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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC | 183.5 | 3.7% |
| SAGE GROUP PLC/THE | 597.0 | 3.0% |
| RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP PLC | 6,282.0 | 3.0% |
| BP PLC | 313.1 | 2.7% |
| ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC-B SHS | 1,466.6 | 2.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| RIO TINTO PLC | 5878.0 | -8.7% |
| SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INV TR PLC | 1088.0 | -6.4% |
| ANTOFAGASTA PLC | 1726.5 | -6.3% |
| BHP GROUP PLC | 2216.5 | -5.8% |
| GLENCORE PLC | 286.3 | -4.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,651 | -0.4% | -0.8% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 30,924 | -1.1% | 14.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,056 | -0.2% | 15.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,864 | -0.2% | 35.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,711 | -0.7% | 4.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 64.90 | 1.68% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 67.93 | 1.78% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,698 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 405 | 1.7% |
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UK 100 is called to open -50 points this morning at 6600. Calls for a negative open come today as traders await todays nonfarm payroll data from the States. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell yesterday chose not to dampen the inflation fears, Sticking to his previous guidance that the recent “inflation was transitory”. Elsewhere OPEC+ wrong-footed markets by leaving their production cuts intact for another month, delivering a 150,000 barrels per day increase to Russia and Kazakhstan, with oil prices rocketing higher, rising 7% in the last 24 hours. US markets took a tumble yesterday with the Dow shedding 346 points to close at 30,924 and the S&P diving 51 points to 3,768. In Asia overnight it was an all red day, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 down 223 points at 28,707 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng 96 points softer at 29,141.
Aggreko is to be acquired by Albion Acquisitions for £2.32bn.
Convatec reports a 2020 pretax profit of $174.7m (2019: $18.9m).
Homeserve confirms Ross Clemmow as their new CEO.
LSE Group report that their 2020 pretax profit came in at £685m (vs £651m) and that they are “well positioned for long-term sustainable growth”. They have also announced a 7% FY dividend increase to 75p per share.
Marks & Spencer announce they are to shut all in-store branches of M&S Bank as all branches and current accounts will close. Their customers’ accounts will be closed this summer and all 29 in-store branches will close at the same time.
Saga is granted a 1-year extension to its term loan, revolving credit facilities debt deferral.
JP Morgan resumes rating Aston Martin with a Neutral call (2 Buys / 3 Holds / 1 Sell)
Capita
ConvaTec
Dominos
Essentra
London Stock Exchange Group
Clarkson
Direct Line Insurance Group
Shoe Zone
Abcam
US Nonfarm Payrolls
US Goods and services Trade Balance
UK 100:
HSBC Holdings
Evraz
Persimmon
UK 250:
St. Modwen Properties
Micro Focus International
JPMorgan Emerging Markets Invest Trust
Law Debenture Corporation
Apax Global Alpha
BMO Commercial Property Trust
Alliance Trust
LondonMetric Property
Assura
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