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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 205.3 | 7.0% |
| TAYLOR WIMPEY PLC | 166.6 | 5.7% |
| PENNON GROUP PLC | 922.2 | 5.5% |
| PERSIMMON PLC | 2,729.0 | 5.4% |
| BERKELEY GROUP HOLDINGS/THE | 4,265.0 | 5.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 420.2 | -1.4% |
| INFORMA PLC | 543.8 | -1.3% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 2176.0 | -1.1% |
| TESCO PLC | 222.6 | -1.0% |
| SAINSBURY (J) PLC | 224.2 | -0.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,589 | 1.6% | -1.0% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 31,536 | 2.0% | 18.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,013 | 1.6% | 18.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 29,408 | -0.9% | 37.8% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,762 | -0.4% | 5.8% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 60.06 | -0.96% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 63.04 | -1.02% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,722 | -0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 410 | -0.4% |
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UK 100 is called to open +54 points this morning at 6668. Calls for a strong open this morning come as Rishi Sunak reportedly is set to spend another £20 billion on Covid support in his Budget. In Asia this overnight, Japan’s Nikkei closed up around 0.4% while China’s CSI 300 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 1.4% and nearly 2% respectively after bouncing back from the previous session’s falls. It was a more mixed picture Stateside yesterday, The Dow Jones gave back 143 points from Mondays rally, pressured by a 2.6% drop in Intel, While the S&P 500 registered a loss of about 0.8%. The Nasdaq was the biggest underperformer, dipping about 1.7% as Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google-parent Alphabet closed lower.
Biffa says their FY underlying EBIT to be well ahead of previous £42-44m expectations as impact of third lockdown on earnings is less severe than expected.
DS Smith sees FY results in line with expectations.
Hiscox expects to pay $475m in covid-related claims net of reinsurance.
Persimmon reported a slump in 2020 profit, but they are targeting a full return to pre-pandemic new home completion levels next year. Their pretax profit came in at £783.8m, compared with average analysts' forecasts of £857.7m profit expected.
Wizz Air says that their EVP & Group COO Pen have sold 18,499 shares at £54.70 each.
Goldman Sachs Upgrades Sage Group to Neutral from Sell (8 Buys / 8 Holds / 1 Sell)
Societe Generale Initiates coverage of Severn Trent with a Hold (1 Buy / 11 Holds / 0 Sells)
Societe Generale Initiates coverage of United Utilities with a Buy (3 Buys / 8 Holds / 0 Sells)
Avast
Biffa
IWG
Page Group
Persimmon
Polymetal
Prudential
Admiral Group
Aviva
CRH
Coats Group
Entain
John Laing
Meggitt
Melrose
Rathbone Brothers
Rentokil
Schroders
Vistry Group
William Hill
US ADP Employment Change
US ISM Services PMI
Chinese Caixin Services PMI
German Markit PMI Composite
Eurozone Markit PMI Composite
US Markit Services PMI
US Markit PMI Composite
US ISM Services
Fed's Beige Book
UK 100:
BHP Group
Rio Tinto
Standard Chartered
St. James's Place
Berkeley Group Holdings
UK 250:
Diversified Gas & Oil
Oxford Instruments
Safestore Holdings
Renishaw
Ashmore Group
Scottish American Investment Company
Jlen Environmental Assets Group
HICL Infrastructure
Personal Assets Trust
Dechra Pharmaceuticals
Genus
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