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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| CARNIVAL PLC | 922.4 | 8.6% |
| ASHTEAD GROUP PLC | 1,985.0 | 8.5% |
| INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROU | 3,601.0 | 7.1% |
| COMPASS GROUP PLC | 1,339.0 | 5.7% |
| ITV PLC | 72.2 | 5.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BERKELEY GROUP HOLDINGS/THE | 4159.0 | -4.0% |
| PERSIMMON PLC | 2130.0 | -2.9% |
| PENNON GROUP PLC | 1093.0 | -2.5% |
| JD SPORTS FASHION PLC | 481.5 | -2.4% |
| TAYLOR WIMPEY PLC | 148.7 | -1.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 5,847 | 1.6% | -21.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 24,134 | 1.5% | -9.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 10,660 | 3.1% | -13.4% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 19,771 | -0.1% | -11.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 5,313 | -0.2% | -16.8% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 12.88 | -23.97% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 19.91 | -7.14% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,714 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 235 | 0.5% |
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UK 100 called to open +10 points points at 5855. Stocks were mixed in Asia on Tuesday and U.S. futures dipped after a modest rally on Wall Street overnight. Crude oil extended sharp losses from Monday. Shares slipped in Japan and South Korea. Australia turned lower and Hong Kong climbed. Chinese stocks fluctuated after a report the country would ease some initial public offering rules. The White House issued a strategy to expand U.S. testing for the coronavirus on Monday, accelerating President Donald Trump’s push to reopen the economy even as the nation’s outbreak approaches 1 million infections. The new guidance to states to help them build testing capacity. Gold fell for a third day as a drumbeat of moves toward reopening economies plus gains in stocks eroded appetite for havens, with prices sinking below $1,700 an ounce ahead of policy announcements from two of the world’s leading central banks.
BP reports its profit fell by two-thirds in Q1 2020 as coronavirus hit oil demand and its debt rose. They reported a net income of $800m, beating the $710m forecast by analysts, but was down from $2.4bn posted in the same quarter last year. The company states there remains an 'exceptional level of uncertainty' after oil prices dropped below $20 a barrel.
Greggs plans to re-open 20 shops from next Monday in a trial to see if it can operate effectively with social distancing measures as the coronavirus lockdown is eased.
HSBC Q1 2020 profit fell worse-than-expected by 48% (v Q1 2019) to $3.2bn after boosting provisions (five-fold to $3bn) against bad loans as the coronavirus pandemic hits borrowers worldwide. They warned that the pandemic could cause further damage to come and they will review their dividend policy at or before their end of year 2020 results.
Plus 500 state that revenue and profitability for their FY 2020 is expected to be substantially ahead of current consensus expectations due to continued levels of market volatility has seen significantly increased levels of customer trading activity.
Travis Perkins have announced its total revenue in the first three weeks of April 2020 is down two thirds on the same period in 2019 due to the coronavirus crisis.
Weir Group says Q1 2020 orders are down 13% (v Q1 2019) due to significantly weaker oil and gas market conditions. They expect COVID-19 will have a greater impact on trading in Q2.
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