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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 202.0 | 5.1% |
| BARCLAYS PLC | 189.1 | 4.9% |
| MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC | 171.8 | 4.3% |
| NATWEST GROUP PLC | 197.3 | 4.0% |
| LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC | 285.6 | 3.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 857.4 | -4.1% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 2030.0 | -2.3% |
| SEVERN TRENT PLC | 2294.0 | -2.1% |
| BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC | 2770.0 | -2.0% |
| POLYMETAL INTERNATIONAL PLC | 1389.5 | -1.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,772 | 0.5% | 19.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,067 | -0.3% | 48.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,009 | 1.3% | 51.1% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 29,179 | -0.9% | 54.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,791 | 0.8% | 33.8% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 60.85 | 0.50% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 64.50 | 0.56% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,689 | 0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 399 | 0.3% |
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UK 100 is called to open -12 points this morning at 6760. The UK bluechip index is called lower this morning as investor sentiment from weaker global sessions yesterday seems to have filtered through to Europe, as US treasury yields once again rose yesterday. This let to The Dow Jones ending the session on Tuesday down by 0.31% at close at 33.066 while the S&P dropped similarly 0.32% to end the session at 3,958 and the Nasdaq completed the red day stateside falling by 0.11% to 13,045. The picture was much the same in Asia this morning, The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong slipped 0.31% while the Shanghai Composite in China fell 0.61%. In Japan, the Nikkei gave up 0.73%.
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Petropavlovsk increases their guidance for 2021 gold production to 470,000 ounces (from 430,000 ounces) as they plan to complete their management restructure by Q2.
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