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| Monday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| MELROSE INDUSTRIES | 122.3 | 5.8% |
| SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST | 895.5 | 5.5% |
| ASHTEAD GROUP | 2,693 | 5.15% |
| M&G | 165.4 | 5.1% |
| EXPERIAN | 2,799 | 4.8% |
| Monday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| INTERNATIONAL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINES GROUP | 209.2 | -4.65% |
| EASYJET | 631 | -2.36% |
| CARNIVAL | 2503.0 | -1.59% |
| NATWEST GROUP | 114.9 | -1.07% |
| BRITISH LAND | 607.0 | -0.28% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 5,937 | 2.4% | -18.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 28,133 | -0.6% | 5.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,100 | 2.0% | 7.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 23,090 | -0.5% | 8.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 5,945 | 0.3% | -10.6% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 39.07 | -1.76% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 42.01 | -1.52% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,930 | -0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 307 | 0.3% |
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UK 100 called to open +25 points this morning at 5961. Calls for a positive open this morning come as Brexit talks restart. Yesterday saw a bounce from Fridays fall in the FTSE, adding over 100 points during the session to settle once more over 5900 at the close, with US Markets closed on Monday for labour day, focus will be on whether there is a continuation of Fridays afternoons bounce when markets recommence trading today at two thirty.
Ashtead reported a 35% slump in Q1 profit as the construction sector came under severe stress in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. Underlying profit fell to £208m (2019: £319m profit).
Easyjet have have downgraded forward guidance and their expected travel demand in Q4 2020, after seven Greek islands were removed from the exemption list. They expect to fly significantly less than the 40% of planned capacity, which is a result of continued schedule thinning as they continue to focus on profitable flying.
Fevertree reports strong off-trade performance and diversified revenues with EBITDA down 35% y-o-y to £23.8m. Dividend was increased y-o-y by 4% to 5.41p per share.
Halfords sees bicycle sales surge 59.1% during the coronavirus crisis as people continued to shy away from public transport. Like-for-like sales rose 5% with strong performance in cycling partially offset by a 28.6% fall in motoring products sales, with car journeys limited by the crisis.
JD Sports reinstated its annual guidance saying it was encouraged by its performance since stores reopened, as H1 2020 profit fell 68% to £41.5m.
Meggitt reports that H1 underlying operating profit fell 37% to £102m.
Travis Perkins posts HY 2020 adjusted operating profit of £42m and says that the demerger of Wickes is paused until markets become more stable and predictable.
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BBA Aviation
Meggitt
Genus
Cairn Energy
Halfords Group
Travis Perkins
Ashtead Group
JD Sports Fashion
McBride
Fevertree Drinks
Gamma Communications
Midwich Limited
Tullow Oil
Computercenter PLC
EMIS Group
Sanne Group
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UK Inflation Report Hearing
German Trade Balance
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