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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| SMITH & NEPHEW PLC | 1,466.0 | 3.7% |
| HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | 2,445.0 | 2.8% |
| BURBERRY GROUP PLC | 2,054.0 | 2.4% |
| IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC | 1,498.0 | 2.2% |
| ENTAIN PLC | 1,663.0 | 2.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BUNZL PLC | 2424.0 | -3.2% |
| B&M EUROPEAN VALUE RETAIL SA | 551.6 | -3.0% |
| JUST EAT TAKEAWAY | 7716.0 | -2.7% |
| AUTO TRADER GROUP PLC | 561.2 | -1.9% |
| WEIR GROUP PLC/THE | 1915.0 | -1.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,895 | 0.5% | 19.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,137 | 0.9% | 45.4% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,196 | 0.4% | 45.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 29,188 | 2.4% | 52.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,055 | 0.8% | 35.1% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 61.09 | -0.42% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 65.01 | -0.47% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,792 | -0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 427 | -0.4% |
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UK 100 is called to open +33 points this morning at 6928. Calls for a positive open come as global stocks have rallied overnight, On Wall Street yesterday, the Dow Jones gained 316 points or 0.9% to close Wednesday at 34,137 having recovered from a tough start. The S&P similarly rose by 0.9% to 4,173 at the end of play, and, the Nasdaq was the stand out gainer, adding 163 points or 1.19% to finish at 13,950. In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei climbed 590 points or 2.08% to 29,100 whilst Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 0.38% to 28,729. The Shanghai Composite meanwhile was the only index top fall, dropping a modest 0.14% at 3,465.
AJ Bell reports that their end of Q2 assets under administration totalled £65.2bn (2020: ££48.3bn) and their number of customers were 346,797 (2020: 262,179).
Domino's Pizza Group reports strong Q1 trading, with exceptional trading over the new year period. System sales came in at £371.3m for Q1 which was +18.7% on the same period last year.
Informa declares no dividend for 2020 (2019: 7.5p paid) as they state they will deliver a baseline revenue of £1.7bn in 2021 "transition year". Revenue growth will depend on the pace and scale of return to physical events.
Polymetal reports that their Q1 2020 revenue increased 20% YoY to $593m and gold production was up 3% to 375 koz.
Rentokil sales rise on disinfection boost and resurge in pest control services. Revenue for Q1 jumped 15.4% to £711.3m but they did add that demand for disinfection services is expected to unwind in the year.
Segro reports that their quarterly customer retention remains high at 82%.
Taylor Wimpey sees strong housing demand as the sector benefits from a lower interest rate environment and additional budget support measures announced last month. Their order book stands at £2.81bn as of April 18th (2020: £2.67bn).
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