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Global Markets: Broader indices in the United States traded in green â particularly, the S&P 500 index traded 8.63 points or 0.26% higher at 3,343.32, Dow Jones Industrial Average Index accelerated by 41.03 points or 0.14% higher at 29,331.88, and the technology benchmark index Nasdaq Composite traded higher at 9,544.55, up by 35.86 points or 0.38% against its previous day close (at the time of writing, before the U.S market close at ET 10:10 AM).
Global News: With the growing confidence in China's efforts to contain the economic breakdown from the coronavirus outbreak, stocks at Wall Street hits new record highs after winning momentum continues for the fourth consecutive trading session. During the Thursdayâs trading session, shares of chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. dipped by around 1.2 per cent. After the medical technology group cut its 2020 guidance, shares of Becton Dickinson and Co plunged by around 10.7 per cent. Kellogg shares slumped by 7.9 per cent, after full year earnings forecast widely missed market expectations. Also, Twitter shares zoomed up by around 17.7 per cent, after the company reported $1 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time. After the tobacco company declared results, Philip Morris International shares accelerated by 3.1 per cent.
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S&P 500 (SPX)
Top Performers*: Twitter Inc, Cardinal Health Inc, and Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. are top gainers and increased by 13.87%, 10.06% and 6.94% respectively.
Worst Performers*: Abiomed Inc, Kellogg Co. and Xylem Inc are the top three laggards and decreased by 9.56%, 8.74% and 7.02% respectively.
NASDAQ Composite (IXIC)
Top Performers*: Janone Inc, Farmmi Inc, and Realnetworks Inc are top gainers and increased by 68.27%, 61.04% and 29.73% respectively.
Worst Performers*: Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp., Funko Inc, and Rewalk Robotics Ltd are the top three laggards and decreased by 57.06%, 40.35% and 38.78% respectively.
Top Performing Sectors*: Telecommunication Services (up 1.04%), Healthcare (up 0.78%) and Industry (up 0.32%).
Worst Performing Sectors*: Energy (Down 0.34%), Consumer Cyclicals (down 0.28%) and Basic Material (down 0.03%)
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI)
Top Performers*: Pfizer Inc, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc, and Microsoft Corp are top gainers and increased by 0.76%, 0.68% and 0.56% respectively.
Worst Performers*: Dow Inc, UnitedHealth Group Inc, and McDonaldâs Corp are top laggards and decreased by 0.38%, 0.09% and 0.06% respectively.
European Markets: The Londonâs broader equity benchmark index FTSE 100 traded at 22.31 points or 0.30% higher at 7,504.79, the FTSE 250 index snapped 52.86 points or 0.25% higher at 21,572.86, and the FTSE All-Share Index ended 11.86 points or 0.28% higher at 4,170.89 respectively. Another European equity benchmark index STOXX 600 ended, up by 1.87 points or 0.44 per cent, at 425.49.
European News: Â Â In economic news, The National House Building Council (NHBC) on 6 February 2020 stated that the registration of new homes in the United Kingdom has hit a thirteen-year high backed by the resurgent demand after several months of sluggish growth. The housing market which since 2016 had been in a lean phase, has seen a disparity in demand across the country with the property markets in London seeing the maximum slump in demand and fall in prices than far-flung areas of Scotland. The housing market was not the only one which suffered from the Brexit induced slum, but commercial real estate and the entire construction sector was in doldrums during this period
London Stock Exchange (LSE)
Top LSE Companies in the Gainers list*: BEAZLEY PLC (BEZ), RANK GROUP PLC (RNK) and ON THE BEACH GROUP PLC (OTB) zoomed up by 8.22%, 5.62% and 5.38% respectively.
Top LSE Companies in the Laggards list*: FUNDING CIRCLE HOLDINGS PLC (FCH), ROYAL MAIL PLC (RMG) and STOBART GROUP LD (STOB) were in the red zone and declined by 7.38%, 7.08% and 6.58% respectively.
FTSE 100 Index
 FTSE-100 index 5-day performance â February 6th, 2020 (Source: Thomson Reuters)
Top FTSE 100 Companies in the Gainers list*: JUST EAT TAKEAWAY.COM N.V. (JET), EVRAZ PLC (EVR), and KINGFISHER PLC (KGF) accelerated by 3.55%, 3.25% and 2.98% respectively.
Top FTSE 100 Companies in the Stragglers list*: NMC HEALTH PLC (NMC), GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC (GSK), BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS PLC (BDEV), went down by 6.19%, 2.32% and 2.19% respectively.
Top FTSE 100 Companies in high Volume zone*: LLOYDS GRP. (LLOY), VODAFONE GRP. (VOD) and BT GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC (GSK).
Sectors in the positive zone*: Telecommunications Services (up 1.29%), Consumer Non-Cyclicals (up 0.94%), and Financials (up 0.64%).
Sector in the negative zone*: Energy (down 1.14%) and Energy (down 0.23%).
Forex Rates*: GBP/USD and EUR/GBP were quoting at 1.2928 and 0.8483, respectively.
Bond Yields*: U.S 10-Year Treasuries yield was quoting at 1.664%, and the UK 10-Year Government Bond yield was trading at 0.632%, respectively.
*At the time of writing
