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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BT GROUP PLC | 141.5 | 4.9% |
| STANDARD CHARTERED PLC | 499.3 | 4.6% |
| SAINSBURY (J) PLC | 229.7 | 3.1% |
| PENNON GROUP PLC | 955.6 | 3.0% |
| BARCLAYS PLC | 171.6 | 3.0% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP | 8124.0 | -14.4% |
| SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INV TR PLC | 1017.0 | -6.5% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 203.9 | -5.7% |
| MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC | 174.1 | -5.1% |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 108.6 | -5.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,631 | -0.3% | 2.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 31,496 | 1.9% | 21.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,921 | -1.0% | 20.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,743 | -0.4% | 38.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,740 | 0.4% | 8.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 67.17 | 1.63% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 70.54 | 1.70% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,702 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 403 | -1.2% |
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UK 100 is called to open +50 points this morning at 6680. A positive open is expected this morning in the city, as oil has picked up once again, Crude sitting at in excess of $71 a barrel, while WTI has broken through the $67 mark after Saudi Arabia said its energy facilities at Ras Tanura and Dhahran had come under attack.
Clarkson reports continued strong free cash flow generation.
Direct Line reported a fall in 2020 profit as weather-related costs in its home insurance line offset strong performance of its motor insurance business, which benefited from fewer claims due to COVID-19 restrictions. Their FY 2020 pretax profit of £451.4m was £58.3m lower than 2019.
Old Mutual expects their earnings to halve due to COVID-19 claims.
Pearson have said they will restructure the company to be able to serve consumers directly, after it posted 2020 operating profit in line with forecasts. They reported an adjusted operating profit of £313m (2019: £581m) after the group was boosted by demand for online learning but hit by the cancellation of exams.
Senior swings to a 2020 pretax loss of £191.8m (2019: £28.7m profit) as their performance is impacted by COVID-19 and Boeing 737 Max grounding.
Goldman Sachs resumes rating Capita Group with Neutral rating (2 Buys / 4 Holds / 1 Sell)
Morgan Stanley Upgrades Synthomer to Overweight from Equal weight (6 Buys / 4 Holds / 0 Sells)
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