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Friday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
GVC HOLDINGS PLC | 998.4 | 16.7% |
FLUTTER ENTERTAINMENT PLC | 12,680.0 | 6.8% |
AVAST PLC | 547.5 | 4.1% |
M&G PLC | 151.4 | 3.6% |
HOMESERVE PLC | 1,264.0 | 3.3% |
Friday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
STANDARD CHARTERED PLC | 336.8 | -2.7% |
SAINSBURY (J) PLC | 197.3 | -2.4% |
ADMIRAL GROUP PLC | 2688.0 | -1.8% |
RIO TINTO PLC | 4733.0 | -1.7% |
SMITHS GROUP PLC | 1304.5 | -1.5% |
Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
UK 100 INDEX | 5,843 | 0.3% | -21.3% |
DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 27,174 | 1.3% | 1.3% |
DAX INDEX | 12,469 | -1.1% | 0.7% |
NIKKEI 225 | 23,205 | 0.5% | 6.1% |
S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 5,965 | 1.5% | -11.2% |
Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 40.25 | -0.15% |
Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 41.92 | -0.05% |
Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,862 | -0.4% |
Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 297 | 0.1% |
UK 100 called to open +75 points this morning at 5911. Calls for a positive open come as the UK 100 seems to be taking its cue from Asia’s main markets which kicked off the week strongly. Leading the pack was China, where profits from the industrial sector grew for the fourth straight month, suggesting the world’s second-largest economy is starting to shrug off the effects of coronavirus. In the U.S. stocks rose on Friday, recovering some of their losses for the week, as tech shares clawed back some of their big September declines. The Dow Jones closed 358.52 points higher, or 1.3%, at 27,173.96. The S&P also climbed 1.6% to 3,298.46. While the Nasdaq popped 2.26% to 10,913.56. It was the best day for the major averages since Sept. 9. Shares of Amazon rose 2.5% and Facebook gained 2.1%. Apple advanced 3.8% and Microsoft climbed 2.3%. Netflix closed 2.1% higher. The S&P had its best day since Sept. 9.
Premier Oil is asking debt holders to extend a waiver on its borrowing terms beyond Sept 30th while it tries to convince at least 75% of its creditors to back a plan to raise fresh equity.
Rolls-Royce have said that no final decision has been made on allotting shares to potential investors “including any sovereign wealth fund” as the firm was still reviewing all available funding options.
William Hill confirm that Caesars Entertainment is in advanced discussions with them for a possible cash offer of William Hill’s shares at 272p per share, valuing the company at £2.9bn.
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Wolseley
Grainger
AA
Card Factory
Eurozone Business Climate
Eurozone Consumer Confidence
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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