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| Friday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ST JAMES’S PLACE PLC | 1,225.0 | 3.9% |
| ASTRAZENECA PLC | 7,471.0 | 3.1% |
| DCC PLC | 5,882.0 | 3.1% |
| PRUDENTIAL PLC | 1,328.0 | 3.0% |
| HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | 2,360.0 | 2.8% |
| Friday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| KINGFISHER PLC | 270.9 | -2.2% |
| SSE PLC | 1422.0 | -1.9% |
| TESCO PLC | 240.6 | -1.6% |
| WHITBREAD PLC | 3207.0 | -1.2% |
| JD SPORTS FASHION PLC | 804.2 | -1.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,590 | 0.9% | -11.1% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 31,458 | 0.1% | 7.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,050 | 0.1% | 2.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 30,084 | 1.9% | 27.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,869 | 0.9% | -3.7% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 60.68 | 2.03% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 63.35 | 1.47% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,819 | -0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 383 | 1.1% |
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UK 100 is called to open +50 points this morning at 6640. The UK blue chip index is expected to leap this morning on hopes Covid vaccine rollout will trigger end to lockdown restrictions, paired with hopes that President Biden is now expected to turn his full attention to the economic bail-out package for the world’s largest economy. Major stock markets in Asia were higher on Monday as Japan’s Nikkei 225 surged past the 30,000 level for the first time in more than 30 years. South Korea’s Kospi jumped 1.5% while the S&P/ASX 200 in Australia closed 0.91% higher. Us Markets are closed today for Presidents day.
Mitchells & Butlers intends to undertake an open offer to raise around £350m.
Rolls-Royce confirms the hiring of ex-Deloitte partner Panos Kakoullis as their new CFO.
Vodafone state that Vantage Towers has posted a revenue of 723m euros in the first 9 months of the year.
Bernstein Upgrades Reckitt Benckiser to Market-perform from Underperform (7 Buys / 4 Holds / 2 Sells)
Jefferies Downgrades CVS Group to a Hold from Buy (4 Buys / 1 Hold / 0 Sells)
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BHP Group
Glencore
Safestore Holdings
Japanese Gross Domestic Product
Eurogroup Meeting
Japanese Industrial Production
Eurozone Industrial Production
UK 100:
Special Dividend - Monday:
Tesco
Thursday:
Imperial Brands
BP
Pershing Square Holdings
GlaxoSmithKline
Royal Dutch Shell A
Royal Dutch Shell B
UK 250:
Murray Income Trust
GCP Student Living
NextEnergy Solar Fund
BBGI Global Infrastructure S.A.
Impax Environmental Markets
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