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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| INFORMA PLC | 598.6 | 4.1% |
| DCC PLC | 6,152.0 | 3.4% |
| ANTOFAGASTA PLC | 1,765.0 | 3.3% |
| EVRAZ PLC | 556.8 | 3.1% |
| SCHRODERS PLC | 3,534.0 | 2.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 1980.0 | -4.9% |
| M&G PLC | 205.1 | -4.2% |
| SPIRAX-SARCO ENGINEERING PLC | 11245.0 | -2.4% |
| COMPASS GROUP PLC | 1506.5 | -2.2% |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 124.6 | -2.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,780 | 0.3% | 31.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 32,862 | -0.5% | 63.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,776 | 1.2% | 75.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 29,792 | -1.4% | 80.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,708 | -0.6% | 40.3% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 59.82 | -0.30% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 63.18 | -0.16% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,743 | 0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 404 | -1.6% |
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UK 100 is called to open -47 points this morning at 6730. Calls for a subdued start to todays session come as investors take lead from yesterdays US session, where sentiment suggested that there was growing concerns over rising bond yields. Stateside saw the S&P 500 fall by 59 points to 3,915 as investors dumped technology stocks, while the Dow Jones only fell 153 points to 32,862. Asian markets continued this trend this morning. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 is down 458 points at 29,759 while in Hong Kong the Hang Seng is 556 points weaker at 28,850.
ContourGlobal reports that their 2020 revenue rose 6% ($1.41bn), funds from operations +12% ($380m) and income from operations +5% ($308m). They declared a dividend of 4.0951 US cents per share.
Investec expects their FY adjusted operating profit to be 14-24% lower YoY.
JD Wetherspoon swings to a pretax loss in FY21 of £61.4m (2020: £42m profit). They are not recommending an interim dividend "in current circumstances" and says they dealt with Covid rules with "no real basis in common sense or science".
Taylor Wimpey confirms that the UK CMA is moving to the next phase of investigation into its leaseholds.
Barclays Downgrades Hammerson to Underweight from Overweight (2 Buys / 9 Holds / 4 Sells)
Exane BNP Upgrades Asos to Outperform from Neutral (9 Buys / 9 Holds / 2 Sells)
Goldman Sachs Downgrades Hammerson to Sell from Neutral (2 Buys / 9 Holds / 4 Sells)
Societe Generale Upgrades Rio Tinto to a Buy from Hold (5 Buys / 11 Holds / 3 Sells)
ContourGlobal
Investec
OneSavings Bank
Sanne Group
Wetherspoon
Centamin
Kingfisher
BoJ Interest Rate Decision
BoJ Monetary Policy Statement
BoJ Press Conference
UK GfK Consumer Confidence
German Producer Price Index
UK 100:
British American Tobacco
NatWest Group
Prudential
Schroders
Pearson
Ferguson
UK 250:
BB Healthcare Trust
XP Power
Vistry Group
CLS Holdings
Close Brothers Group
Fidelity European Values
Ferrexpo
Games Workshop Group
888 Holdings
Mercantile Investment Trust
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