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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INV TR PLC | 794.8 | 6.6% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 901.4 | 5.0% |
| EXPERIAN PLC | 2,695.0 | 3.3% |
| ASHTEAD GROUP PLC | 4,120.0 | 2.6% |
| HALMA PLC | 2,265.0 | 2.4% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| HARBOUR ENERGY PLC | 382.1 | -10.8% |
| ITV PLC | 70.6 | -3.9% |
| PEARSON PLC | 742.8 | -2.0% |
| ROYAL MAIL PLC | 321.0 | -1.9% |
| NATIONAL GRID PLC | 1164.0 | -1.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,585 | 0.3% | 8.0% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,213 | 1.8% | -3.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,462 | 1.6% | -6.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 26,782 | 0.7% | -8.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,183 | 1.1% | 0.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 115.07 | 0.86% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 119.43 | 1.73% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,854 | 0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 431 | 1.1% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +37 points this morning at 7622. The UK 100 looks set to follow the pull higher of Wall Street and Asia to make a strong start to the trading week. This comes as Wall Street finished the week strongly, The Dow jumped 575.77 points, or nearly 1.8%, to 33,212.96. The S&P 500 rose about 2.5% to 4,158.24. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was the outperformer, helped by strong earnings from software companies and a fall in the 10-year Treasury yield. It was ended the day up 3.3% to reach 12,131.13. All three of the major averages closed the week higher. The Dow finished up 6.2% for the week and snapped its longest losing streak, eight weeks, since 1923. The S&P 500 is 6.5% higher and the Nasdaq is up 6.8% on the week.
IMI plc announces the proposed acquisition of Bahr Modultechnik Holding GmbH for an enterprise value of €98m
S4Capital reported gross profit and net revenue growth continued ahead of market guidance, revenue up 70.1% to £206.8 million, up 40.6% like-for-like, they said, balance sheet remains strong with net debt3 of £48.0 million at the end of the first quarter, with further merger payments, chiefly TheoremOne, made after quarter end.
Shaftesbury PLC and Capital & Counties PLC today announced an extension to PUSU Deadline for a possible all-share merger of the two companies
Speedy Hire reported this morning, a “Strong performance in line with strategic goals”
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EU leaders summit
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