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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| POLYMETAL INTERNATIONAL PLC | 1,286.0 | 1.6% |
| IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC | 1,950.8 | 1.5% |
| SSE PLC | 1,508.5 | 0.5% |
| PEARSON PLC | 568.4 | 0.5% |
| PERSIMMON PLC | 3,053.0 | 0.4% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| HARGREAVES LANSDOWN PLC | 1725.0 | -8.2% |
| EVRAZ PLC | 352.6 | -4.3% |
| ASHTEAD GROUP PLC | 2455.0 | -3.8% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 1223.5 | -3.7% |
| INTERTEK GROUP PLC | 5760.0 | -3.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,286 | -1.3% | 3.8% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 28,256 | -2.1% | 12.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 12,982 | -1.3% | 16.1% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 22,972 | -1.0% | 10.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,923 | -1.3% | 18.1% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 51.63 | 0.14% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 56.33 | -0.51% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,574 | -0.9% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 254 | 0.8% |
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UK 100 called to open +30 points at 7309; Chinese shares tumbled and the yuan weakened as traders returned from an extended holiday amid the worsening coronavirus outbreak. Support measures from China’s government helped stem losses somewhat in Asia, while U.S. futures rose. The Nikkei fell 233 points to close at 22,971, whilst the Hang Seng in Hong Kong actually closed out the day in the green closing +85 points at 26,387. The U.S closed out the week in the red, the Dow Jones losing 603 points, to close at 28,256, The S&P 500 closed at 3,225, a fall of 58 points & the Nasdaq completed the all red day, falling 148 points to trade at 9,150. Crude oil continued to slide over the weekend, trading at $57 per barrel at time of writing. While gold held firm at $1575.
GSK is collaborating with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to contribute towards the effort of developing a vaccine for the coronavirus outbreak.
Imperial Brands announce that Stefan Bomhard is to join the board as CEO from Inchcape.
Ryanair reports Q3 net profit of 88m euros due to stronger Christmas/New year traffic. Traffic +6% and revenue per guest rose 13%. FY20 guidance has risen to a range of 0.95bn-1.05bn.
Source: Bloomberg, FT, Reuters, DJ Newswires, AlphaTerminal
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Britvic Upgraded to Overweight by Morningstar (Bloomberg: 11 Buys/ 3 Holds/ 5 Sells)
Drax Upgraded to Overweight by Barclays (Bloomberg: 8 Buys/ 4 Holds/ 0 Sells)
Johnson Matthey Upgraded to Buy by Morningtar (Bloomberg: 11 Buys/ 3 Holds/ 5 Sells)
London Stock Exchange Downgraded to Market Perform by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (Bloomberg: 8 Buys/ 4 Holds/ 2 Sells)
McCarthy & Stone Downgraded to Hold by Jefferiess (Bloomberg: 3 Buys/ 2 Holds/ 3 Sells)
SSE Upgraded to Overweight by Barclays (Bloomberg: 7 Buys/ 10 Holds/ 2 Sells)
TalkTalk Upgraded to Hold by HSBC (Bloomberg: 2 Buys/ 5 Holds/ 8 Sells)
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