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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | 1,910.0 | 4.6% |
| RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC | 504.0 | 1.7% |
| RSA INSURANCE GROUP PLC | 535.0 | 0.6% |
| NMC HEALTH PLC | 938.4 | 0.0% |
| MONDI PLC | 1,619.5 | 0.0% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| WPP PLC | 761.6 | -16.2% |
| EVRAZ PLC | 337.0 | -10.5% |
| TUI AG-DI | 655.8 | -8.2% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 515.4 | -7.9% |
| EASYJET PLC | 1110.0 | -7.69% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,796 | -3.5% | -3.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 25,767 | -4.4% | -0.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 12,367 | -3.2% | 7.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 21,143 | -3.7% | -1.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,441 | -3.3% | 4.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 45.60 | -3.16% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 50.64 | -2.95% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,624 | -1.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 252 | -2.1% |
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UK 100 called to open -200 points at 6597; Fear tightened its grip on global markets Friday, with European stock futures tumbling 4% and U.S. contracts signalling yet more pain after the biggest one-day rout on Wall Street since 2011. The yen climbed with sovereign bonds as traders sought shelter. In Asia, the Nikkei fell 805 points (3.67%). The Hang Seng closed 645 points (2.44%). In China the CSI fell by 144 points (3.55%). In the U.S. The Dow Jones closed 1,190 lower (4.42%), The S&P 500 closed 137 points lower (4.42%), the Nasdaq fell 414 points (4.61%). Oil traded at $50.7 a barrel.
IAG says earnings will be hit this year by the coronavirus outbreak, but not sure by how much. Weakening demand would cause further flight cancellations. Demand has plunged in recent weeks as the virus has spread. IAG said it could not give an accurate profit guidance at this stage due to the outbreak. For 2019 IAG reported a 5.7% drop in operating profit to 3.285bn euros slightly better than forecast.
Rolls Royce reports a $1.1bn operating loss on its Trent 1000 engines. Expects core operating profit to grow about 15% this year with at least £1bn of free cash flow. CEO Warren East said company remains on target to reduce number of aircraft on the ground to single digits by end of Q2.
London Stock Exchange said it would complete takeover of analytics company Refinitiv on time, as it reported higher than expected annual income driven by a jump in clearing activity. Total income from continuing operations rose 8% to £2.314bn, ahead of analyst expectations.
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