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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INV TR PLC | 1,137.0 | 3.8% |
| HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | 2,276.0 | 3.5% |
| POLYMETAL INTERNATIONAL PLC | 1,419.5 | 2.2% |
| ADMIRAL GROUP PLC | 3,101.0 | 2.0% |
| AVEVA GROUP PLC | 3,422.0 | 1.9% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BRITISH LAND CO PLC | 504.8 | -3.3% |
| MONDI PLC | 1850.0 | -3.3% |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 105.3 | -3.0% |
| WPP PLC | 920.6 | -2.8% |
| MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC | 166.9 | -2.8% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,714 | -0.9% | 23.1% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 32,982 | -0.3% | 57.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,008 | 0.0% | 57.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 29,389 | 0.7% | 62.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,829 | 0.6% | 29.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 59.85 | 1.17% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 63.54 | -0.94% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,715 | 0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 396 | -0.8% |
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UK 100 is called to open +27 points this morning at 6740. Calls for a stronger start today come ahead of the four day Easter break, market optimism has been aided by talks over a potential of a further $2trn stimulus package in infrastructure spending. This saw markets stateside heading north, however, Wednesday’s close saw the Dow Jones finish in red, down 0.26% to 32,981, whilst the S&P rose by 0.36% to 3,972. A tech driven rally saw the the Nasdaq as the stand out performing benchmark, adding 201 points or 1.54% to close at 13,246. In Asia this morning it was a similar story, Japan’s Nikkei rose by 213 points or 0.73% to 29,392 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up 3-6 points, 1.08%, at 28,680. The Shanghai Composite was also marked higher, adding 0.18% to trade at 3,449.
Breedon Group name Rob Wood as their new CEO.
Equiniti reports a 2020 pretax loss of £6.6m (2019: £39.8m profit) and have declared no dividend payments for 2020 (2019: 5.49p).
Next reports that their pretax profit fell 54% to £342.4m which was in line with guidance. They have proposed no final dividend and their buyback programme remains suspended. They expect to post pretax profits of £700m in FY22 with online sales expected to rise by 18%.
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