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| Tuesday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| FERGUSON PLC | 7,862.0 | 6.0% |
| B&M EUROPEAN VALUE RETAIL SA | 510.2 | 4.0% |
| GVC HOLDINGS PLC | 1,014.0 | 4.0% |
| NATIONAL GRID PLC | 885.0 | 4.0% |
| SMURFIT KAPPA GROUP PLC | 3,084.0 | 3.6% |
| Tuesday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 140.4 | -5.9% |
| BRITISH LAND CO PLC | 331.1 | -4.2% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 91.0 | -3.6% |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 298.5 | -3.3% |
| LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC | 512.4 | -3.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 5,898 | -0.5% | -20.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 27,453 | -0.5% | 2.4% |
| DAX INDEX | 12,826 | -0.4% | 3.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 23,539 | 0.1% | 7.6% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 5,952 | 0.0% | -11.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 39.17 | -3.52% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 40.98 | -3.42% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,898 | 0.9% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 300 | 0.3% |
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UK 100 called to open -30 points this morning at 5864. Calls for a negative open come as investors in Asia overnight seemed to still be digesting the outcome of the clash between Biden and Trump, however upbeat manufacturing data from China made the picture more mixed in Wednesday’s session, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 down 1.07% while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up 1.15%. In the US on Tuesday the major indices closed in the red to snap a three-day winning. The Dow Jones struggled through the session, eventually closing lower by 131.40, or 0.5%, to settle at 27,452.66. The S&P 500 also dipped by 0.5% to close the day at 3,335.47, while the Nasdaq slid, but albeit by less, closing 0.3% lower, to close at 11,085.25.
Boohoo reports a 51% jump in first half profit and has raised its full year guidance. They reported a pretax profit of £68.1m (2019: £45.2m) on revenue up 45% to £816.5m. Group revenue for 2020-21 is now expected to grow by 28-32% v 25% previously.
Informa have said they will issue Euro bonds worth £640m as part of its COVID-19 action plan.
Topps Tiles reports a strong finish to the year with modest pre-tax profits expected.
TP ICAP are in advanced talks to buy electronic trading network Liquidnet Holdings Inc for $600-700m.
3i Infastructure
Topps Tiles
Quixant
Lamprell
Chinese Non Manufacturing PMI
UK GDP
German Retail Sales
Eurozone CPI
US ADP Employment Change
US GDP
UK 100:
British American Tobacco
Smith & Nephew
UK 250:
TP ICAP
Hastings Group Holdings
Murray International Trust
RIT Capital Partners
Fisher (James) & Sons
KAZ Minerals
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