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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ANTOFAGASTA PLC | 905.0 | 4.0% |
| 3I GROUP PLC | 1,130.0 | 3.0% |
| LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP | 7,022.0 | 3.0% |
| SPIRAX-SARCO ENGINEERING PLC | 7,800.0 | 2.7% |
| INTERTEK GROUP PLC | 5,262.0 | 2.3% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| NMC HEALTH PLC | 2363.0 | -4.3% |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 594.4 | -3.7% |
| M&G PLC | 220.0 | -2.3% |
| IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC | 1779.6 | -2.2% |
| LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC | 58.9 | -1.8% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,331 | 0.1% | 4.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 27,091 | 0.5% | 10.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 12,942 | 0.4% | 14.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 22,974 | 0.5% | 8.6% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,745 | 0.1% | 17.8% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 55.53 | -0.50% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 61.33 | -0.39% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,493 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 268 | -0.3% |
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UK 100 called to open -6 points at 7325; All eyes today will be on parliament following last nights vote, The House of Commons rejected Boris Johnson's motion for a snap election for a third time, but he hasn't given up. The PM will try to persuade Parliament once again today, this time using an easier legal route by proposing a one-line bill changing the date set in law for the next election to Dec. 12. It was a green day stateside yesterday with all major equity markets closing in the green, the Dow Jones +0.5%, the S&P also +0.5% but lead forward by the Nasdaq +1% as earnings season continued to be fruitful for investors. This positive sentiment continued through into Asian sessions, the Nikkei also adding 0.5%. Oil prices pulled back slightly overnight to settle at $61.40. Whilst gold retraced to $1492 from $1507.
In corporate news this morning:
BP Q3 profit beat expectations but was down from the previous quarter hurt by weaker oil prices, lower production and one-off charges linked to large divestments. They posted a net income of $2.3bn ($1.73bn was expected) which was down from the $2.81bn posted in Q2. Quarterly dividend maintained at 8p per share.
Plus 500 Q3 2019 results with revenue +10%, active customers +9%, new customer acquisition +18% and EBITDA +39%. Trading remains in line with current expectations for FY 2019.
Source: Bloomberg, FT, Reuters, DJ Newswires, AlphaTerminal
Royal Mail Group Downgraded to Underweight by JP Morgan (Bloomberg: 3 Buys/ 5 Holds/ 5 Sells)
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