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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BT GROUP PLC | 119.2 | 12.5% |
| DS SMITH PLC | 323.5 | 7.8% |
| CRODA INTERNATIONAL PLC | 6,660.0 | 7.0% |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 107.0 | 7.0% |
| IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC | 1,336.5 | 6.0% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INV TR PLC | 1012.0 | -6.7% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 2164.0 | -5.2% |
| FLUTTER ENTERTAINMENT PLC | 12790.0 | -4.5% |
| PERSIMMON PLC | 2682.0 | -3.9% |
| FERGUSON PLC | 8000.0 | -3.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,297 | 1.8% | -14.1% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 29,421 | 0.9% | 6.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,163 | 0.5% | -0.3% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 25,350 | 1.8% | 8.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,450 | 1.7% | -4.8% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 42.16 | 1.93% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 44.42 | 1.86% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,878 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 316 | 0.2% |
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UK 100 called to open +30 points this morning at 6326. Calls for a positive open come as investors are set to continue positive sentiment shown over the past two days in the markets, overnight in Asia it was a positive session, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 rising 1.67% while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up 0.2% on more optimism for a coronavirus vaccine. It was a mixed session the US yesterday however The Dow Jones closed 0.9% higher at 29,420 while the S&P 500 fell 0.14% to 3,545 and the Nasdaq sank 1.37% to 11,553, as traders in New York began to rotate away from tech firms and towards value stocks again.
BAE Systems have slightly raised their profit forecast saying demand for its capabilities remained high and orders for military kit this year had exceeded expectations.
Great Portland Estates reported a 18% plunge in the valuation of its retail portfolio due to the coronavirus restrictions, with office take-up in central London dropping to a record low. Its net rental income for H1 fell to £30.6m from £39.5m a year earlier.
J D Wetherspoon posted lower sales for Q1 of its new financial year, hit by coronavirus restrictions including changes in the tier categories, a 10pm curfew and a requirement to order all food and drink at the table. Sales fell 27.6% for the 15 weeks ended Nov 8th.
Royal Dutch Shell will halve its crude processing capacity and cut jobs at its Pulau Bukom oil refinery in Singapore as part of an overhaul to reduce its carbon emissions.
Tullow Oil have completed the $575m sale of its Uganda assets to Total. Tullow still has a net debt of $2.4bn and available liquidity of $1bn.
Great Portland Estates
Flutter Entertainment
Taylor Wimpey
JD Wetherspoon**
Hays**
Rank Group
ITM Power**
William Hill**
Ferguson
WH Smith
B&M European Value Retail**
Mediclinic International
National Grid
UK NIESR GDP Estimate
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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