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| Friday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| JUST EAT TAKEAWAY | 8,372.0 | 4.0% |
| PEARSON PLC | 812.6 | 1.6% |
| LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP | 8,686.0 | 0.8% |
| SMITHS GROUP PLC | 1,418.5 | 0.6% |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 987.6 | 0.5% |
| Friday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 91.7 | -5.4% |
| PRUDENTIAL PLC | 1172.5 | -5.1% |
| M&G PLC | 175.9 | -4.5% |
| JD SPORTS FASHION PLC | 747.0 | -4.1% |
| BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS PLC | 638.8 | -3.8% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,407 | -1.8% | -12.1% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 29,983 | -2.0% | 6.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,433 | -1.7% | 3.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,091 | 1.6% | 21.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,663 | 0.8% | -5.1% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 52.42 | 0.42% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 55.37 | 0.60% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,863 | 0.8% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 357 | 0.4% |
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UK 100 called to open +52 points this morning at 6452. A welcome call for a positive open today following a tough week for global markets last week that saw 200 plus points taken from the UK blue chip index. Markets have been driven higher as Reddit traders look to target the silver market. Silver futures rose 6pc overnight as members of the WallStreetBets forum suggested people buy exchange-traded funds linked to the metal because prices have been kept artificially low. Overnight in Asia shares rallied on Monday, the Nikkei in Japan climbed 1.4% after four straight sessions of losses. adding 1.2%, after shedding almost 2pc on Friday, while Chinese blue chips gained 0.5% as the country's central bank injected more cash into money markets.
ASOS has agreed to buy Topshop, Topman and Miss Selfridge from Arcadia Group in a deal worth £295m.
AstraZeneca have been given approval by the EU for their COVID-19 vaccine to be used across the continent.
BP are to sell it 20% interest in Block 61 Oman to PTT Exploration for $2.6bn.
Hargreaves Lansdown report that their Assets Under Administration have increased 15% to 120.6bn v 105.bn in the previous year. Their net new business in h1 2021 was also up to £3.24bn (2020: £2.31bn). They have also increased their dividend per share by 6.3% to 11.9p.
JD Sports has entered into a deal to acquire DTLR Villa for $495m
Ryanair may lose close to 1bn euros in its current financial year, by far its worst performance but they have said that the crisis would create significant growth opportunities. They reported a Q3 net loss of 306m euros, swinging from a 88m euro net profit YoY. Their passenger traffic was down 78% to 8m from 36m YoY.
Virgin Money has gored Clifford Abrahams as their new group CFO.
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Chinese Non-Manufacturing PMI
Chinese NBS Manufacturing PMI
German Retail Sales
US ISM Manufacturing PMI
Chinese Caixin Manufacturing PMI
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German Markit Manufacturing PMI
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Fed's Rosengren speech
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Schroder Oriental Income Fund
GCP Infrastructure Investments
TI Fluid Systems
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Foresight Solar Fund
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