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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| MEGGITT PLC | 640.2 | 3.5% |
| EVRAZ PLC | 357.2 | 3.4% |
| DS SMITH PLC | 378.9 | 2.9% |
| HARGREAVES LANSDOWN PLC | 1,808.5 | 2.9% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 1,228.0 | 2.9% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 545.4 | -6.4% |
| M&G PLC | 224.8 | -2.7% |
| WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS | 192.8 | -1.4% |
| SAGE GROUP PLC/THE | 722.2 | -1.3% |
| SMITH & NEPHEW PLC | 1661.0 | -1.3% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,189 | 0.4% | 3.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 27,650 | 0.5% | 10.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,141 | 1.2% | 17.3% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 23,300 | 0.7% | 6.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,683 | 1.2% | 17.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 58.29 | -0.24% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 62.93 | -0.11% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,475 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 266 | 0.2% |
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UK 100 called to open +12 at 7200 this morning, providing investors with some much needed positive sentiment to begin the trading day, US trading closed on a positive note with the Dow Jones +147 points, the S&P +20 points and the Nasdaq +47 points. overnight in Asia we saw the Nikkei +164 points and the Hang Seng +133 points perhaps suggestions that negative sentiment has turned positive ahead of today’s OPEC meeting at which Saudi Arabia will use both stick and carrot to persuade its OPEC partners to defend oil prices. Oil continued to find rising support overnight settling at $63.4 per barrel to stay in its one month long up-channel. Gold continued to tick upwards as the traditional safe haven continued its recent momentum to settle at $1477.
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DS Smith reports a profit jump of 15% in H1. This was bolstered by increased demand from online retailers and cost savings from its recent acquisition of Spanish rival Europac. Adjusted pre-tax profit was £351m.
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Source: Bloomberg, FT, Reuters, DJ Newswires, AlphaTerminal
Berkeley Group Downgraded to Sell by Liberum (Bloomberg: 5 buys/ 6 holds/ 6 sells)
Smith and Nephew Upgraded to Hold by Morningstar (Bloomberg: 8 buys/ 7 holds/ 2 sells)
Stagecoach Downgraded to Hold by Liberum (Bloomberg: 4 buys/ 3 holds/ 1 sells)
Tui Downgraded to Hold by Comerzbank (Bloomberg: 9 buys/ 12 holds/ 2 sells)
Tullow Oil Downgraded to Sector Perform by RBC Capital Markets (Bloomberg: 12 buys/ 10 holds/ 1 sells)
Virgin Money Upgraded to Buy by Morningstar (Bloomberg: 13 buys/ 8 holds/ 3 sells)
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