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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC | 910.8 | 2.8% |
| SEVERN TRENT PLC | 2,295.0 | 2.7% |
| BUNZL PLC | 2,353.0 | 2.4% |
| BAE SYSTEMS PLC | 500.0 | 2.4% |
| BT GROUP PLC | 149.0 | 2.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 105.3 | -5.9% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 187.4 | -4.4% |
| BP PLC | 295.8 | -3.7% |
| ANTOFAGASTA PLC | 1660.0 | -3.6% |
| ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC-A SHS | 1436.2 | -3.3% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,699 | -0.4% | 23.0% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 32,423 | -0.9% | 74.4% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,662 | 0.0% | 67.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,406 | -2.0% | 57.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,779 | 0.5% | 43.1% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 58.36 | 1.04% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 61.54 | 1.23% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,729 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 406 | -0.4% |
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UK 100 is called to open -35 points this morning at 6665. A weaker open is expected this morning as concerns grow over rising infection rates within mainland Europe meaning that it is unlikely that international travel will be able to resume completely, which will, in turn, could weigh on travel and leisure stocks, despite the UK still rolling out vaccinations at a rapid pace. On Wall Street yesterday it was an all red day, the Dow Jones closed 0.94% lower at 32,423 while the S&P 500 dropped 0.76% to 3,910 and the Nasdaq fell 1.12% to 13,227. It was a similar story in Asia this morning with Japan’s Nikkei 225 down 2.04% while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 2.24%.
Bellway said it was experiencing strong underlying demand for new homes but reported a 4% fall in HY pretax profits to £280.2m (2020: £291.8m profit).
Diploma says that their HY reported revenues are expected to be up by 27%, reflecting a strong contribution from acquisitions.
IAG has secured a $1.76bn credit facility from a group of banks that would be available to its coronavirus-hit airlines Aer Lingus, British Airways and Iberia.
Investec's Australian unit has agreed to sell its A$1.2bn acquisition finance loan-book to Metrics Credit Partners.
Softcat are confident in FY results being "significantly" ahead of previous expectations.
Berenberg Upgrades Unite Group to Buy from Hold (1 Buy / 6 Holds / 0 Sells)
Deutsche Bank Upgrades Natwest to Hold from Sell (5 Buys / 9 Holds / 3 Sells)
Morgan Stanley Downgrades BHP Group to Equal weight from Overweight (6 Buys / 10 Holds / 1 Sell)
Bellway
Softcat
Cineworld
United Utilities
UK Consumer Price Index
German Markit Manufacturing PMI
EU Markit PMI Composite
UK Consumer Price Index
Nondefense Capital Goods Orders ex Aircraft
Fed's Chair Powell testifies
UK Retail Price Index
US Markit Services PMI
EU Consumer Confidence
Fed's Williams speech
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NatWest Group
Prudential
Schroders
Pearson
Ferguson
UK 250:
BB Healthcare Trust
XP Power
Vistry Group
CLS Holdings
Close Brothers Group
Fidelity European Values
Ferrexpo
Games Workshop Group
888 Holdings
Mercantile Investment Trust
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