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| Friday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| HARGREAVES LANSDOWN PLC | 1,655.0 | 5.4% |
| BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS PLC | 720.0 | 4.5% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 2,481.0 | 4.3% |
| COMPASS GROUP PLC | 1,473.5 | 4.2% |
| JUST EAT TAKEAWAY | 8,992.0 | 3.5% |
| Friday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 1204.5 | -3.5% |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 107.3 | -3.4% |
| POLYMETAL INTERNATIONAL PLC | 1770.5 | -3.0% |
| BT GROUP PLC | 143.0 | -2.6% |
| SAINSBURY (J) PLC | 242.8 | -2.3% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,873 | 0.2% | -9.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 31,098 | 0.2% | 7.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,050 | 0.6% | 4.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,139 | 2.4% | 18.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,697 | -0.9% | -3.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 51.64 | -1.15% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 55.09 | -1.61% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,845 | -0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 361 | -1.8% |
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UK 100 called to open -23 points this morning at 6852. Calls for a slightly subdued open come on the back of a mixed session overnight in Asia, in China we saw the producer price index fell 0.4% in December as compared to a year earlier, according to the country’s Bureau of Statistics, this lead to mainland Chinese stocks slipping with The Shanghai composite declining 0.78% while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index advanced 0.22%. This paired with fears of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson reportedly mulling even tighter restrictions on the general population with the NHS starting to become overwhelmed by Covid hospitalisations. Among the measures being floated are compulsory masks outside and people only being allowed out once a week to exercise have seen the slight pull back premarket.
British Land says that their retail and rent collection level for previous quarters have continued to increase. They have now received 99% of September rent, 99% of June rent and 98% of March rent in offices.
EasyJet have announced a new five-year term loan facility of $1.87bn, backed by a partial guarantee from Britian and said it would repay some of its shorter-term debt.
JD Sports expects FY headline profit before tax to be 5-10% ahead of prior year.
Royal Mail have announced that Simon Thompson will take over as CEO of its UK business when interim CEO Stuart Simpson leaves the company at the end of the month.
SIG expects losses for 2020 to be at the "better end" of its expectations and that it could return to profitability in H2 2021, as the building materials supplier recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic fallout. They expect an underlying operating loss for 2020 to be between £57-61m.
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