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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ANGLO AMERICAN PLC | 3,270.5 | 6.3% |
| CRH PLC | 3,607.0 | 5.3% |
| BHP GROUP PLC | 2,306.0 | 5.0% |
| RIO TINTO PLC | 6,408.0 | 4.7% |
| GLENCORE PLC | 309.9 | 4.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 1962.0 | -2.1% |
| LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC | 718.6 | -1.7% |
| AVAST PLC | 455.9 | -1.5% |
| JUST EAT TAKEAWAY | 7181.0 | -1.2% |
| HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | 2337.0 | -1.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,039 | 1.7% | 20.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,230 | 0.3% | 44.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,171 | 2.1% | 43.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 29,331 | 1.8% | 49.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,062 | -0.5% | 31.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 65.73 | 0.15% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 69.13 | 0.25% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,793 | 0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 455 | 0.5% |
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UK 100 is called to open +8 points this morning at 7047. Calls for a positive open this morning follow yesterday's session which saw the UK blue-chip strike fresh 12 months highs. On Wall Street yesterday it was a mixed picture, The Dow Jones gained 97 points or 0.29% to finish Wednesday at 34,230. The S&P 500 ground out a modest 0.07% gain to end the session at 4,167 whilst the Nasdaq remained in negative territory, down 0.37% to 13,582. In Asia sentiment was strong and this translated to a green day across benchmarks, Japan’s Nikkei rallied up some 472 points or 1.64% to reach 29,284 whilst Hong Kong’s Hang Seng added 101 points or 0.35% to trade at 28,519.
Aston Martin Lagonda reports that their Q1 trading is in line with expectations.
Aviva sells their entire 40% stake in Turkish business AvivaSA Emeklilik to Ageas for £122m.
Barratt Developments expects annual home completions to be ahead of expectations as the sector benefits from government measures and low interest rates. They expect to increase wholly owned completions to between 16,000-16,250 homes this year as forward sales stood at £3.7bn (2020: £2.83bn).
Melrose says their trading is modestly ahead of expectations.
Next have raised their profit guidance for the 2021-22 year for the second time in two months as they reported better than expected Q1 trading. They raised their guidance to £720m from the £700m forecast in April.
Superdry sees "light at end of tunnel" as they returned to growth in Q4, helped by online and wholesale after COVID-19 disruption resulted in sales for the year falling 21% to £556.6m.
Berenberg Upgrades National Grid to Buy from Hold (10 Buys / 1 Hold / 0 Sells)
Barratt Developments
Derwent London
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Next
Rathbone Brothers
Trainline
International Consolidated Airlines Group
BoJ Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes
EU Retail Sales
BoE Interest Rate Decision
BoE's Governor Bailey speech
Chinese Caixin Services PMI
German Factory Orders s.a.
EU Economic Bulletin
US Initial Jobless Claims
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Admiral Group
Reckitt Benckiser Group
BP
Croda International
UK 250:
GCP Infrastructure Investments
Lancashire Holdings
Hipgnosis Songs Fund
Edinburgh Investment Trust
Hochschild Mining
UK Commercial Property REIT
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