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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| JD SPORTS FASHION PLC | 903.2 | 1.8% |
| ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC-B SHS | 1,421.8 | 1.5% |
| ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC-A SHS | 1,472.6 | 1.4% |
| BT GROUP PLC | 205.3 | 1.3% |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 109.4 | 1.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC | 158.1 | -2.7% |
| PHOENIX GROUP HOLDINGS PLC | 676.0 | -2.5% |
| INFORMA PLC | 515.8 | -2.5% |
| TAYLOR WIMPEY PLC | 160.6 | -2.3% |
| COMPASS GROUP PLC | 1528.5 | -1.8% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,074 | -0.2% | 15.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,874 | -0.2% | 33.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,456 | -1.2% | 27.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,857 | -0.1% | 28.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,259 | -0.5% | 22.1% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 73.19 | 0.15% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 75.29 | 0.13% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,777 | -0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 426 | -1.5% |
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UK 100 is called to open +10 points this morning at 7084. Calls for a marginally higher open today come as investors await the outcome of today's Bank of England interest rate decision. Oil prices rose again through the night, breaking through the $75 mark. Stateside yesterday delivered a mixed session, the Dow Jones fell 71 points or 0.21% to close at 33,874. The S&P similarly dipped 0.11% to end the session at 4,241 whilst the Nasdaq managed a positive finish, rising 0.13% to 14,271. In Asia overnight, it was an equally mixed session, Japan’s Nikkei was marginally lower at 28,862 whilst Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was 0.13% higher at 28,854. The Shanghai Composite was down 0.12% at 3,561.
AstraZeneca Lynparza tripled radiographic progression-free survival in trial.
Bunzl expects their H1 revenue to be up +1%, driven by a strong recovery in their base business. FY21 guidance unchanged, but to be "moderately" higher at constant rates.
Crest Nicholson reported a swing to HY profit, benefiting from higher demand as buyers took advantage of government incentives and sought bigger houses suited to remote working. Pretax profit came in at £36.3m (2020: £51.2m loss).
Fresnillo announces that their new Juanicipio mine construction is on track to be operational by 4Q 2021. They called 2020 a "strong year" with revenue of over £2.6bn, up almost 15%.
Wood Group have forecast a 21% drop in H1 revenue as the engineering and consultancy company received smaller contracts due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. They expected revenue on a like-for-like basis to be $3.2bn for 6 months ending June 30th.
Deutsche Bank Upgrades GSK to a Hold from Sell (7 Buys / 14 Holds / 1 Sell)
HSBC Downgrades BP to a Hold from Buy (7 Buys / 8 Holds / 3 Sells)
Crest Nicholson Holdings
Wood Group
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