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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| RELX PLC | 1,869.5 | 2.8% |
| SSE PLC | 1,547.0 | 2.6% |
| ASHTEAD GROUP PLC | 3,832.0 | 1.9% |
| JUST EAT TAKEAWAY | 8,550.0 | 1.8% |
| SMITH & NEPHEW PLC | 1,653.5 | 1.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 151.6 | -3.4% |
| NEXT PLC | 7914.0 | -3.0% |
| MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC | 175.5 | -2.8% |
| ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC | 2254.0 | -2.8% |
| INFORMA PLC | 515.8 | -2.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,715 | -0.4% | -11.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 31,176 | 0.0% | 6.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,907 | -0.1% | 2.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,631 | -0.4% | 19.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,800 | -0.3% | -4.7% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 52.60 | 0.63% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 55.70 | 0.52% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,854 | -0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 363 | 0.2% |
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UK 100 called to open +20 points this morning at 6717. Calls for a positive open come as overnight stocks in Asia were higher as China surpassed the US as the world’s largest recipient of foreign direct investment in 2020, according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development. This positive sentiment fed into other Asian markets, seeing South Korea’s Kospi lead the gains, adding a significant 2.18%. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index advanced 2.04% while China’s Shanghai composite rose 0.18%. The region was also buoyed on Monday by hopes that a return to normal might not be too far off with the vaccine roll-out continuing.
ASOS are in negotiations with Arcadia to buy Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT.
AstraZeneca’s cancer drug Calquence meets primary endpoint in Phase 3 trial and has been approved in Japan for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia.
Boohoo have agreed to buy the online business of Debenhams for £55m in cash, in a move which will see the department store chain close its remaining high street shops.
Mothercare expects to make a small EBITDA loss for FY, with retail sales in 9 months to Jan 2nd of £258m, down 38% YoY.
Premier Oil names Alexander Krane as their new CFO.
Tesco confirms its intention to return £4.99bn to shareholders via special dividend.
TP ICAP does not expect a material impact to it brokering business from Brexit after establishing a new subsidiary in France for its EU brokering business.
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