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European News: The UK markets rallied on Monday and traded in green. Halifax Housing Price index for the UK increased by 1.6 percent month on month in August 2020 that was above an expected increase of 1.5 percent. Among the gainers - shares of Future PLC surged by around 15.2 percent after the company announced that it expects the operating profit for FY2020 to be above market expectation. Dechra Pharmaceuticals shares were up by close to 7.9 percent after the company reported an increase in FY2020 revenue. Associated British Foods was up by close to 1.3 percent after the company said that its business activity in the fourth quarter was above its expectation for food and Primark. Hochschild was up by around 1.1 percent although the company stated that it expects lower production in 2020. Among the decliners, Diaceutics plunged by approximately 27.7 percent after the company indicated that it would incur EBITDA loss in FY20. Foresight Solar Fund was down by about 0.4 percent after the company announced the acquisition of a solar project in Spain.
European Index Performance*
FTSE 100 Index One Year Performance (as on 7 September 2020)
1 Year FTSE 100 Chart (Source: EODHD/Others, Thomson Reuters)
Top 3 Volume Stocks in FTSE 100*: Lloyds Banking Group Plc (LLOY); Bp Plc (BP.); Vodafone Plc (VOD).
Top 3 Sectors traded in green*: Healthcare (+3.80%), Technology (+3.36%) and Utilities (+3.14%).
London Stock Exchange: Stocks Performance (at the time of writing)
Crude Oil Future Prices*: Brent future crude oil (future) price and WTI crude oil (future) price were hovering at $42.02 per barrel and $39.08 per barrel, respectively.
Gold Price*: Gold price was quoting at US$1,934.60 per ounce, up by 0.02% against the prior day closing.
Currency Rates*: GBP to USD: 1.3167; EUR to GBP: 0.8975.
Bond Yields*: U.S 10-Year Treasury yield: 0.721%; UK 10-Year Government Bond yield: 0.244%.
*At the time of writing
