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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| JD SPORTS FASHION PLC | 776.2 | 5.9% |
| SPIRAX-SARCO ENGINEERING PLC | 11,135.0 | 2.6% |
| EXPERIAN PLC | 2,646.0 | 2.4% |
| LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP | 8,106.0 | 2.4% |
| AUTO TRADER GROUP PLC | 560.6 | 2.3% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| PHOENIX GROUP HOLDINGS PLC | 716.8 | -8.8% |
| COMPASS GROUP PLC | 1324.0 | -6.6% |
| BP PLC | 247.7 | -5.8% |
| ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC-B SHS | 1234.2 | -5.4% |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 1052.5 | -5.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| FTSE 100 INDEX | 6,266 | -1.6% | -14.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 29,639 | -0.9% | 5.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,291 | -0.3% | 0.4% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 26,788 | 1.3% | 15.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,589 | 1.1% | -3.8% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 45.05 | -0.64% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 47.59 | -1.22% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,789 | 0.7% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 346 | 0.7% |
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UK 100 called to open +30 points this morning at 6297. A positive open is expected to kick off December after a 101-point fall on the last day of November, the UK 100 still enjoyed its best month since 1989 with a gain of 611 points or 10.8% to 6,266.19. It was a different story on Wall Street yesterday, the Dow Jones dropped 271 points or 0.9% to 29,638.64, the S&P 500 slipping 0.5%, with the best performing index being the Nasdaq which closed down marginally.
AstraZeneca will sell rights to its cholesterol drug, Crestor, to German pharmaceutical company Grunenthal for an upfront $320m in cash. This will allow the German company to sell Crestor and associated medicines in more than 30 countries.
Tate & Lyle acquires Sweet Green Fields (SGF) a leading global stevia solutions business. Will strengthen Tate's position as leading provider of innovative sweetener solutions. This purchase also extends Tate & Lyles presence in the faster growing Asia Pacific region.
Topps Tiles posts a 78% fall in full-year profit and did not propose a final dividend as the pandemic forced the company to close stores in the third quarter. Adjusted profit before tax slumped to £3.6m for the 52 weeks ended Sept.26 from £16m a year earlier.
Pets at Home sells five specialist referral centres to veterinary company Linnaeus for £100m as it looks to focus on its consumer-facing business.
Weir Group wins £95m aftermarket order to support Iron Bridge Magnetite project in Australia.
Foxtons Group
Avon Rubber
Eurozone Consumer Price Index
Fed's Chair Powell testifies
US ISM Manufacturing PMI
Chinese Caixin Manufacturing PMI
EcoFin Meeting
UK Markit Manufacturing PMI
German Markit Manufacturing PMI
US Markit Manufacturing PMI
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