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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| COCA-COLA HBC AG-DI | 2,365.0 | 4.7% |
| INTERTEK GROUP PLC | 5,794.0 | 3.7% |
| AVAST PLC | 507.0 | 3.2% |
| DS SMITH PLC | 381.9 | 3.1% |
| BURBERRY GROUP PLC | 1,772.5 | 3.0% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC-A SHS | 1332.0 | -2.3% |
| LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC | 610.6 | -2.2% |
| ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC-B SHS | 1278.6 | -2.1% |
| ANGLO AMERICAN PLC | 2663.5 | -1.8% |
| NATWEST GROUP PLC | 172.2 | -1.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,529 | 0.1% | -13.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 31,431 | 0.0% | 6.4% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,041 | 0.8% | 3.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 29,520 | -0.1% | 24.6% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,807 | -0.6% | -4.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 57.71 | -0.91% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 60.63 | -0.83% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,819 | -0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 377 | 0.0% |
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UK 100 is called to open -20 points this morning at 6508. UK GDP released this morning showed the UK economy shrank by 9.9% in 2020, making it the worst year on record, however did avoid a double dip recession by beating expectations and growing 1.2% in the 4th quarter, coming in ahead of estimates of 1%. Banks will be under the spotlight today after Commerzbank's reports got matters off to a poor start yesterday, leading to concerns about NatWest and Barclays next week, and Lloyds. In Asia overnight, shares in Australia and Japan struggled for gains on Friday as major indices in China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday, a subdued start today also comes in-spite of a broadly firmer session yesterday stateside, although the Dow Jones ended the day seven points lower at 31,321; the S&P 500 climbed seven points to 3,916.
Jet2 raises £442m through the issue of 35.8m shares at 1180p per share.
Victrex reports that Q1 group revenue of £68.7m was 1% ahead of prior year (Q1 2020: £67.7m). They expect to see a weaker H1 in 2021 overall than what they endured in 2020.
Berenberg Downgrades Carnival to Sell from Hold (0 Buys / 6 Holds / 2 Sells)
HSBC Upgrades Diploma to a Buy from Hold (2 Buys / 5 Holds / 0 Sells)
Morgan Stanley initiates Ferguson with Equalweight (9 Buys / 8 Holds / 1 Sell)
Morgan Stanley initiates Breedon with Overweight (8 Buys / 1 Hold / 0 Sells)
Royal Bank of Canada reinitiates London Stock Exchange with Outperform (5 Buys / 4 Holds / 0 Sells)
City Of London Investment Trust
Victrex
Vistry
UK Gross Domestic Product
Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index
UK 100:
Special Dividend - Monday:
Tesco
Thursday:
Imperial Brands
BP
Pershing Square Holdings
GlaxoSmithKline
Royal Dutch Shell A
Royal Dutch Shell B
UK 250:
Murray Income Trust
GCP Student Living
NextEnergy Solar Fund
BBGI Global Infrastructure S.A.
Impax Environmental Markets
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