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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| AVAST PLC | 444.6 | 5.9% |
| SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INV TR PLC | 1,117.0 | 5.8% |
| M&G PLC | 214.8 | 4.7% |
| KINGFISHER PLC | 286.1 | 4.3% |
| ENTAIN PLC | 1,473.0 | 4.0% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| STANDARD LIFE ABERDEEN PLC | 296.1 | -7.2% |
| ANGLO AMERICAN PLC | 2885.5 | -4.4% |
| RIO TINTO PLC | 5819.0 | -3.7% |
| EVRAZ PLC | 583.6 | -2.7% |
| GLENCORE PLC | 284.9 | -2.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,730 | 0.2% | 12.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 31,833 | 0.1% | 27.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,438 | 0.4% | 35.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 29,037 | 0.0% | 46.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,714 | -0.8% | 13.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 63.43 | -0.91% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 66.84 | -1.01% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,716 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 400 | -0.1% |
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UK 100 is called to open -35 points this morning at 6695. Calls for an open in the red are due in part to inflation concerns continuing to affect investor sentiment, this is despite a pullback in Treasury yields in the US on Tuesday also overnight figures showed China’s producer prices rose at the fastest pace in more than two years last month may have contributed to the lower open. Shares in Asia followed Wall Street higher on Wednesday following a rally for major tech companies, which recently have been severely hit, as imminent prospect of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill being signed into law boosted the Nasdaq. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.7% to trade at 3,383.09, in Japan, the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo gained less than 0.1% to 29,040.82. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong added 0.6% to close at 28,954.48.
Balfour Beatty has reinstated its dividend (of 1.5p per share) as its pretax profit for FY 2020 came in at £48m, down from £138m in 2019. They are also set to repay £20m of state support used to furlough employees. They expect their earnings-based businesses in 2021 to be in line with 2019 levels.
Foxtons says they have witnessed significant profit growth in the first two months of 2021, boosted by strong sales and tight cost control, after reporting a pretax loss of £1.4m for 2020.
Just Eat Takeaway reports that their FY loss for 2020 widens to 151m euros (2019: 115m euro loss) as active customers increase by 23% and orders are up 42%.
Legal & General report that their FY 2020 pretax profit fell 15% to £1.79bn (2019: £2.11bn).
Restaurant Group proposes a £175m capital raise to bolster cash flow amid COVID-19 pandemic as their pretax loss for 2020 widens to £127.6m (2019: £37.3m loss).
Tullow Oil reports a 2020 pretax loss of $1.27bn (2019: $1.65bn loss).
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Balfour Beatty
CLS Holdings
Cairn Enegy**
Hill & Smith Holdings
Ibstock
Informa**
Just Eat Takeaway
Legal & General Group
National Express Group
Quilter
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
TP ICAP**
John Wood Group**
Derwent London
G4S**
Helios Towers
IG Group Holdings
Just Group
Marshalls
Playtech
Rolls Royce
Savills
WPP Group
Morrisons
Chinese Consumer Price Index
US Consumer Price Index ex Food & Energy
Chinese Foreign Direct Investment
US Monthly Budget Statement
UK 100:
Persimmon
Evraz
HSBC Holdings
UK 250:
St. Modwen Properties
Micro Focus International
JPMorgan Emerging Markets Invest Trust
Law Debenture Corporation
Apax Global Alpha
BMO Commercial Property Trust
Alliance Trust
LondonMetric Property
Assura
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