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| Yesterday’s UK100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 279.2 | 11.4% |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 328.2 | 9.3% |
| EASYJET PLC | 784.4 | 8.3% |
| PRUDENTIAL PLC | 1,185.0 | 7.9% |
| WHITBREAD PLC | 2,651.0 | 7.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| POLYMETAL INTERNATIONAL PLC | 1498.0 | -6.6% |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 746.8 | -5.9% |
| HARGREAVES LANSDOWN PLC | 1694.5 | -3.1% |
| ASHTEAD GROUP PLC | 2479.0 | -1.0% |
| ANTOFAGASTA PLC | 903.6 | -0.3% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,382 | 2.6% | -11.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 26,270 | 2.1% | 5.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 12,487 | 3.9% | 5.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 22,614 | 1.3% | 10.8% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 5,942 | 1.8% | -6.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 36.75 | -0.16% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 39.50 | -0.18% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,700 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 248 | -0.3% |
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UK 100 called to open -30 points at 6350. Wall Street and Asian markets continued to advance overnight as traders gear up for another European Central Bank council meeting and the latest coronavirus blighted US jobs data. New York, the Dow Jones Industrials Average ended 527 points, or 2.1% higher at 26,269, while the broader S&P 500 index gained 1.4%, and the tech-laden Nasdaq Composite added 0.8%, while in Asia today, with Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index losing 0.5%, while Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index shed 0.6%. Oil retreated after briefly jumping above $40 a barrel, the highest since March
Aston Martin announces that they plan to shed 500 jobs as it seeks to bring its cost base into line with reduced sports car production levels.
Fevertree announce that their on-trade sales (which represents 50% of UK revenue) have been severely affected by COVID-19, however their off-trade sales in the first full month of lockdown were +24% y-o-y. They state coronavirus will have a material impact on FY 2020 trading.
Lookers announce that they are planning to make around 1,500 redundancies across their business, as part of a restructure which will see 12 sites closed. This is estimated to produce annual savings of £50m.
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