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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| M&G PLC | 229.2 | 4.2% |
| SSE PLC | 1,484.0 | 2.5% |
| PERSHING SQUARE HOLDINGS LTD | 2,570.0 | 2.4% |
| 3I GROUP PLC | 1,224.0 | 2.2% |
| ASHTEAD GROUP PLC | 4,903.0 | 2.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BT GROUP PLC | 159.1 | -5.9% |
| HARGREAVES LANSDOWN PLC | 1690.5 | -4.6% |
| ANGLO AMERICAN PLC | 3250.5 | -4.4% |
| BURBERRY GROUP PLC | 2016.0 | -4.2% |
| RIO TINTO PLC | 6304.0 | -4.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,963 | -0.6% | 21.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,021 | 1.3% | 46.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,200 | 0.3% | 47.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,084 | 2.3% | 41.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,014 | 0.5% | 31.6% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 63.81 | -0.02% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 66.97 | -0.12% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,832 | 0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 465 | -0.8% |
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UK 100 is called to open +40 points this morning at 7003. The UK blue chip index this morning is called higher and looks to be set to wipe out yesterday's losses, which saw the index trade at one month lows before once again bouncing. Sentiment is much higher today after yesterday's green day on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average jumped 433 points to close at 34,021, while the S&P 500 advanced 49 points to 4,113, ahead of US retail sales figures due to be released today. This positivity continued into Asian trading this morning, in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 was up 622 points at 28,070 while in Hong Kong the Hang Seng is 261 points firmer at 27,980.
Crest Nicholson sells their 50% interest in Longcross studio for £45m cash.
Sage reported a better-than-expected 4.4% rise in organic recurring revenue in H1 to £811m and said it now expected growth for the FY to be towards the top end of its 3-5% range.
Goldman Sachs Upgrades Spirax-Sarco to Neutral from Sell (1 Buy / 0 Holds / 3 Sells)
Jefferies Upgrades UDG Healthcare to Hold from Underperform (4 Buys / 2 Holds / 1 Sell)
JP Morgan Upgrades Sage Group to Neutral from Underweight (7 Buys / 9 Holds / 1 Sell)
Morgan Stanley Upgrades Whitbread to Overweight from Equal weight (10 Buys / 6 Holds / 1 Sell)
3i Group
Countryside Properties
Diploma
Petropavlovsk
US Retail Sales Control Group
US Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index
ECB Monetary Policy Meeting Accounts
US Retail Sales ex Autos
UK 100:
Tesco
Bunzl
GlaxoSmithKline
Unilever
Pershing Square Holdings
UK 250:
Morrison (Wm.) Supermarkets
Howden Joinery Group
Centamin
ContourGlobal
Brewin Dolphin Holdings
Civitas Social Housing
BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust
Bellway
Murray Income Trust
Witan Investment Trust
GCP Student Living
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