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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP | 8,754.0 | 9.6% |
| BHP GROUP PLC | 1,856.2 | 5.7% |
| RIO TINTO PLC | 5,239.0 | 4.8% |
| BP PLC | 267.2 | 4.7% |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 116.8 | 4.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| SAINSBURY (J) PLC | 209.9 | -2.9% |
| BERKELEY GROUP HOLDINGS/THE | 4751.0 | -2.8% |
| RIGHTMOVE PLC | 628.0 | -2.7% |
| PERSIMMON PLC | 2763.0 | -2.7% |
| AVAST PLC | 472.6 | -2.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,463 | 1.2% | -11.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 29,827 | 0.0% | 7.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,313 | -0.5% | 2.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 26,801 | 0.1% | 13.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,590 | 0.0% | -4.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 45.46 | 2.04% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 48.31 | 1.88% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,828 | 0.7% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 350 | 0.3% |
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UK 100 called to open -15 points this morning at 6449. Calls for a negative open come as France’s President Macron threw a spanner into the Brexit trade negotiations by demanding tougher terms on the UK. Shares on the UK 100 were set to lose some of yesterday’s strong gains, partly due to concerns over the talks. France is joined in its hawkishness by the Netherlands and Denmark, who have all claimed EU negotiator Michel Barnier has been too soft, particularly over fish quotas. Elsewhere yesterday on Wall Street saw a mixed day among the indices. The Dow Jones closed Wednesday around 60 points or 0.2% higher at 29,883 while the S&P 500 similarly rose 0.18% to end the session at 3,669. At the same time, the Nasdaq dipped slightly to finish Wednesday at 12,349. In Asia overnight, Japan’s Nikkei closed slightly higher trading at 26,809 whilst Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up 0.7% at 26,723. The Shanghai Composite meanwhile closed 0.18% lower at 3,443.
Countryside Properties reports full-year adjusted revenue of £988.8m down 31% from a year earlier and adjusted operating profit £54.2m down 77%.
Standard Life Aberdeen sells 2.8% stake in insurance subsidiary HDFC Life Insurance for £172m. Its remaining stake stands at 8.9%.
Sainsbury's has followed Tesco and Morrisons in deciding to forgo the governments business rate relief on its stores during the pandemic. the company said it would pay back £410m of business rates.
Go-Ahead Group announces their trading update this morning. Regional bus services continue to be supported by the government whilst London and International bus is trading well. Expectations for full year are now ahead of previous guidance reflecting a on-off benefit due to timing of Quality Incetive Contract Scheme. Rail expectations are unchanged for the year.
St. Modwen Properties continue to see good customer demand in industrial and logistics. CEO says Co. has delivered strong operational results in 2020 and underlying performance in line with Board's expectations.
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