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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| JUST EAT TAKEAWAY | 7,558.0 | 14.0% |
| NEXT PLC | 4,624.0 | 9.7% |
| CARNIVAL PLC | 965.6 | 9.2% |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 714.4 | 8.8% |
| ITV PLC | 76.4 | 8.7% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 246.7 | -1.2% |
| ANTOFAGASTA PLC | 762.2 | -1.2% |
| AVEVA GROUP PLC | 3589.0 | -0.8% |
| AUTO TRADER GROUP PLC | 414.0 | -0.7% |
| RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC | 392.3 | -0.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 5,843 | 2.9% | -21.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 23,250 | -2.0% | -11.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 10,565 | 2.2% | -11.3% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 19,043 | -2.3% | -12.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 5,387 | 3.5% | -13.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 22.52 | -1.05% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 31.80 | 1.02% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,721 | 1.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 231 | 2.4% |
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UK 100 called to open +40 points points at 5882. Positive market sentiment this morning is driven by better than expected overnight import numbers from China. Also news that some businesses will reopen today in Europe as some countries look to loosen lockdown measures. However in France and the UK it looks likely that there will be an extension. In Japan we saw the Nikkei up 3.1% during trading to close the session at 19,638, in Hong Kong it was also a positive session, see the Hang Seng up 0.74% to trade at 24,487 and China completed a green sweep in Asia, closing 1.6% higher to trade at 3,815. Crude oil pulled back again over the weekend however, suggestions that the U.S could join OPEC+ in production cuts, could aid the struggling commodity.
AstraZeneca announce that the third phase trial of its top-selling lung cancer drug Tagrisso will be unblinded early after a recommendation from an independent data monitoring committee.
Centrica announce the appointment of Chris O'Shea as Group CEO on a permanent basis with immediate effect.
National Express have scraped their final dividend payment, due to the COVID-19 outbreak. They continue to generate positive EBITDA and cashflow even during the lockdown. Their half year cashflow projection has improved since their Mid March trading statement.
Next are to reopen their online business today along with warehousing and distribution operations.
NMC Health state that Richard Fleming, Mark Firmin and Ben Cairns of Alvarez & Marsal Europe LLP, (joint administrators of NMC Health) announce the formation of a new Board of Directors. The immediate priority of the new Board is working with the administrators to implement corporate governance changes in the group.
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