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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 204.5 | 3.3% |
| ASTRAZENECA PLC | 8,130.0 | 2.5% |
| SMITH & NEPHEW PLC | 1,506.0 | 2.3% |
| GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC | 1,380.4 | 2.1% |
| INFORMA PLC | 564.8 | 2.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| THUNGELA RESOURCES LTD | 130.2 | -9.6% |
| PERSIMMON PLC | 3113.0 | -3.4% |
| RENISHAW PLC | 5380.0 | -3.1% |
| 3I GROUP PLC | 1208.0 | -3.1% |
| EVRAZ PLC | 624.8 | -2.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,081 | -0.2% | 11.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,447 | -0.4% | 27.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,581 | -0.4% | 24.4% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,959 | 0.3% | 25.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,303 | 0.4% | 18.8% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 69.54 | -0.60% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 71.77 | -0.62% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,886 | -0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 450 | -0.6% |
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UK 100 is called to open +13 points this morning at 7094.A positive open is expected this morning ahead of inflation data (CPI) Stateside this afternoon, and a Europe Central Bank meeting. On Wall Street Wednesday, markets took a step back, the Dow Jones closed Wednesday 152 points or 0.44% lower at 34,447. The S&P fell by 0.18% to finish at 4,219 whilst the Nasdaq was the best performing benchmark, closing at 13,911. It was a brighter picture in Asia today, Japan’s Nikkei added 91 points or 0.32% to trade at 28,952 whilst Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 74 points or 0.26% to end the session at 28,817. The Shanghai Composite added 0.69% to 3,616.
Auto Trader reports that their FY21 pretax profits are down 37% YoY to £157.4m as they have started the new financial year in a strong position. They state that COVID is currently having little impact on performance.
Capita wins a £57.6m customer management contract renewal with Tesco mobile.
Card Factory reports a FY pretax loss of £16.4m (2020: £65.2m profit after a successful reopening post-lockdown as sales have exceeded previous reopenings.
DFS reports that they expect their FY21 underlying pretax profit to be around £105m as H2 to date order intake is up 14% vs same period in FY19. They expect FY22 pretax profit to be between £66-96m.
Entain expects 3m people to bet on the delayed 2020 UEFA European Championships.
Citigroup Downgrades Pennon to Neutral from Buy (3 Buys / 7 Holds / 0 Sells)
Peel Hunt Upgrades Whitbread to Add (9 Buys / 6 Holds / 1 Sell)
RBC Downgrades Pennon to Sector Perform from Outperform (3 Buys / 7 Holds / 0 Sells)
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Halma
Mitie Group
Workspace Group
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ECB Interest Rate Decision
US Consumer Price Index ex Food & Energy
ECB Monetary Policy Statement and Press Conference
Chinese FDI – Foreign Direct Investment
BoE’s Haldane speech
US Initial Jobless Claims
US Monthly Budget Statement
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