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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| SAINSBURY (J) PLC | 248.5 | 6.9% |
| BT GROUP PLC | 146.9 | 4.1% |
| CRH PLC | 3,504.0 | 3.6% |
| MONDI PLC | 1,886.5 | 3.4% |
| FERGUSON PLC | 9,206.0 | 3.3% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| AUTO TRADER GROUP PLC | 583.4 | -4.3% |
| BRITISH LAND CO PLC | 466.9 | -2.8% |
| RIGHTMOVE PLC | 627.0 | -2.8% |
| PEARSON PLC | 682.6 | -2.2% |
| EXPERIAN PLC | 2823.0 | -2.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,857 | 0.2% | -9.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 31,041 | 0.7% | 8.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,968 | 0.6% | 4.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,139 | 2.4% | 21.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,758 | 0.7% | -0.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 51.31 | 0.94% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 54.87 | 0.90% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,910 | -0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 372 | 0.6% |
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UK 100 called to open +40 points this morning at 6896. Calls for a positive open this morning come on the back of a positive session stateside yesterday the Dow Jones rose above 31,000, closing at 31,041, up 212 points. The index has added 1,000 points in just 29 trading days. The S&P 500 index also gained, 56 points to 3,804 and the Nasdaq Composite put on 327 points at 13,067. Asian markets continued this positive trend on Friday with Japan’s Nikkei 225 594 points to the good at 28,085 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng 210 points firmer at 27,759.
Barratt Developments expects to resume dividends next month, after posting a 14.3% rise in forward sales for H1 as demand rebounded from COVID-19 lockdown lows. They reported total forward sales of 13,588 homes (up from 11,885 in the previous year).
Marks & Spencer reported another big fall in clothing and homeware sales in its Christmas quarter, hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic hitting demand and restrictions to stem the virus closing stores. Revenue in its clothing and home division slumped 25.1% in Q3, having fallen 21.3% in Q2. Food sales were up 2.2%, having increased 1.6% in Q2.
Marston's says it expects pubs to be closed until March as part of the latest national lockdown imposed across the country, with some restrictions to remain on reopening. They said trading was materially disrupted during the last quarter in 2020 due to pandemic-led restrictions, logging total pub revenue of £54m for the period.
Pets at Home sees FY underlying pretax profit of at least £77m ahead of previous guidance.
Barratt Developments
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