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MARKET REPORT: WEDNESDAY 30th JUNE TODAY'S FEATURES CURRENCY £ = $ 1.5058 € = £ 0.8121 FTSE 250 MIDCAP NIKKEI 225 HK HANG SENG 20072.72 BRENT CRUDE 10 YR GILT YIELD 3.52% XETRA DAX Market Headlines
Chancellor George Osborne's emergency budget could result in the loss of up to 1.3 million jobs across the economy over the next five years, reports the Guardian newspaper, citing unpublished Treasury estimates - between 500,000 and 600,000 jobs are to go in the public sector and between 600,000 and 700,000 will disappear in the private sector by 2015.
House price growth stalled during June as the number of homes on the market continued to increase, figures from Nationwide have shown - the average cost of a property crept ahead by just 0.1% during the month to stand at £170,111, +3% on the year.
FTSE100 ex-dividend today: Alliance Trust, Compass Group, Man. UK Major Changes
Court ruling upholds CRESTOR patent. Several broker upgrades today.
Fred Lucas, an energy analyst at JP Morgan Cazenove, speculated that Exxon or Shell could swoop on the oil giant for approximately £88bn reports the Telegraph.
The Times reports of rumours that Jupiter Asset Management may take a look at Gartmore.
Credit Suisse lowers sector rating to 'benchmark' v 'overweight'.
Appoints new chairman Ronnie Bell - former executive of Kraft Europe. Shore Capital reiterates 'sell' recommendation.
To be cornerstone investor of Agricultural Bank of China by acquiring $500m shares in forthcoming float.
Company Results Trading Statements
Continues to trade in-line with expectations. Acquires three PFI contracts with sales £4m and contract duration 15yrs. Agrees with Jarvis to manage further five facilities with sales £6.5m - total cost of eight contracts £3m. LFL sales in dry cleaning division improving, having started year poorly. Net debt at end June expected £65m down from £67.7m.
FY sales +3.1% £2.01bn as store numbers rose 731 v 722. LFL sales HMV -2.4%, Waterstones -6.2%. PTP +17.7% £74.2m, net debt £67.6m v £6.5m due partly to acquisition of live music operator MAMA group. Revamped HMV stores providing profit uplift. FY dividend held 7.4p covered 1.72x.
Major Economic Releases Forecast Chartist's View Having broken the 5,000 level FTSE is now testing the May low of 4898. This is the last stop before a test of 4500, so a sharp counter-trend reversal today is required, to neutralise the increasingly negative pattern. YESTERDAYS HIGHLIGHTS DJ INDUSTRIAL MARKET VOLUME S&P 500 FTSE 250 MIDCAP FTSE 100 %age Gainers FTSE 250 %age Gainers Top 3 UK Sectors FTSE 100 %age Losers FTSE 250 %age Losers Bottom 3 UK Sectors
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PSNCR - Public Sector Net Cash Requirement
BOEPD - Barrels of Oil Equivalent Per Day
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