon
Great Portland Estates
Flutter Entertainment
Taylor Wimpey
JD Wetherspoon**
Hays**
Rank Group
ITM Power**
William Hill**
Chinese Consumer Price Index
UK Claimant Count Change
UK ILO Unemployment Rate
Eurozone ZEW Survey – Economic Sentiment
German ZEW Survey – Economic Sentiment
UK 100:
Sainsbury (J)
Ferguson
RSA Insurance Group
GlaxoSmithKline
Royal Dutch Shell B
Royal Dutch Shell A
UK 250:
Schroder Oriental Income Fund
Airtel Africa
Morgan Sindall Group
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
Edinburgh Investment Trust
ICG Enterprise Trust
Baillie Gifford Japan Trust
BMO Commercial Property Trust
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