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| Monday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 201.7 | 8.7% |
| MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC | 107.7 | 6.3% |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 265.7 | 5.2% |
| EVRAZ PLC | 326.3 | 5.2% |
| JD SPORTS FASHION PLC | 684.4 | 3.8% |
| Monday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| HARGREAVES LANSDOWN PLC | 1786.0 | -4.2% |
| HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | 2297.0 | -4.0% |
| FLUTTER ENTERTAINMENT PLC | 11650.0 | -3.0% |
| SAGE GROUP PLC/THE | 745.2 | -2.6% |
| SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INV TR PLC | 879.0 | -2.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,051 | 0.3% | -16.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 27,791 | 1.3% | 5.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 12,688 | 0.1% | 8.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 22,330 | -0.4% | 8.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,110 | 1.8% | -7.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 41.99 | 1.87% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 44.96 | 1.26% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,027 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 287 | 2.7% |
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UK 100 called to open +50 points this morning at 6100. Calls fro a positive open, come in spite of UK unemployment continuing to rise last month, in the latest UK ILO Unemployment numbers. During the US Session yesterday the Dow Jones added 357.96 points to close at 27,791.44, a gain of 1.3%. Boeing and Dow Inc. were among the best-performing stocks rising more than 5% each. The S&P 500 climbed 0.27% to finish at 3,360.47, this was S&P 500′s seventh straight day of gains. Leaving the S&P 500 less than 1% away from a record highs. The Nasdaq however, did not fair so well, and dropped nearly 0.4% to 10,968.36 as traders trimmed positions in Big Tech stocks.
Bellway has constructed fewer homes in 2020 due to coronavirus lockdown bringing property sales to a halt. However, temporary stamp duty holiday and the gradual reopening of sites has led to a pick-up in demand. They have a strong forward order book comprimising of 6,588 homes with a value of £1,760.2m.
Domino’s Pizza Group posted a 2.7% dip in H1 2020 operating profits, hurt by costs for implementing social distancing measures at its restaurants due to coronavirus outbreak. They reported EBIT of £51.4m (2019: £52.8m) where sales in UK and Ireland system rose 5.5%.
Galliford Try has been awarded a £105m contract to build a major new build-to-rent residential scheme in Leeds of 665 homes.
International Hotels Group have sais they are seeing some “very early” signs of recovery in demand as coronavirus restrictions ease in major markets, with July room revenue expected to be down 58%. They reported a 52% plunge in average room revenue for H1 2020, with an operating loss of $233m (2019: $442m profit).
Plus 500 reported an expected surge in H1 2020 core profit on the back of extreme volatility in financial markets triggered by the coronavirus crisis. They expect the market volatility to normalise in H2. They also announced a $67.3m share buyback programme.
Intercontinental Hotels Group
Derwent London
AA
Bellway
Domino’s Pizza Group
Petrofac
Prudential
CLS Holdings
Admiral Group
Balfour Beatty
Capital & Countries Properties
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
UK ILO Unemployment Rate
EU ZEW Survey – Economic Sentiment
US PPI
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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