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| Wednesday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Persimmon | 2589 | 6.41% |
| Berkeley Group | 4400 | 3.8% |
| GVC Holdings | 834.8 | 3.09% |
| Barratt Developments | 532.2 | 1.95% |
| Antofagasta | 989.2 | 1.94% |
| Wednesday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Rolls Royce | 256.3 | -10.95% |
| National Grid | 850 | -5.47% |
| BP | 290 | -4.43% |
| Whitbread | 2164 | -4.33% |
| British American Tobacco | 2920 | -4.22% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,050 | -1.7% | -19.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 25,706 | -1.4% | -4.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 12,489 | 0.0% | 0.4% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 22,529 | 0.4% | 4.6% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 5,955 | 0.6% | -11.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 39.53 | -3.35% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 42.33 | -2.22% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,804 | -0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 284 | 0.6% |
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UK 100 called to open -50 points this morning at 6008. The sharp rise in new COVID-19 cases sparked concerns that new lockdowns could derail an economic recovery as a record-breaking surge of coronavirus cases hit several US states.. The UK 100 looks set to test the 6000 level having broken below rising support overnight as Asian markets were this morning in the red, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 off 145 points at 22,384 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index down 455 points at 25,755. With the US results season about to start in earnest next week, US indices had a rough day yesterday with the Dow Jones off 361 points at 25,706 and the S&P 500 18 points lower at 3,152. The NASDAQ once again bucked the trend rising 55 points to 10,548.
Boohoo announces that the Trustee of the Group's Employee Benefit Trust has now completed the purchase of 9,914,409 shares at an average price of 255.84p.
Restaurant Group says they've extended the term of their current revolving credit facility by 6 months to 30th June 2022. Current re-opening plans for group are to have around 25% of total estate operational by end of July, increasing to 90% by end of September.
Senior has laid off another 12% of its staff and has forecast a drop in revenue of around 30% in H1 2020 as it deals with a steep downturn in the areospace industry.
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