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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC | 1,828.2 | 3.0% |
| BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC | 3,007.5 | 2.1% |
| JD SPORTS FASHION PLC | 751.4 | 2.1% |
| WPP PLC | 1,018.0 | 1.9% |
| DS SMITH PLC | 360.4 | 1.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP PLC | 6344.0 | -4.0% |
| WHITBREAD PLC | 4294.0 | -3.9% |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 683.6 | -2.8% |
| NMC HEALTH PLC | 2710.0 | -2.2% |
| ASTRAZENECA PLC | 7261.0 | -1.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,408 | -0.2% | -1.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 26,917 | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 12,428 | 0.4% | 0.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 21,885 | 0.6% | -9.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,743 | 0.8% | 9.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 54.47 | 0.74% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 60.78 | -1.83% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,462 | -0.7% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 254 | -1.3% |
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UK 100 Called to open +20 points at 7431; Over night trading during US Sessions saw markets start the week on a positive note to finish the third quarter as they moved higher early afternoon but did drift from their session highs late afternoon. Asian sessions saw further positive sentiment following Australia's central bank cutting its cash rate to a new record low (Both markets in China & Hong Kong were closed) The Nikkei however rose 0.65% during market hours. Focus in the next 24 hours this side of the pond will be on Boris Johnson to unveil his Brexit plan to EU leaders. The U.K. will set out the PM's preferred alternative to the Irish backstop in calls to EU capitals. Oil continued to fall overnight breaking through $60 a barrel before finding some support and battling back to $60.2. Risk on sentiment remained strong and this can be evidenced by gold sitting way down at $1462 ($80 plus off recent highs)
Ferguson announced results today stating "Strong results with good cost control, well placed for further progress in 2020; Revenue +6.1% YoY; Dividend per share +10% YoY; Trading profit +7.2% YoY.
Greggs Reported this morning that it had continued very strong sales growth, however, as expected, the rate of year-on-year sales growth moderated as we came up against stronger comparative sales from the previous year. Full year expectations remain unchanged.
WPP appoints John Rogers as CFO, He is currently CEO of Sainsbury's Argos
Source: Bloomberg, FT, Reuters, DJ Newswires, AlphaTerminal
Royal Bank of Scotland Downgraded to Equal Weight by Barclays (Bloomberg: 11 Buys / 12 Holds / 3 Sells)
EU Consumer Price Index
US ISM Manufacturing data
Greggs, Ferguson
Tesco, Wizz Air
Ted Baker
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DS Smith - 3.2%
Taylor Wimpey - 2.4%
WPP - 2.3%
British American Tobacco - 1.8%
Hays - 5.6%
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