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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC | 2,849.0 | 4.7% |
| IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC | 1,517.5 | 3.4% |
| SMURFIT KAPPA GROUP PLC | 3,358.0 | 2.6% |
| POLYMETAL INTERNATIONAL PLC | 1,672.0 | 2.3% |
| DS SMITH PLC | 348.6 | 2.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BERKELEY GROUP HOLDINGS/THE | 4421.0 | -7.2% |
| PERSIMMON PLC | 2716.0 | -5.3% |
| DCC PLC | 5464.0 | -5.2% |
| LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC | 37.3 | -4.3% |
| WHITBREAD PLC | 3171.0 | -4.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,555 | 0.1% | -9.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 30,070 | -0.5% | 7.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,271 | -0.2% | 0.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 26,467 | -0.3% | 13.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,688 | 0.2% | -0.3% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 45.26 | -1.09% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 48.20 | -1.21% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,866 | 0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 349 | -0.7% |
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UK 100 called to open -25 points this morning at 6530. A negative open is expected today as PM heads to Brussels to try and break Brexit negotiations deadlock. Yesterday on Wall Street it was a mixed session as stimulus package talks resumed in Congress. The Dow Jones 0.5% to 30,069.79 and the S&P 500 slipped 0.2% but the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.45%. Asian markets were lower on Tuesday as investors remained cautious over rising coronavirus cases. The Shanghai composite closed just 0.09% lower and in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index dropped by 0.61%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 closed lower by 0.30%.
Ashtead reported a 7% drop in quarterly profit as demand weakened for the tools it provides to the construction and industrial sectors in its biggest market, the USA. Underlying profit for Q2 was £330m (2019: £370m).
Ferguson reported that its Q1 profit rose 12.2%, boosted by demand for home improvement in the USA on higher new residential housing permits. Trading profit rose to $486m (2019: $433m).
KAZ Minerals have recommended the cash acquisition proposed by Nova Resources to their shareholders.
Renew Holdings
Ashtead
Creightons plc**
Stagecoach**
Victrex
Eurozone Gross Domestic Product
Eurozone ZEW Survey – Economic Sentiment
German ZEW Survey – Economic Sentiment
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Intermediate Capital Group
Homeserve
UK 250:
Ninety One
TR Property Investment Trust
XP Power
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