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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| AIRTEL AFRICA PLC | 152.5 | 5.9% |
| SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INV TR PLC | 1,079.0 | 5.0% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 1,504.0 | 4.3% |
| PERSHING SQUARE HOLDINGS LTD | 2,770.0 | 3.9% |
| SPIRAX-SARCO ENGINEERING PLC | 13,255.0 | 3.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| RIO TINTO PLC | 5185.0 | -3.7% |
| ANGLO AMERICAN PLC | 3228.0 | -2.8% |
| SAINSBURY (J) PLC | 290.7 | -2.8% |
| GLENCORE PLC | 383.0 | -2.6% |
| BAE SYSTEMS PLC | 577.2 | -2.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,464 | 0.0% | 16.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 35,132 | 1.2% | 17.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,471 | 1.0% | 15.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,002 | 1.1% | -3.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,972 | -0.2% | 4.6% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 88.15 | 1.53% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 91.21 | 1.31% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,797 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 432 | 0.3% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +40 points today at 7500. The UK 100 looks set to start the month in positive fashion, this comes on the back of a Rollercoaster session in the US overnight, led by a barnstorming fightback for the recently struggling Nasdaq, which jumped 3.4%, followed by the S&P’s 1.9% gain and a rise of 1.2% for the Dow Jones. This morning saw shares in Asia rise, however, markets in mainland China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore were closed for a holiday. The Nikkei in Japan gained 0.28% while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index surged 1.07%.
Cineworld talks with dissenting shareholders of Regal Entertainment on rescheduling payments, aimed at maximising liquidity.
Johnson & Matthey sells its advanced glass technologies business to JM and Fenzi Holdings for £178m.
Micro Focus completes the disposal of digital safe business for $335m, with net proceeds to be used to reduce debt.
Shell completes the acquisition of energy retailer Powershop Australia.
Virgin Money report that Q1 trading was in line with board expectations, as mortgages fell by 0.5% QoQ to £57.79bn.
HSBC Upgrades Fevertree to Buy from Hold (7 Buys / 6 Holds / 2 Sells)
JP Morgan reinitiates Smiths Group with Overweight (3 Buys / 5 Holds / 0 Sells)
Hargreaves Lansdown
Virgin Money
Severn Trent
Vodafone Group
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German Markit Manufacturing PMI
German Unemployment Change
EU ECB Bank Lending Survey
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