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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BT GROUP PLC | 205.3 | 2.6% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 201.1 | 2.3% |
| WHITBREAD PLC | 3,356.0 | 2.0% |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 112.2 | 2.0% |
| PERSHING SQUARE HOLDINGS LTD | 2,570.0 | 1.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| HALMA PLC | 2724.0 | -4.5% |
| GLENCORE PLC | 306.0 | -3.5% |
| RENISHAW PLC | 5360.0 | -3.4% |
| POLYMETAL INTERNATIONAL PLC | 1597.0 | -3.3% |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 805.8 | -3.3% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,157 | -0.4% | 14.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,845 | -0.6% | 29.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,722 | 0.1% | 26.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 29,018 | -0.9% | 29.8% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,359 | -0.4% | 22.8% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 71.18 | -1.34% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 73.27 | -1.51% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,771 | -2.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 425 | -3.3% |
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UK 100 is called to open +1 points this morning at 7154. The UK blue chip index was called marginally higher this morning despite today’s UK retail sales data, which showed slowing supermarket sales. The figures ended a week of fairly strong UK economic data, ahead of next week’s Bank of England interest rate decision. Trading in the US yesterday saw the Dow Jones finish lower again for the fourth day in a row, by 210 points, or 0.6%, to 33,823, while the S&P fell 0.04% to 4,222, the Nasdaq however rose 0.9% to 14,161. and on course for a fifth consecutive weekly rise. In Asia the Bank of Japan left monetary policy unchanged while extending its special lending program for companies affected by the pandemic to March 2022. In China The Shanghai Composite declined 0.4%, while in Hong Kong the Hang Seng is up by 0.6%.
Carnival says eight Medallion Class voyages are planned after US CDC green light.
Inchcape says “encouraging trends observed across the business have continued” from Q1.
Telecom Plus FY results were in line with expectations but they expect next year’s adjusted pretax profit to increase by around £60m.
Tesco reported a sharp slowdown in underlying UK sales in Q1, reflecting a tough comparison with the same quarter last year when the country was in the grip of its first COVID-19 lockdown. Like-for-like sales rose 0.5%, ahead of analysts’ average forecast of a fall of 1% but down from growth of 8.8% in the previous quarter. They maintained their profit guidance for the full 2021-22 year.
HSBC Upgrades EasyJet to Buy from Hold (8 Buys / 8 Holds / 2 Sells)
HSBC Upgrades Ryanair to Buy from Hold (2 Buys / 0 Holds / 0 Sells)
HSBC Upgrades Wizz Air to Hold from Reduce (7 Buys / 4 Holds / 5 Sells)
JP Morgan Upgrades Diageo to Neutral from Underweight (10 Buys / 6 Holds / 1 Sell)
JP Morgan Upgrades HSBC to Neutral from Underweight (5 Buys / 11 Holds / 3 Sells)
Tesco
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BoJ Interest Rate Decision
UK Retail Sales
German Producer Price Index
EcoFin Meeting
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JD Sports Fashion
Vodafone Group
Experian
British Land Company
United Utilities Group
UK 250:
Tate & Lyle
Airtel Africa
Edinburgh Investment Trust
JPMorgan European Smaller Cos Tst
LXI REIT
Mercantile Investment Trust
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