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| Monday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Aveva Group | 4,194 | 2.77% |
| Polymetal International | 1,655 | 2.54% |
| Rightmove | 586.4 | 2.12% |
| Hargreaves Lansdown | 1,589 | 1.86% |
| Avast | 596.5 | 1.79% |
| Monday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group | 211 | -3.61% |
| ITV | 64.6 | -3.32% |
| British American Tobacco | 2,705.5 | -2.85% |
| Prudential | 1,218 | -2.75% |
| Burberry Group | 1,425.5 | -2.56% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,262 | -0.5% | -16.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 26,681 | 0.0% | -1.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,047 | 1.0% | 6.4% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 22,717 | 0.1% | 5.8% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,002 | -0.5% | -10.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 40.74 | 0.37% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 43.23 | 0.21% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,818 | 0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 292 | 0.6% |
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UK 100 called to open +50 points this morning at 6306. Calls for a positive open come as European leaders reached agreement on a €750bn pandemic recovery fund. This follows yesterdays bounce back rally, seeing the Dow Jones close the day 22 points higher at 26,694 having spent the majority of the day in the doldrums, driven higher as earnings season continued with strong numbers from tech stocks Microsoft who closed out the day 4.29% higher and Tesla who closed out the session at fresh record highs 9.47% higher. This paired with the The S&P 500 rising 19 points, or 0.6%, to 3,243 & the Nasdaq gaining 226 points, or 2.2%, to 10,729, completed an all green day stateside.
Astrazeneca an experimental vaccine being developed by themselves and Oxford University against COVID-19 has produced an immune response in early-stage clinical trials, preserving hopes it could be in use by the end of the year.
BHP Group posted a +7% rise in Q4 iron ore output, but warned the resurgence of COVID-19 outbreaks threatened the short-term demand outlook for its key commodities and widened its production guidance range for next year.
GVC Holdings have stated that Britian's tax regulator has widened its investigation into the gambling company's former Turkish online business to include unidentified entities within the London-listed group. This is directed at former third-party suppliers over processing of payments at the business GVC disposed of in December 2017.
Ted Baker sales drop as virus hits high street shops, following store closures due to coronavirus induced lockdowns. They reported a 55% fall in group revenue to £60.9m for the quarter and have continued to withhold forecasts for the current financial year.
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