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Friday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | 2,393.0 | 10.9% |
RIGHTMOVE PLC | 630.6 | 9.1% |
MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC | 101.3 | 3.6% |
AVEVA GROUP PLC | 4,505.0 | 3.0% |
SMITH & NEPHEW PLC | 1,581.0 | 3.0% |
Friday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
GLENCORE PLC | 174.6 | -3.2% |
FRESNILLO PLC | 1294.0 | -2.7% |
BP PLC | 287.3 | -2.7% |
PEARSON PLC | 590.2 | -2.5% |
COCA-COLA HBC AG-DI | 2119.0 | -2.4% |
Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
UK 100 INDEX | 6,032 | 0.1% | -16.8% |
DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 27,433 | 0.2% | 4.4% |
DAX INDEX | 12,675 | 0.7% | 8.4% |
NIKKEI 225 | 22,330 | -0.4% | 8.0% |
S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,005 | -0.6% | -8.8% |
Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 41.22 | -1.74% |
Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 44.40 | -1.53% |
Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,036 | -1.4% |
Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 279 | -4.1% |
UK 100 called to open +40 points this morning at 6042. On Friday the Dow Jones and S&P 500 managed to add small gains, investors seemingly brushing off concerns over rising U.S.-China tensions and ongoing coronavirus stimulus negotiations. The Dow closed 46.50 points higher, or 0.2%, at 27,433.48. The S&P 500 ended the session up 0.1% at 3,351.28. Those gains were enough to stretch their winning streaks to six days. However The Nasdaq Composite lagged, falling 0.9% to 11,010.98 and snapping a seven-session winning streak. The index was dragged lower by tech heavyweights Amazon and Netflix falling 1.8% and 2.8%, respectively. Microsoft dropped 1.8% also and Apple slid 2.3%.
AstraZeneca: Brazilian billionaire Jorge Lemann’s foundation and other business interests will fund the building of a factory to produce the COVID-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University.
Barclays is being probed by the UK’s privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) over allegations that the bank spied on its staff.
Superdry have announced they have entered into a new financing facility to ensure flexibility and liquidity going forward. Its a new £70m asset backed lending facility, extending until January 2023.
Acacia Mining PLC
Intercontinental Hotels Group
Derwent London
AA
Bellway
Domino’s Pizza Group
Petrofac
Prudential
Chinese CPI
UK Trade Balance
UK GDP
UK 100:
Phoenix Group Holdings
Smurfit Kappa Group
Legal & General Group
Aviva
Diageo
BP
Ashtead Group
GlaxoSmithKline
Pearson
Royal Dutch Shell B
Royal Dutch Shell A
AstraZeneca
SEGRO
UK 250:
Direct Line Insurance Group
Ferrexpo
Centamin
Renewables Infrastructure Group
Greencoat UK Wind
Civitas Social Housing
GCP Student Living
Tritax Big Box REIT
Scottish American Investment Company
UK Commercial Property REIT
ICG Enterprise Trust
Spirent Communications
Lancashire Holdings
BMO Commercial Property Trust
Games Workshop Group
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