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| Thursday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| NEXT PLC | 6,426.0 | 4.2% |
| SAINSBURY (J) PLC | 191.2 | 3.3% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 2,712.0 | 2.7% |
| SEGRO PLC | 964.8 | 2.3% |
| RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC | 556.8 | 2.1% |
| Thursday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| POLYMETAL INTERNATIONAL PLC | 1881.0 | -3.5% |
| WPP PLC | 628.0 | -3.1% |
| NATWEST GROUP PLC | 100.1 | -3.0% |
| TAYLOR WIMPEY PLC | 110.1 | -2.8% |
| STANDARD CHARTERED PLC | 372.6 | -2.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,050 | -0.5% | -17.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 27,902 | -0.5% | 2.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,208 | -0.4% | 6.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 23,319 | -0.7% | 6.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 5,883 | -1.2% | -12.1% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 40.97 | 2.02% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 43.30 | 2.56% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,944 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 308 | 0.6% |
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UK 100 called to open +5 points this morning at 6053. Calls for a positive open come on the back of a positive session in Asian on Friday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 index up 0.1% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index ahead 0.3% and US futures slightly higher. On Thursday the continuation of the sell off stateside that began Wednesday continued, The Dow Jones closed 130.40 points lower, or 0.47%, to sit at 27,901.98. The S&P also slid, in this case by 0.84% to finish at 3,357.01. And the Nasdaq completed the tough day on Wall Street, dropping 1.27% to 10,910.28. The tech sell off that built up momentum in the previous session continued yesterday, weighing heavily on the major indices.
EasyJet have appointed Kenton Jarvis as their new CFO.
Investec have warned that its HY 2020 profits could fall by up to 71%. They expect their adjusted earnings per share to be between 8.3p-10.5p (2019: £28.9p).
London Stock Exchange has begun exclusive talks with Euronext on the sale of Borsa Italiana after reviewing a group of competing bids for the Milan stock exchange.
Premier Oil has received indicative, non-binding support of more than $325m for a capital increase linked to a debt restructuring.
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