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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| JUST EAT TAKEAWAY | 8,058.0 | 7.0% |
| KINGFISHER PLC | 274.7 | 4.3% |
| BT GROUP PLC | 139.0 | 3.6% |
| NATIONAL GRID PLC | 900.8 | 3.3% |
| DCC PLC | 5,606.0 | 3.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| CRH PLC | 3006.0 | -2.8% |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 1131.0 | -2.2% |
| ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC | 2251.0 | -1.8% |
| POLYMETAL INTERNATIONAL PLC | 1669.0 | -1.8% |
| 3I GROUP PLC | 1141.0 | -1.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,577 | 0.3% | -8.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 30,106 | -0.2% | 7.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,348 | 0.5% | 2.3% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 26,818 | 1.3% | 14.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,728 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 45.44 | -0.35% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 48.78 | -0.12% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,847 | -1.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 351 | 0.4% |
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UK 100 called to open +30 points this morning at 6587. Calls for a slightly positive open come today after Boris Johnson and his EU counterpart Ursula von der Leyen failed to make any substantial progress on Brexit talks last night. Stateside yesterday on Wall Street saw stock indices all fall on Wednesday as Republicans and Democrats continue to debate an evidently much needed economic stimulus package. The Dow Jones was down 105 points or 0.35% to close at 30,068 whilst the S&P 500 gave up 0.79% to finish the session at 3,672. The Nasdaq fell furthest, losing 243 points or 1.94% to finish Wednesday at 12,338. In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei was trading 61 points or 0.23% lower at 26,756 whilst Hong Kong’s Hang Seng slipped 134 points or 0.51% to 26,371. The Shanghai Composite
DS Smith posts a 54% drop in HY profit, hurt by lower prices for boxes and weak industrial demand although the company has decided to resume its dividend payout. Profit before tax fell to £97m and they declared an interim dividend of 4p per share.
FirstGroup swung to an adjusted HY pretax loss of £73.3m (2019: £19.9 profit), hurt by continued pressure on its UK rail and bus divisions as restrictions related to the pandemic prolonged the travel slump.
Frasers Group reported a 25% rise in H1 core earnings and raised its annual forecast, boosted by online sales and store reopenings after lockdowns. They reported EBITDA of £226.3m (2019: £181.2m).
Marston's posted an annual loss as they warned that the winter months would be both challenging and uncertain with 780 of its pubs remaining closed. They reported an underlying pretax loss of £22m (2019: £95.1m profit).
Ocado have raised their core earnings forecast for 2019-20 for the second time in two months after sales at its retail joint venture with Marks & Spencer rose 34.9% in Q4. Their forecast for FY EBITDA of over £70m was higher than their original forecast of over £60m (2019: £43.3m).
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Martsons
On the Beach Group
Bellway
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ECB Interest Rate Decision
US Consumer Price Index ex Food & Energy
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UK Industiral Production
US Initial Jobless Claims
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