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| Thursday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| PEARSON PLC | 536.6 | 6.2% |
| PERSIMMON PLC | 2,417.0 | 3.9% |
| BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS PLC | 452.7 | 3.2% |
| POLYMETAL INTERNATIONAL PLC | 1,693.0 | 1.1% |
| NATWEST GROUP PLC | 99.3 | 1.1% |
| Thursday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 150.1 | -7.6% |
| SMITHS GROUP PLC | 1324.5 | -7.5% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 95.2 | -5.3% |
| HARGREAVES LANSDOWN PLC | 1540.5 | -4.6% |
| M&G PLC | 146.2 | -3.8% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 5,823 | -1.3% | -20.1% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 26,815 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 12,607 | -0.3% | 2.4% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 23,088 | -1.1% | 4.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 5,876 | -0.8% | -12.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 40.26 | -0.12% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 41.94 | 0.41% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,870 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 297 | 0.1% |
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UK 100 called to open +26 points this morning at 5849. The markets look to start on a positive note on Friday as all major indices are in positive territory. Asia set the trend after robust US housing data supported a late tech-driven rally on Wall Street. Investors breathed a sigh of relief, as news that Democrats in the US house of representatives are working on a $2.2trillion cornoavirus aid package that could be voted on as early as next week. On top of that, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reiterated she is ready to negotiate on the bill, which helped sentiment. Dollar strength battered commodities over night with Gold lower 0.16% at $1865.16 per ounce and oil gaining mildly. US Crude was up 0.15% at £40.37 per barrel and Brent up 0.1% at $41.98.
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US Durable Goods Orders
US Non Defence Capital Goods Orders (Ex Aircraft)
UK 100:
British American Tobacco
Smith & Nephew
UK 250:
TP ICAP
Hastings Group Holdings
Murray International Trust
RIT Capital Partners
Fisher (James) & Sons
KAZ Minerals
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