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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| AVAST PLC | 598.2 | 7.1% |
| LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP | 7,166.0 | 3.3% |
| STANDARD CHARTERED PLC | 474.5 | 2.8% |
| ROYAL MAIL PLC | 445.7 | 2.8% |
| JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC | 2,328.0 | 2.4% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| AVEVA GROUP PLC | 3265.0 | -2.8% |
| EVRAZ PLC | 603.2 | -2.7% |
| B&M EUROPEAN VALUE RETAIL SA | 585.0 | -2.4% |
| DARKTRACE PLC | 568.5 | -2.3% |
| RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC | 623.6 | -2.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,352 | 0.1% | 14.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 36,087 | 0.0% | 22.4% |
| DAX INDEX | 16,149 | 0.3% | 22.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 29,808 | 0.1% | 15.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,420 | -0.7% | 14.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 81.56 | 0.84% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 82.89 | 1.02% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,863 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 440 | -0.2% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -5 points today at 7346. A modestly lower open is expected this morning in the UK, this comes on the back of a mixed session in Asia this morning as investors watched for developments from a virtual meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping. China’s Shanghai Composite fell 0.30% while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index surged 1.20%. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.11% but South Korea’s Kospi dipped 0.08%. Stateside yesterday saw the Dow dip about 13 points, or 0.04%, for its fourth negative session in the last five days. However at the high of the day the Dow gained about 136 points. The S&P 500 finished the day unchanged at 4,682.87. The Nasdaq dipped 0.04% on the day. The Russell 2000 was the relative under performer, declining 0.45%.
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FTSE 100:
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Pershing Square Holdings
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FTSE 250:
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Bytes Technology Group
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