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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| COMPASS GROUP PLC | 1,582.5 | 2.8% |
| PERSHING SQUARE HOLDINGS LTD | 2,610.0 | 2.8% |
| ENTAIN PLC | 1,614.5 | 2.3% |
| FLUTTER ENTERTAINMENT PLC-DI | 13,200.0 | 2.1% |
| INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROU | 4,922.0 | 2.0% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 867.6 | -1.6% |
| ADMIRAL GROUP PLC | 2908.0 | -1.0% |
| ANTOFAGASTA PLC | 1525.0 | -0.9% |
| BHP GROUP PLC | 2102.5 | -0.7% |
| IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC | 1659.0 | -0.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,052 | 0.5% | 17.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,394 | 0.5% | 40.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,438 | 0.4% | 39.4% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,554 | 0.7% | 37.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,115 | 1.0% | 26.7% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 66.19 | 0.21% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 68.67 | 0.31% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,878 | -0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 454 | 0.4% |
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UK 100 is called to open +20 points this morning at 7071. A positive open is predicted on the UK blue chip index this morning, following on from a strong session stateside yesterday, which saw all major indices finish in the green, led by the tech sector, which pushed the Nadsdaq Composite up another 1.4% to just over 13,661. The S&P 500 rose 1% and the Dow Jones finished 0.5% higher. This positive sentiment continued into Asia today, The Shanghai Composite in China surged 1.80% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose 1.38%. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.49%
Aveva says their business outlook has improved in most markets and they're confident in their FY21 outlook.
Electrocomponents says expectations for strong growth in FY22 remain unchanged.
Restaurant Group have been encouraged by the trading performance they have seen so far in 2021 as they have completed a refinancing arrangement which will provide £450m of new debt facilities.
Smiths Group hires Paul Keel as their new CEO as Andy Reynolds Smith steps down.
Ted Baker has refinanced by extending its Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) with its existing syndicate of lending banks. The RCF is for £90m reducing to £80m in Jan 2022.
Deutsche Bank resumes rating Travis Perkins with a Hold (9 Buys / 7 Holds / 1 Sell)
Aveva Group
Avon Rubber
Big Yellow Group
Electrocomponents
Greencore Group
Shaftesbury
Babcock
Biffa
British Land
Intertek Group
Marks & Spencer Group
Mediclinic International
SSE
Softcat
German Gross Domestic Product
US Housing Price Index
US S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices
US New Home Sales
US Consumer Confidence
BoE's Tenreyro speech
UK 100:
Severn Trent
Evraz
DCC
Imperial Brands
Intertek Group
Sage Group
UK 250:
Vivo Energy
Diversified Energy Company
HICL Infrastructure
Great Portland Estates
Britvic
BlackRock World Mining Trust
Grainger
Scottish American Investment Company
Euromoney Institutional Investor
IntegraFin Holdings
Games Workshop Group
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