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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| NMC HEALTH PLC | 2,296.0 | 18.6% |
| ITV PLC | 114.7 | 3.7% |
| MARKS & SPENCER GROUP PLC | 191.8 | 2.5% |
| PERSIMMON PLC | 1,900.0 | 2.2% |
| SAINSBURY (J) PLC | 199.7 | 2.0% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BURBERRY GROUP PLC | 2122.0 | -3.7% |
| SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INV TR PLC | 521.0 | -3.4% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 1204.5 | -3.1% |
| AVEVA GROUP PLC | 3826.0 | -3.0% |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 761.4 | -2.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,522 | 1.3% | -1.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 26,873 | 1.0% | 10.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 12,567 | 1.4% | 2.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 21,730 | 2.1% | -2.6% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,648 | 0.4% | 7.3% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 55.57 | 0.40% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 60.25 | 0.55% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,495 | -0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 257 | 0.2% |
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UK 100 called to open positively this morning, +40 points at 7166; Investors appear to be hanging onto Angela Merkel saying that she believes a solution is nearer now to the backstop which has been weighing so heavily on a Brexit deal, this is in spite of Emmanuel Macron looking to pour water in this, saying any changes to the Brexit deal in place would “not be significant”. Asian sessions were muted as Asian shares struggled ahead of Jerome Powell’s speech, seeing the Yuan hitting fresh 11 and a half year lows. Oil maintained the $60 per barrel level overnight while Gold slipped below the $1500 level for the first time in a week, could this be even more of an indication that risk on attitude is very much in play?
AstraZeneca announces positive headline results from the pivotal DREAMM-2 study for multiple myelomam which is on track for regulatory submission by the end of 2019.
Computacenter reported that the group's total revenues grew +20.8% for H1 2019. Confirmed interim dividend of 10.1p per share. Outlook remains in line with its expectations. FY 2019 profit growth is expected to be best in company's history.
Source: Bloomberg, FT, Reuters, DJ Newswires, AlphaTerminal
UltraElectronics Downgraded to Neutral by JP Morgan (Bloomberg: 4 Buys / 5 Holds / 3 Sells)
Entertainment One Downgraded to Sector Perform by RBC (Bloomberg: 7 Buys/ 1 Holds/ 0 Sells)
Prudential Upgraded to Sector Perform by Morningstar (Bloomberg: 16 Buys/ 5 Holds/ 1 Sells)
Direct Line Upgraded to Hold by Morningstar (Bloomberg: 7 Buys/ 11 Holds/ 3 Sells)
BAE Downgraded to Hold by Morningstar (Bloomberg: 13 Buys/ 10 Holds/ 0 Sells)
Jackson hole Symposium
Fed chair Powell speech (15.00)
Baker Hughes US Oil Rig Count (18.00)
ECB monetary policy accounts (12.30pm)
US manufacturing Markit PMI (2.45pm)
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