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| Yesterday’s UK100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| SSE PLC | 1,623.5 | 5.0% |
| SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INV TR PLC | 1,375.0 | 2.7% |
| FLUTTER ENTERTAINMENT PLC-DI | 12,940.0 | 1.7% |
| ASHTEAD GROUP PLC | 5,510.0 | 1.3% |
| NEXT PLC | 8,072.0 | 1.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| HARGREAVES LANSDOWN PLC | 1454.5 | -11.3% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 167.7 | -3.3% |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 109.1 | -3.0% |
| WEIR GROUP PLC/THE | 1640.0 | -2.7% |
| BRITISH LAND CO PLC | 515.8 | -2.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,132 | 0.1% | 18.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 35,102 | -0.3% | 28.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,745 | -0.1% | 24.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,820 | 0.3% | 24.6% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,538 | 0.0% | 23.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 66.48 | -2.64% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 69.21 | -2.11% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,730 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 429 | -1.4% |
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The UK 100 is called to open flat today at 7130. Calls for a flat open follow mixed UK consumer spending data overnight and a weaker session stateside yesterday, which saw the Dow fall 106.66 points from record highs on Friday to close at 35,101.85, or 0.3%. The S&P 500 trade down 0.1% at 4,432.35. Meanwhile, the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose by 0.16% to 14,860.18. It was a more buoyant outlook in Asia this morning the Shanghai Composite in China gained 0.40% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index lifted 0.67% In Japan, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.25%.
Bellway today said they had seen a strong recovery in housing revenue, which rose by 41% to over £3.1 billion (2020 - £2,204.4 million, 2019 - £3,180.1 million), and only 2.5% below the level achieved in financial year 2019, they also said they had a record forward sales position, with an order book comprising 7,082 homes (2020 - 6,588 homes, 2019 - 4,878 homes) at a value of £2,022.3 million5 (2020 - £1,760.2 million, 2019 - £1,223.9 million), which they believe offers a strong platform for growth in the year ahead.
Derwent London today released results and announced "sentiment is improving as the year progresses which has been reflected in our results and encouraged us to raise our ERV guidance. We are well positioned to invest and are moving forward with our next phase of net zero carbon developments and today's acquisitions have added to our extensive pipeline."
Flutter Entertainment today delivered results, reporting revenue and Adjusted EBITDA growth of 99% and 75% respectively benefitting from May 2020 combination with The Stars Group, profit before tax of £77m, including amortisation charge of £276m for acquired intangibles and said the second half of the year has started well and we look forward to making further progress in the coming months.
Bellway
Derwent London
Gamesys
IWG
Intercontinental Hotels Group
M&G
Admiral
Avast
Hill & Smith
Phoenix
Prudential
Quilter
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
Chinese FDI - Foreign Direct Investment
EU ZEW Survey – Economic Sentiment
German ZEW Survey – Economic Sentiment
US Nonfarm Productivity
FTSE 100:
Evraz
Rio Tinto
Legal & General Group
NatWest Group
Next
BP
Royal Dutch Shell B
Royal Dutch Shell A
Barclays
Fresnillo
Pearson
Astrazeneca
SEGRO
Standard Chartered
FTSE 250:
Ferrexpo
Jupiter Fund Management
Direct Line Insurance Group
Greencoat UK Wind
Renewables Infrastructure Group
Vivo Energy
Ibstock
Hiscox
UK Commercial Property REIT
Domino's Pizza Group
Spirent Communications
Scottish American Investment Company
ICG Enterprise Trust
IMI
IP Group
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