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| Tuesday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| GVC HOLDINGS PLC | 785.0 | 9.6% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 218.7 | 8.4% |
| ITV PLC | 65.6 | 5.8% |
| EVRAZ PLC | 345.3 | 5.8% |
| INFORMA PLC | 423.5 | 5.7% |
| Tuesday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 1206.5 | -6.7% |
| POLYMETAL INTERNATIONAL PLC | 1931.5 | -4.1% |
| RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC | 527.2 | -2.3% |
| HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | 2247.0 | -2.2% |
| SEGRO PLC | 955.0 | -1.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,154 | 1.7% | -15.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 27,687 | -0.4% | 5.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 12,947 | 2.0% | 10.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 22,750 | 1.9% | 10.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,139 | 0.5% | -6.8% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 41.68 | -0.62% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 44.64 | -0.78% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,914 | -5.6% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 285 | -0.5% |
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UK 100 called to open +15 points this morning at 6164. Asia slipped last night on growing uncertainty over whether lawmakers in the US will strike an agreement on an additional round of big fiscal stimulus, especially as it struggles with the coronavirus still. There was a pull back in safe-havens such as gold as hopes of a vaccine development spurred on investors.The Dow Jones was up 61.28 points, or 0.2%, to 27,852.72 having fallen through the afternoon having been positive by 350 points earlier in the session. The S&P 500 gave back an early gain to fall 8.39 points, or 0.3%, to 3,352.08. The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 118.37 points, or 1.1%, to 10,849.99. Commodities saw Gold fall 5.68% from record territory, with December futures falling by 4.6% to settle at $1,946.30 an ounce. WTI Crude oil, closed 0.8% lower to trade at $41.61 a barrel.
Admiral Group posted higher H1 2020 profit as motor claims dropped with Britions staying off the roads during strict coronavirus lockdowns. They reported pretax profit surged 31% to £286.1m and have reinstated its special dividend of 20.7p per share.
ASOS has upgraded its sales and profit outlook as they are benefiting from stronger than anticipated underlying demand. Revenue growth for FY20 was now expected to be between 17-19% with pretax profit in the region of £130-150m.
Balfour Beatty posts a H1 2020 loss as the COVID-19 crisis forced it to halt construction work at its projects in March and April. They posted a pretax loss of £26m (2019: £63m profit).
Just Eat Takeaway.com report H1 2020 revenue was up +44% to 1bn euros, with adjusted EBITDA of 177m euros.
IAG British Airways has agreed a deal with its trade unions representing parts of its workforce in Heathrow over planned job cuts.
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Tui
National Express Group
Renishaw
UK GDP
Chinese Foreign Direct Investment
US CPI
UK 100:
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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:
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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
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