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| Yesterday’s UK100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| AVEVA GROUP PLC | 3,416.0 | 2.6% |
| CRODA INTERNATIONAL PLC | 7,018.0 | 2.6% |
| ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC | 2,350.0 | 2.6% |
| ENTAIN PLC | 1,670.5 | 2.3% |
| WEIR GROUP PLC/THE | 1,900.0 | 2.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| INTERTEK GROUP PLC | 5650.0 | -5.0% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 1929.5 | -3.8% |
| BRITISH LAND CO PLC | 500.6 | -3.7% |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 103.0 | -2.3% |
| STANDARD CHARTERED PLC | 498.0 | -2.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,027 | 0.0% | 14.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,323 | 0.0% | 34.4% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,451 | -0.1% | 32.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,549 | -0.3% | 33.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,095 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 65.92 | -0.44% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 68.52 | -0.51% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,899 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 456 | 0.6% |
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UK 100 is called to open flat this morning at 7029. Calls for a flat open today come on the back of an all green day yesterday on Wall Street, the Dow Jones closed higher, albeit up just 10 points or 0.03% at 34,323. The S&P marked a 0.19% improvement with a finish at 4,195. and the Nasdaq completed a green sweep, managing a 0.59% gain to end the session at 13,738. In Asia today it was a more mixed picture, in Japan, the Nikkei was 0.61% lower at 28,468 whilst Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped 0.31% to 29,077. The Shanghai Composite, in China meanwhile rose slightly, up 0.23% at 3,601.
Aviva's life insurance new business premiums were steady at £8.3bn in Q1, supported by record quarterly net flows in its savings and retirement business. General insurance net written premiums rose 4% to £2bn.
Johnson Matthey have forecast low-to-mid teens growth in 2021 due to robust demand for its autocatalytic converters and tighter pollution regulations in Asia. They reported a lower annual profit of £504m (2020: £539m).
Pets at Home sees higher profit on lockdown pet adoptions boost.
Tate & Lyle reports FY adjusted profit before tax of £335m.
United Utilities reported a 17.8% drop in FY underlying profit, hit by lower water consumption after offices closed due to coronavirus lockdowns and higher infrastructure spending.
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