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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| DS SMITH PLC | 362.0 | 3.8% |
| EXPERIAN PLC | 2,772.0 | 3.4% |
| INTERTEK GROUP PLC | 5,886.0 | 3.3% |
| 3I GROUP PLC | 1,160.5 | 2.9% |
| SSE PLC | 1,403.0 | 2.9% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 161.2 | -3.6% |
| INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROU | 4776.0 | -3.6% |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 126.3 | -3.5% |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 400.4 | -2.7% |
| BERKELEY GROUP HOLDINGS/THE | 4305.0 | -2.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,559 | 0.1% | -9.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 30,174 | 0.4% | 8.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,278 | 0.1% | 1.3% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 26,818 | 1.3% | 14.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,728 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 45.67 | 0.15% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 48.94 | 0.20% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,860 | -0.5% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 352 | 0.6% |
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UK 100 called to open +30 points this morning at 6583. Calls for a positive open come as Boris Johnson prepares to head to Brussels for crunch talks to thrash out a post-Brexit trade deal before Christmas. During trading in the US yesterday The Dow Jones ended the session up 0.35% at 30,173, while the S&P 500 rose 0.28% to 3,702 and the Nasdaq climbed 0.5% to 12,582. Markets in Asia followed the US lead on Wednesday morning, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 up 1.19% while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.88%.
Balfour Beatty expects a 20% jump in its year-end order book as the British government allowed construction work to begin on the new high-speed rail line, while other project wins also supported the company during the COVID-19 crisis. They forecast a year-end order book of around £17bn, adding that annual results will be in line with its expectations.
British American Tobacco raised its forecast for 2020 revenue as the hit to cigarette demand from the COVID-19 pandemic was smaller than feared. They expect adjusted revenue growth to be at the upper end of its previous forecast of 1-3%.
G4S has agreed to be bought out by Allied Universal for £3.8bn.
Howden Joinery sees FY20 pretax profit at around 10% above the top end of current analyst forecasts.
Stagecoach posted a 99% plunge in earnings due to the pandemic stopping people travelling plus the expiry of previous contracts hurting the business.
Tesco have said that all conditions have been satisfied for the $10.6bn sale of its business in Thailand and Malaysia to C.P. Retail Development Company Limited and the deal should be completed this month.
Victrex reports a FY pretax profit of £63.5m.
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