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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| FLUTTER ENTERTAINMENT PLC | 15,815.0 | 5.5% |
| ANGLO AMERICAN PLC | 2,989.5 | 4.6% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 211.9 | 3.2% |
| SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INV TR PLC | 1,168.0 | 3.1% |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 956.6 | 2.7% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 425.1 | -4.7% |
| PERSIMMON PLC | 2986.0 | -3.8% |
| ASTRAZENECA PLC | 7011.0 | -2.5% |
| STANDARD CHARTERED PLC | 484.5 | -1.9% |
| HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | 2231.0 | -1.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,737 | 0.2% | 28.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 32,486 | 0.6% | 53.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,569 | 0.2% | 59.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 29,718 | 1.7% | 60.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,767 | 0.8% | 27.6% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 65.55 | -0.71% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 69.21 | -0.60% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,711 | -0.7% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 411 | -0.8% |
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UK 100 is called to open -20 points this morning at 6716. Calls for a negative open this morning come in spite of an increase of demand for UK bonds since the Brexit trade agreement from international investors. UK GDP data today showed the UK economy shrank by 2.9% in January, better than the expected 4.9% contraction. It was broadly a positive session stateside yesterday, the Dow Jones climbed by 189 points to close at 32,486 and the S&P 500 rose by 41 points to 3,939. However, the picture has been more mixed this morning in Asia, where Japan’s Nikkei 225 has fallen by 467 points to trade at 29,679 while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is 166 points lower at 29,220.
Berkeley Group says they are on track to deliver FY profit similar to last year's £540m.
Bodycote books £52m in restructuring costs in 2020 and says they are "well-placed" after completing its restructuring programme. They swung to a 2020 pretax loss of £1.5m (2019: £123.9m profit).
Burberry expects their comparable store retail sales in Q4 to be up between 28-32% as they expect revenue and adjusted operating profit to be ahead of consensus after a strong rebound in sales since December.
Hammerson reports that recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will take time as their FY 2020 pretax loss widens to £1.73bn (2019: £779.3m loss).
JD Sports agrees to buy 60% of Polish based firm Marketing Investment Group (MIG).
Land Securities CFO Martin Greenslade is to resign on May 31st and be replaced by Vanessa Sims.
Berenberg Upgrades Petra Diamonds to a Buy from Hold (2 Buys / 4 Holds / 0 Sells)
Goldman Sachs Upgrades Barclays to Buy from Neutral (11 Buys / 9 Holds / 0 Sells)
Morgan Stanley Upgrades Tullow Oil to Overweight from Equal weight (2 Buys / 8 Holds / 6 Sells)
Societe Generale Upgrades Centrica to a Buy from Hold (3 Buys / 8 Holds / 0 Sells)
Societe Generale Upgrades Royal Dutch Shell B to a Buy from Hold (18 Buys / 6 Holds / 6 Sells)
UBS Downgrades Rotork to Neutral from Buy (6 Buys / 9 Holds / 1 Sell)
UBS Downgrades Ibstock to Neutral from Buy (2 Buys / 8 Holds / 0 Sells)
Berkeley Group
Bodycote
Cineworld**
Hammerson
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German Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices
US Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index
UK Gross Domestic Product
EU Industrial Production
US Producer Price Index ex Food & Energy
UK 100:
SEGRO
Anglo American
Hikma Pharmaceuticals
CRH
M&G
UK 250:
Dunelm Group
BlackRock World Mining Trust
Tritax Big Box REIT
Spirent Communications
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