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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 196.3 | 3.5% |
| SAGE GROUP PLC/THE | 663.4 | 3.1% |
| NATWEST GROUP PLC | 199.0 | 2.9% |
| BT GROUP PLC | 171.0 | 2.9% |
| JD SPORTS FASHION PLC | 919.0 | 2.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| VODAFONE GROUP PLC | 130.0 | -8.3% |
| ANTOFAGASTA PLC | 1626.5 | -4.4% |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 897.4 | -2.0% |
| DCC PLC | 5996.0 | -1.6% |
| PEARSON PLC | 852.8 | -1.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,042 | 0.1% | 16.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,257 | -0.2% | 39.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,387 | -0.1% | 39.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,407 | 2.1% | 41.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,066 | 0.6% | 29.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 65.94 | -0.50% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 69.27 | -0.27% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,868 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 473 | 0.4% |
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UK 100 is called to open -52 points this morning at 6982. Calls for a negative open this morning come as investors await the latest inflation figures to come out of the UK today, recent rises globally has been a key influencer behind market sentiment. Yesterday on Wall Street it was a tough session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing down 0.78% at 34,060 while the S&P 500 dropped 0.85% to 4,127 and the Nasdaq fell 0.56% to 13,303. It was a similar picture in Asia this morning as Japan’s Nikkei fell by 1.79%. Hong Kong’s market, meanwhile, is closed for a public holiday.
BAE Systems notes high demand as order intake is ahead of expectations, but they keep FY sales and underlying EBIT expectations unchanged.
Dunelm expects their pretax profit to be ahead of expectations.
Experian reports that their pretax profit rose 14% to $1.08bn (2020: $942m).
Marston's reports a H1 net profit of £199.3m swung from a £28m loss YoY due to brewing JV gain. They state that trading has been encouraging since the opening of outdoor trading.
Mitchells & Butlers H1 pretax loss widened to £200m from £121m YoY, with H1 like-for-like sales down 30% from pre-COVID level.
Premier Foods pretax profit rises to £122.8m in FY, from £53.6m in 2020.
Severn Trent reports a FY21 pretax profit of £267.2m, down from £310.7m in FY20.
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BAE Systems
Coats Group
Experian
Future
Great Portland Estates
Premier Foods
Severn Trent
Kingfisher
National Grid
QinetiQ
Royal Mail Group
Synthomer
Watches of Switzerland
Easyjet
UK Consumer Price Index
FOMC Minutes
UK Retail Price Index
EU Financial Stability Review
EU Consumer Price Index
German 10-y Bond Auction
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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