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Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
STANDARD CHARTERED PLC | 477.1 | 3.7% |
NATWEST GROUP PLC | 242.7 | 2.2% |
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 477.9 | 2.0% |
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC | 51.7 | 2.0% |
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC | 2,819.5 | 1.0% |
Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
AVEVA GROUP PLC | 3146.0 | -5.1% |
DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | 4568.0 | -4.8% |
FLUTTER ENTERTAINMENT PLC-DI | 11300.0 | -4.5% |
RELX PLC | 2244.0 | -4.5% |
HALMA PLC | 2996.0 | -4.4% |
Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
UK 100 INDEX | 7,445 | -1.0% | 9.2% |
DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 36,279 | -0.4% | 17.7% |
DAX INDEX | 16,050 | -1.4% | 15.9% |
NIKKEI 225 | 28,488 | -2.9% | 3.6% |
S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,358 | -2.7% | 9.6% |
Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 79.53 | 2.16% |
Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 82.07 | 1.57% |
Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,791 | -1.1% |
Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 434 | -1.7% |
The UK 100 is called to open flat today at 7450. A broadly unchanged open is expected this morning ahead of todays US jobs data. Expectations are for December payrolls to improve to 420k, and the unemployment rate to fall further to 4.1%, although some estimates for payrolls have come in as high as 900m. Stateside yesterday saw US markets were weak, with the Dow Jones declining 171 points to 36,236 and the S&P 500 dipping 5 points to 4,695. In Asia this morning, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading around 9 points lower at 28,479 while in Hong Kong the Hang Seng is 371 points to the good at 23,444.
Aston Martin says they are on track for £2bn revenue and £500m adjusted EBITDA by 2024-25 as they state they have £420m cash balance at year-end, above expectations.
Clarkson says trading during December was stronger than anticipated as they expect underlying profit before tax for 2021 to be not less than £69m.
GlaxoSmithKline has signed agreements with the Canadian government to supply 20,000 more doses of its COVID-19 drug as the country battles a surge of infections driven by the Omicron variant.
Royal Dutch Shell said its $7bn share buyback programme, of which $1.5bn has been completed, will continue “at pace” despite a slowdown in fuel demand due to the Omicron OCVID-19 variant. They expect Q4 oil products sales volume to be between 4-5m boepd.
Smiths completes sales of Smiths Medical to ICU Medical for around $2.7bn.
Berenberg Upgrades Centamin to Buy from Hold (5 Buys / 3 Holds / 1 Sell)
Berenberg Upgrades Rio Tinto to Buy from Hold (6 Buys / 10 Holds / 3 Sells)
Exane BNP Downgrades Royal Dutch Shell to Neutral (20 Buys / 2 Holds / 2 Sells)
Liberum Upgrades Centamin to Buy from Sell (5 Buys / 3 Holds / 1 Sell)
Morgan Stanley Downgrades ITV to Equal-Weight from Overweight (5 Buys / 5 Holds / 0 Sells)
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