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Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
ASTRAZENECA PLC | 7,715.0 | 4.3% |
SMURFIT KAPPA GROUP PLC | 3,714.0 | 4.2% |
HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | 2,440.0 | 3.2% |
HARGREAVES LANSDOWN PLC | 1,719.5 | 3.1% |
INTERMEDIATE CAPITAL GROUP | 2,186.0 | 2.9% |
Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
BARCLAYS PLC | 175.5 | -7.0% |
OCADO GROUP PLC | 2097.0 | -4.0% |
FLUTTER ENTERTAINMENT PLC-DI | 14840.0 | -3.2% |
ANGLO AMERICAN PLC | 3070.0 | -2.3% |
WEIR GROUP PLC/THE | 1917.0 | -2.2% |
Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
UK 100 INDEX | 6,970 | 0.1% | 20.9% |
DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,113 | 0.7% | 43.6% |
DAX INDEX | 15,236 | 0.7% | 45.6% |
NIKKEI 225 | 28,813 | -0.8% | 46.9% |
S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,060 | 0.5% | 32.7% |
Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 64.42 | -0.11% |
Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 67.49 | -0.10% |
Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,786 | -0.4% |
Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 451 | -0.5% |
UK 100 is called to open +33 points this morning at 7002. A positive open is expected this morning in the UK, following yesterdays bank holiday and ahead of the expected signing this week of a trade deal with India. Stateside yesterdays saw a mixed session on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones gaining 238 points or 0.7% to close back above the 34,000 mark and the S&P 500 rising 0.3%, however it was a different story for the tech heavy Nasdaq, which dropped by 0.5%. In Asia overnight, markets were higher as the Reserve Bank of Australia decided to maintain its current policy settings, including keeping the cash rate at 0.1%. The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong rose 0.47% while South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.34%. The markets in China, Japan and Thailand were closed on Tuesday for holidays.
AstraZeneca’s diabetes drug Farxiga has been approved in the US for treating chronic kidney disease.
BP is preparing to bid for the rights to build wind farms off Scotland.
Domino’s Pizza Group has sold its entire shareholding in PPS Foods.
Provident Financial is to close its doorstep lending business after 141 years.
Vodafone and Alphabet have entered a strategic partnership to jointly develop data services.
HSBC resumes rating WH Smith with a Buy (3 Buys / 4 Holds / 0 Sells)
JP Morgan Upgrades IAG to Overweight from Neutral (9 Buys / 6 Holds / 0 Sells)
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Direct Line Insurance Group
ITV
OneSavings Bank
Virgin Money
Chinese Caixin Manufacturing PMI
UK Markit Manufacturing PMI
US Goods and Services Trade Balance
US Factory Orders
UK 100:
Polymetal International
Admiral Group
Reckitt Benckiser Group
BP
Croda International
UK 250:
GCP Infrastructure Investments
Lancashire Holdings
Hipgnosis Songs Fund
Edinburgh Investment Trust
Hochschild Mining
UK Commercial Property REIT
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