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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 2,022.0 | 2.1% |
| SAINSBURY (J) PLC | 244.8 | 1.6% |
| NATIONAL GRID PLC | 842.0 | 1.6% |
| DCC PLC | 6,246.0 | 1.5% |
| AVAST PLC | 476.0 | 1.4% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 117.0 | -6.1% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 206.7 | -4.2% |
| BT GROUP PLC | 145.4 | -3.9% |
| BURBERRY GROUP PLC | 2035.0 | -3.7% |
| ANGLO AMERICAN PLC | 2804.5 | -3.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,709 | -1.1% | 29.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 32,628 | -0.7% | 70.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,621 | -1.1% | 63.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 29,174 | -2.1% | 76.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,752 | 0.7% | 40.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 60.39 | -1.68% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 63.80 | -1.13% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,730 | -0.9% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 409 | -0.6% |
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UK 100 is called to open -23 points this morning at 6685. Calls for a weaker open today come as focus once again has switched to the ongoing concerns regarding the Covid vaccine in mainland Europe and the bloc's position on exports of the vaccine to the UK. Also in focus will be growing concerns that overseas travel may get pushed until this is resolved. Elsewhere President Erdogan, has removed central bank chief Naci Agbal, sending the Turkish Lira lower. This led to a mixed session in Asia, The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong slipped 0.03% while the Shanghai Composite in China gained 0.89%. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 fell more than 2% and South Korea’s Kospi declined 0.04%.
Centamin reports a 2020 pretax profit of $315m (2019: $173m) as the gold produced in 2020 fell 6%. They realised an average gold price of $1,766 per ounce (up from $1,399). They declared a 3.0 US cents final dividend as their output, cost and dividend outlook are all unchanged from previous guidance.
Deliveroo sets their IPO price range between £3.90 and £4.60.
Kingfisher reported a 44% jump in FY 2020 pretax profit, driven by the popularity of DIY projects during the COVID-19 pandemic. They made an adjusted profit before tax of £786m, ahead of analysts' average forecast of £757m (2019: £544m).
Deutsche Bank Downgrades IAG to Hold from Buy (9 Buys / 5 Holds / 0 Sells)
JP Morgan Downgrades Virgin Money to Underweight from Neutral (7 Buys / 13 Holds / 3 Sells)
JP Morgan Upgrades Lloyds to Overweight from Neutral (6 Buys / 7 Holds / 3 Sells)
RBC Upgrades Travis Perkins to Outperform from Sector Perform (7 Buys / 11 Holds / 1 Sell)
UBS Upgrades Rightmove to Buy from Neutral (2 Buys / 7 Holds / 5 Sells)
UBS Upgrades Computacenter to Neutral from Sell (4 Buys / 2 Holds / 1 Sell)
Centamin
Kingfisher
Diploma
Elementis
PBoC Interest Rate Decision
Fed's Chair Powell speech
Chicago Fed National Activity Index
Fed's Daly speech
Fed's Quarles speech
Fed's Bowman speech
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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