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Morning Report - 23 August 2021

Yesterday’s UK100 Leaders Price (p) % Chg
JD SPORTS FASHION PLC 996.8 2.9%
IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC 1,557.0 2.5%
B&M EUROPEAN VALUE RETAIL SA 568.6 2.3%
INTERMEDIATE CAPITAL GROUP 2,178.0 2.0%
SAINSBURY (J) PLC 294.7 1.9%

 

Yesterday’s UK100 Laggards Price (p) % Chg
ANGLO AMERICAN PLC 2868.5 -1.5%
PHOENIX GROUP HOLDINGS PLC 624.0 -1.4%
DIAGEO PLC 3523.0 -1.2%
PERSHING SQUARE HOLDINGS LTD 2540.0 -1.0%
ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 110.2 -1.0%
Major World Indices Price % Chg 1 YEAR
UK 100 INDEX 7,088 0.4% 18.1%
DOW JONES INDUS. AVG 35,120 0.7% 25.7%
DAX INDEX 15,808 0.3% 23.8%
NIKKEI 225 27,494 1.8% 20.0%
S&P/ASX 200 INDEX 7,490 0.4% 22.6%

 

Commodities Units Price % Chg
WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) USD/bbl. 63.35 1.95%
Brent Crude (ICE) USD/bbl. 66.57 2.13%
Gold Spot USD/t oz. 1,785 0.2%
Copper (Comex) USd/lb. 415 0.7%

 

The UK 100 is called to open +50 points today at 7137. 

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Markets Overview:

The UK 100 is called to open +50 points today at 7137.  A positive open is expected this morning for the UK blue hip index, this comes inspire of rising delta variant cases of Covid. Asian markets rose on Monday. Japan’s Nikkei surged over 1.5%, while both the Hang Seng and Shanghai Composite were up over 1%.  US markets rebounded on Friday with the three leading indexes ending in the green, thanks in part to strong showings from tech stocks. The Dow Jones ended 0.6% higher, S&P 0.8% up and Nasdaq Composite surging over 1%.

 

Company News & Broker Comments:

 

Company News:

 

Burford Capital expects to post a H1 2021 net loss of $70m.
Shaftesbury says weekly West End footfall has recovered to 50-60% of pre-pandemic levels. As they have collected 49% of contracted rent for Q4 2020, 40% for Q1 2021 and 51% for Q2.
WPP acquires AI technology company Satalia for an undisclosed sum.

Broker Comments

 

JP Morgan Upgrades Pearson to Overweight from Neutral (2 Buys / 7 Holds / 2 Sells)

 

Reporting Today:

 

None

 

Reporting Tomorrow:

 

John Wood Group

Puretech Health

 

In Focus Today:

 

German Markit Manufacturing PM

EU Markit PMI Composit

UK Markit Services PMI

Chicago Fed National Activity Index

US Markit Services PMI

EU Consumer Confidence

 

This Week's Ex-Dividends:

FTSE 100:

 

Aviva

Diageo

Land Securities Group

Mondi

Auto Trader Group

St. James's Place

 

FTSE 250:

 

Plus500

Apax Global Alpha

Drax Group

Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst

HICL Infrastructure

RHI Magnesita N.V.

OSB Group

BlackRock World Mining Trust

Ultra Electronics Holdings

4imprint Group

Capital & Counties Properties

Personal Assets Trust

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