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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 915.8 | 3.5% |
| POLYMETAL INTERNATIONAL PLC | 1,646.0 | 2.9% |
| BT GROUP PLC | 166.2 | 2.8% |
| RIO TINTO PLC | 6,275.0 | 2.3% |
| SAINSBURY (J) PLC | 264.5 | 2.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 103.0 | -4.3% |
| ANTOFAGASTA PLC | 1702.0 | -4.3% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 189.7 | -3.7% |
| WHITBREAD PLC | 3085.0 | -3.0% |
| WEIR GROUP PLC/THE | 1836.5 | -2.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,033 | -0.2% | 16.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,328 | -0.2% | 44.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,397 | -0.1% | 47.1% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,407 | 2.1% | 41.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,066 | 0.6% | 29.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 66.50 | 0.35% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 69.72 | 0.37% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,869 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 477 | 1.3% |
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UK 100 is called to open +70 points this morning at 7102. The UK blue-chip index is set to rise this morning, a day on from the next stage of the road map out of lock down. Yesterday on Wall Street, all major indices ended the day in the red with the tech-heavy Nasdaq leading the fall, down 0.40%, the Dow Jones losing 0.2% and the S&P 500 falling 0.25%. All three indices however did pull up off their lows during the session. The positive sentiment has been set from Asia this morning, even as Japan’s economy shrank at an annualised rate of 5.1% in the January to March period, as per government data. The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong gained 1.27% while the Shanghai Composite in China rose 0.15%. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 surged 2.3%
Britvic reports that their H1 profit after tax fell 14.7% to £33.2m.
DCC reports that their FY group adjusted operating profit increased 7.3% to £530.2m and confirmed their FY dividend per share of 159.8p. They expect FY 2022 will be another year of profit growth and development.
GSK and Medicago COVID-19 vaccine receive positive interim phase 2 results.
Imperial Brands are on track to deliver FY results in line with guidance.
Land Securities report that its FY loss widened as the pandemic battered its key London-focused office portfolio with many companies remaining in remote working mode. They reported a loss before tax of £1.39bn (2020: £837m loss).
Vodafone reported a 1.2% drop in FY adjusted earnings, coming in at the bottom end of its guidance and missing market expectations but they have forecast growth for this year. They posted an adjusted EBITDA of 14.4bn euros on revenue of 43.8bn euros, down 2.6% for the year.
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