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| Monday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 2,346.0 | 3.5% |
| COMPASS GROUP PLC | 1,312.0 | 3.0% |
| BAE SYSTEMS PLC | 522.0 | 2.8% |
| LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC | 541.8 | 2.3% |
| BRITISH LAND CO PLC | 346.2 | 2.2% |
| Monday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 1299.0 | -3.9% |
| POLYMETAL INTERNATIONAL PLC | 1934.5 | -3.7% |
| INTERMEDIATE CAPITAL GROUP | 1224.0 | -2.6% |
| BP PLC | 256.6 | -2.1% |
| ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC-A SHS | 1062.6 | -1.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| FTSE 100 INDEX | 6,026 | -0.1% | -18.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 27,993 | 1.2% | 2.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,194 | -0.1% | 5.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 23,559 | 0.7% | 7.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 5,900 | 0.7% | -11.5% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 37.40 | 0.38% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 39.61 | -0.55% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,957 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 307 | 0.0% |
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UK 100 called to open +15 points this morning at 6040. Calls for a positive open come on the back of Asian stocks overnight trading mostly higher, apart from Tokyo’s Nikkei, which was down 0.5% and a positive session in the US on Monday the Dow Jones closed out the day 327.69 points higher, or 1.18%, at 27,993.33. The S&P also ended in the green rallying 1.27% to 3,383.54. The green sweep in the US was completed as the Nasdaq advanced by 1.87% to 11,056.65. Renewed hopes over a possible Covid-19 vaccine helped to drive the markets higher, as investor sentiment grew.
AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine trial remains on hold in the United States pending a U.S. investigation into the serious side effect in Britain even as other trials of the vaccine resume.
G4S have rejected a £2.95bn takeover offer from Canadian security company GardaWorld, saying it was "highly opportunistic".
Marshalls H1 2020 pretax profit falls to £1.6m (2019: £37.1m). They state that recent trading has been better than expected and continues to improve.
Ocado reported that their revenue rose 52% in Q3 2020, with the coronavirus pandemic generating huge demand for online services.
Polypipe report that H1 2020 underlying operating profit was 73.3% lower than 2019 at £10.5m.
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