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| Friday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| PEARSON PLC | 573.0 | 11.7% |
| CENTRICA PLC | 43.2 | 7.6% |
| MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC | 118.6 | 6.7% |
| CARNIVAL PLC | 1,269.0 | 6.6% |
| INFORMA PLC | 460.6 | 6.1% |
| Friday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BAE SYSTEMS PLC | 504.8 | -2.3% |
| RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC | 480.4 | -1.8% |
| LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP | 7962.0 | -1.6% |
| RIGHTMOVE PLC | 560.6 | -1.4% |
| SAINSBURY (J) PLC | 195.0 | -1.3% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,105 | 0.5% | -16.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 25,606 | 1.9% | -1.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 11,949 | -0.2% | -1.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 22,305 | -0.8% | 5.6% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 5,848 | -1.9% | -10.8% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 35.69 | -1.57% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 38.16 | -1.47% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,731 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 261 | -0.2% |
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UK 100 called to open -130 points this morning at 5960. Traders wake up to another sea of red this morning, as major indices are mostly called to open negative. Oil prices slipped last night, as fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections coupled with underwhelming Chinese industrial output figures, did little to enthuse the market. Safe havens were sought after on the back of this, gold rising 0.2% to $1732 an ounce. Beijing has recorded dozens of new COVID-19 cases over the weekend, which were linked to a major market. Localised closures have ensued. The US itself, recorded 25,000 new cases on Saturday alone. Will bad data be good again, as we await US May retail sales on Tuesday, expected to show a bounce. Oil extended losses with Brent down 2.25% at $37.86 and WTI down 3.09% at $35.14.
Astrazeneca has signed a contract with European governments to supply the region with its potential vaccine against the coronavirus.
Bunzl reports that they see HY revenue to increase by +6% as they are expected to deliver a strong trading performance.
Cineworld has terminated its agreement to acquire Cineplex.
EasyJet aircraft will take to the skies today for the first time since March 30th 2020.
Metro Bank are in advanced talks to buy RateSetter.
SThree
Ashtead
CN - House Price Index
CN - Retail Sales Data
EU - Trade Balance
UK 100:
Intermediate Capital Group
Johnson Matthey
UK 250:
Tate & Lyle
TR Property Investment Trust
Pets At Home Group
3i Infrastructure
Fidelity China Special Situations
Big Yellow Group
LondonMetric Property
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