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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC | 44.4 | 2.6% |
| JUST EAT TAKEAWAY | 7,354.0 | 1.8% |
| ADMIRAL GROUP PLC | 3,204.0 | 1.7% |
| BARCLAYS PLC | 188.1 | 1.3% |
| UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC | 969.6 | 1.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 108.2 | -3.3% |
| RIGHTMOVE PLC | 600.6 | -2.9% |
| TAYLOR WIMPEY PLC | 184.9 | -2.7% |
| KINGFISHER PLC | 334.7 | -2.7% |
| NEXT PLC | 8100.0 | -2.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,889 | -0.4% | 17.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,745 | -0.2% | 44.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,215 | -0.1% | 44.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 29,752 | 0.7% | 56.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,977 | 0.0% | 29.5% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 60.01 | 0.52% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 63.63 | 0.55% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,726 | -0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 402 | -0.1% |
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UK 100 is called to open -10 points this morning at 6880. Calls for mixed open come as China's balance of Trade for March was announced this morning. in US Dollar terms, the surplus collapsed to $13.8 bn versus an expectation of $52.0 bn. Exports however, increased in March year on year by 30.60% versus 35.50% expected. Yesterday stateside saw markets struggle to gain ground, with the S&P off by a point at 4,128 and the Dow Jones 55 points weaker at 33,745. In Asia this morning, things are a bit more positive with Japan’s Nikkei up 235 points at 29,774 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng 137 points higher at 28,591.
Babcock says that their FY21 results will include £1.7bn in impairments charges which will reduce underlying profit by £30m per year.
Hays expects that their 2021 profit is to be at least £85m ahead of market expectations.
JD Sports reports a FY profit before tax of £324m and declared a dividend payment of 1.44p per share. They expect that profit before tax for FY 2022 will be in the range of £475-500m.
Just Eat Takeaway.com Q1 orders were up 79% to £200m. (2020: £112m).
Land Securities receives 67% of £110m rent due on March 25th.
Plus500 reports that Q1 2021 revenue was down 36% to $203.2m (2020: $316.6m) and EBITDA fell 47% to $121.7m (2020: $231.6m). They expect FY revenue and EBITDA to be ahead of market consensus.
Electrocomponents
JD Sports
Plus500
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US Consumer Price Index ex Food & Energy
Chinese Trade Balance USD
UK Manufacturing Production
UK Gross Domestic Product
UK NIESR GDP Estimate
EU ZEW Survey – Economic Sentiment
German ZEW Survey – Economic Sentiment
German 10-y Bond Auction
UK 100:
Barratt Developments
Lloyds Banking Group
St. James's Place
Standard Life Aberdeen
Legal & General Group
UK 250:
Jupiter Fund Management
Vesuvius
F&C Investment Trust
Ibstock
Unite Group
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