Angle Plc (LSE:AGL), the right tool for the job? 

#Gold #SP500

As one of these blokes who just doesn’t understand how some things work, ie; washing machines, electric irons, and most recently, a little household device which somehow tests a tiny smear of blood, calling into question a recent medical diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes*. Awe best describes how I feel about the work done by Angle Plc.  It’s easy to be impressed with their gadgets.

 

Just 10 years ago, reporting to “the unit” in hospital for blood tests always was a difficult time.

Firstly (and still unchanged), nursing staff are frustrated lumberjacks, wielding their needles while really wanting a chainsaw. And it’s no less painful when they stab a vein to fill 7 test tubes with blood. Strange to say, what happens next always proved harder to handle, the 90 minute wait while blood is analysed, then a sit-down chat with Mr Consultant. Cancer unit waiting rooms were rarely cheerful places, their very nature producing invisible dark clouds over a bunch of folk, each hoping for the best while dreading the worst.

After perhaps 5 years of tolerating this gloom, a personal decision to “get folk talking” actually worked, usually only needing one outrageous comment to break the ice. For instance, complaining out loud  (with a grin) about the frankly terrifying parking in the disabled parking zone, mentioning a blue badge doesn’t mean you have to park like a beginner, always brings out stories from other guests. With the discovery the waiting room didn’t need to be 90 minutes of silent fear, every monthly visit became a personal mission to allow those who wanted to talk, to talk about anything, other than the real reason we were all there.

And then suddenly, it ended.

Telling the ward sister I was popping downstairs for a newspaper and returning 15 minutes later, Mr Consultant was pacing the corridor, waiting. It transpired the lab had a new diagnosis machine, blood work now being produced in minutes. My unread copy of the Daily Mail went straight into a bin, ammunition for my ad hoc comedy sketch no longer required.

*After a diabetes diagnosis, buying the recommended testing machine managed to confirm my blood sugar levels as normal, regardless of the time of day tested. About the only thing I haven’t tried is run a test while actually chewing a sugar cube. The GP practice confirm they shall again test in a few months, just in case we’d an aberration result.

 

Angle Plc, known for making the Parsortix machine, a device which appears capable of some really clever work in the treatment and diagnosis of various cancers. It’s fairly easy to turn into some sort of fanboy about this sort of thing, after experiencing the horror of prolonged delays for bloodwork results, so perhaps it shall be worth doing some research on their financials from a company value perspective.

From our perspective, there’s something fairly interesting going on.  At the start of this year, the share price hit a low of 22.25p, bouncing by around 50% in the period since. After noting the share price Big Picture calculated with an “ultimate bottom” of just 19p, there’s an obvious hope it has bounced before bottom, thus implying some strength may be present. Obviously, from a future perspective, this is a good thing as perhaps expressing an interest in the share may not carry the risk of catching a falling knife.

Currently, above 34p calculates with the potential of a lift to an initial 40p with secondary, if beaten, at a significant 46p.

The chart below describes why 46p risks being significant, giving the share price the opportunity to close above the downtrend from the fall from 160p+ to current levels. We shall need revisit the share price, should it manage to close above the Blue downtrend, due to the future implications potentially being quite positive.

Obviously, a personal bias intrudes in wishing the best for their products but, we do like shares which bounce above their “ultimate bottom” levels.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
11:07:46PM GOLD 1931.67 1911 1907 1898 1923 1935 1938 1947 1918
11:10:30PM BRENT 88.03 Success
11:12:24PM FTSE 7801.65
11:15:14PM STOX50 4164.3 Success
11:17:30PM GERMANY 15130.94 ‘cess
11:25:53PM US500 4017.77 3962 3931 3894 3982 4041 4079 4144 4000 ‘cess
11:28:22PM DOW 33619 Success
11:30:32PM NASDAQ 11861 Success
11:32:08PM JAPAN 27168 Success

 

23/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7764 points. Change of -0.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,345,074,257 a change of -16.34%
20/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7770 points. Change of 0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,193,532,558 a change of -8.71%
19/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7747 points. Change of -1.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,688,982,543 a change of 12.09%
18/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7830 points. Change of -0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,075,315,047 a change of -21.93%
17/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7851 points. Change of -0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,501,128,630 a change of 48.1%
16/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7860 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,389,692,147 a change of -22.72%
13/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7844 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,680,414,260 a change of -0.9%

SUCCESS above means both FAST & SLOW targets were met. ‘CESS means just the FAST target met and probably the next time it is exceeded, movement to the SLOW target shall commence.

Our commentary is in two sections. Immediately below are today’s updated comments. If our commentary remains valid, the share can be found in the bottom section which has a RED heading. Hopefully, this will mean you no longer need to flip back through previous reports. HYPERLINKS DISABLED IN THIS VERSION

Please remember, all prices are mid-price (halfway between the Buy and Sell). When we refer to a price CLOSING above a specific level, we are viewing the point where we can regard a trend as changing. Otherwise, we are simply speculating on near term trading targets. Our website is www.trendsandtargets.com.

UPDATE. We often give an initial and a secondary price. If the initial is exceeded, we still expect it to fall back but the next time the initial is bettered, the price should continue to the secondary. The converse it true with price drops.

We can be contacted at info@trendsandtargets.com. Spam filters set to maximum so only legit emails get through…

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 98.72 Percentage Change: + 0.04% Day High: 99.44 Day Low: 97.62

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 450 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 457.1 Day Low: 447.2

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LSE:IAG British Airways Close Mid-Price: 162.38 Percentage Change: -0.28% Day High: 164.08 Day Low: 161.96

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 5646 Percentage Change: + 0.14% Day High: 5662 Day Low: 5610

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 49.81 Percentage Change: + 1.09% Day High: 49.79 Day Low: 49.3

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 244.8 Percentage Change: + 0.58% Day High: 245.9 Day Low: 243

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Lloyds Banking Group (LSE:LLOY), will it ever recover?

#Brent #Dax

A ‘watched toaster never boils’, ‘waiting for the dishwasher spin cycle’, ‘a sure thing’. We like to spice our lives with these quaint homilies, little trite sayings which promise nothing other than confirmation of a gullible nature. Three weeks ago, reviewing Lloyds, we added; ‘an unusual expression of hope for the long term’ to the list of nonsense sayings.

While our predicted movement was indeed correct, the market proved quite spiteful as we’d only been predicting movement of around 1.48p, a financially useless gain but nevertheless, one which nudged the bank share price into a region with; ‘an unusual expression of hope for the long term’, immediately hating ourselves for this potential crossed finger moment. To be fair, visually Lloyds share price requires closure above 50p to give hope.

Despite bettering the immediate closing price downtrend, along with the Blue ‘high of the day’ downtrend, the bank share is teasing traders by remaining blatantly below the 50p level. This Green horizontal trend – or glass ceiling – looks like the real villain of the piece, hinting strongly only closure above 50p shall prove useful to signal coming share price recovery to an initial 56p with secondary, if bettered, a longer term 62p. Both target levels look sane, our secondary at 62p matching the share price pre-Covid levels, bringing a logical ambition for the future along with almost certain hesitation.

 

If everything intends go wrong, or at least suffer a slowdown, below 47p looks capable of reversing to an initial 45.5p with secondary, if broken, at 44.5p and hopefully yet another bounce and attempt at redemption.

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop
10:23:11PM BRENT 87.68 85.63 85.035 84.11 87.34 87.81 87.945 88.71 87.2
10:24:47PM GOLD 1927.38 1925
10:27:10PM FTSE 7791.53 7750
10:32:53PM STOX50 4138 4110
10:34:33PM GERMANY 15098 14938 14878 14804 15027 15101 15121 15153 15033
10:36:54PM US500 3957.02 3937
10:39:33PM DOW 33270 33097
10:41:06PM NASDAQ 11568 11442
10:43:05PM JAPAN 26917 26830

 

20/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7770 points. Change of 0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,193,532,558 a change of -8.71%
19/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7747 points. Change of -1.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,688,982,543 a change of 12.09%
18/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7830 points. Change of -0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,075,315,047 a change of -21.93%
17/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7851 points. Change of -0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,501,128,630 a change of 48.1%
16/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7860 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,389,692,147 a change of -22.72%
13/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7844 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,680,414,260 a change of -0.9%
12/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7794 points. Change of 0.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,732,068,747 a change of -8.81%

SUCCESS above means both FAST & SLOW targets were met. ‘CESS means just the FAST target met and probably the next time it is exceeded, movement to the SLOW target shall commence.

Our commentary is in two sections. Immediately below are today’s updated comments. If our commentary remains valid, the share can be found in the bottom section which has a RED heading. Hopefully, this will mean you no longer need to flip back through previous reports. HYPERLINKS DISABLED IN THIS VERSION

Please remember, all prices are mid-price (halfway between the Buy and Sell). When we refer to a price CLOSING above a specific level, we are viewing the point where we can regard a trend as changing. Otherwise, we are simply speculating on near term trading targets. Our website is www.trendsandtargets.com.

UPDATE. We often give an initial and a secondary price. If the initial is exceeded, we still expect it to fall back but the next time the initial is bettered, the price should continue to the secondary. The converse it true with price drops.

We can be contacted at info@trendsandtargets.com. Spam filters set to maximum so only legit emails get through…

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LSE:DARK Darktrace Plc. Close Mid-Price: 243.5 Percentage Change: + 3.48% Day High: 248.2 Day Low: 234.9

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 239.3 Percentage Change: + 1.66% Day High: 240 Day Low: 235.7

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 575.9 Percentage Change: + 2.09% Day High: 575.8 Day Low: 566.4

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 162.84 Percentage Change: + 1.84% Day High: 162.84 Day Low: 160.3

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 5638 Percentage Change: + 1.40% Day High: 5646 Day Low: 5580

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LSE:POLY Polymetal Close Mid-Price: 342.75 Percentage Change: -1.22% Day High: 347.5 Day Low: 335

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LSE:TSCO Tesco Close Mid-Price: 247.9 Percentage Change: -0.12% Day High: 250.2 Day Low: 246.8

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Our famed FTSE for Friday

#FTSE #Nasdaq 

Thursday evenings are not supposed to be this way. While most folk are thinking “one more day until the weekend”, we’re assigned to sitting here thinking “what the heck is going on?”. Normally, our FTSE for Friday column almost writes itself but following three completely illogical sessions on the FTSE, writing “we’re puzzled” is an exercise in understatement.

On Wednesday, when the S&P 500 started to fall, sheer luck had us lurking in the background, reading an internet chatroom. Traders quickly embraced the usual hysteria, eventually all agreeing with someone who discovered the drop commenced at the moment when a Press Release announced some bloke from The US  Federal Reserve had caught influenza. Demanding proof, the equivalent of a loaves & fishes moment, some checking actually confirmed this ridiculous notion. Which was a bit of a shame as we’d felt the reason may be more to do with some major movers and shakers opting to ditch Davos, Switzerland, when they realised they are too old to go skiing and preferred warmer climates anyway.

 

We’ve a bit of a suspicion reversals are due to ease, if only due to a good argument favouring the current 3,911 point S&P bouncing AT around 3,875 points. Equally, we shall be interested in what happens, should the Nasdaq achieve 11,185 points, roughly 100 points below its current level.  As for Germany and the DAX, it already should be bouncing but really needs above 15,000 to confirm the sentiment.

When we bunch all this together and apply the arguments to the FTSE, there’s an insinuation the UK market should struggle to make its way below 7,713 points, if it reads the same script as other markets. Who knows, perhaps it’s the case the “grown ups” are all at Davos with the markets being run by those who cannot ski, playing safe this week. Should this be the case, next week could be interesting as visually, there are strong arguments developing which favour gains fairly soon.

Re-reading this, it all sounds a bit “Conspiracy Theory” but in fairness, it’s as daft as believing someone with a runny nose caused the S&P 500 to reverse.

 

Near term, we’re supposed to believe weakness below 7,713 on the FTSE should introduce weakness to a tame 7,695 with secondary, if broken, a more dramatic 7,635 points. If triggered, the tightest stop loss level looks like 7,753 points.

Our converse, happier scenario, questions the potentials, if the index manages above 7,780. This looks capable of triggering recovery to a useful 7,820 points with our secondary, if exceeded, working out at 7,872 points and a return to the level where the market resided, before everyone went skiing in Switzerland, almost making it like this week didn’t happen!

 

 

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
10:07:16PM BRENT 86.43 84.94 84.22 83.31 86 86.59 87 88.03 85.9 ‘cess
10:09:06PM GOLD 1933.6 1896 1891 1877 1911 1935 1940 1954 1923 Success
10:11:10PM FTSE 7779.99 7755 7747 7735 7770 7783 7810 7823 7759 Success
10:13:21PM STOX50 4115.7 4103 4088 4052 4123 4124 4130 4144 4102 Success
10:16:01PM GERMANY 14991.64 14964 14917 14798 15074 15025 15068 15124 14968 Success
10:17:43PM US500 3903 3884 3874 3858 3910 3926 3941 3960 3900 ‘cess
10:32:08PM DOW 33064 32948 32817 32297 33170 33256 33359 33496 33108 ‘cess
10:33:55PM NASDAQ 11331 11245 11139 10955 11350 11420 11455 11525 11359 ‘cess
10:35:45PM JAPAN 26324 26234 26187 26113 26338 26432 26495 26582 26331 ‘cess

 

19/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7747 points. Change of -1.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,688,982,543 a change of 12.09%
18/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7830 points. Change of -0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,075,315,047 a change of -21.93%
17/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7851 points. Change of -0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,501,128,630 a change of 48.1%
16/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7860 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,389,692,147 a change of -22.72%
13/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7844 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,680,414,260 a change of -0.9%
12/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7794 points. Change of 0.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,732,068,747 a change of -8.81%
11/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7724 points. Change of 0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,286,062,115 a change of 15.31%

SUCCESS above means both FAST & SLOW targets were met. ‘CESS means just the FAST target met and probably the next time it is exceeded, movement to the SLOW target shall commence.

Our commentary is in two sections. Immediately below are today’s updated comments. If our commentary remains valid, the share can be found in the bottom section which has a RED heading. Hopefully, this will mean you no longer need to flip back through previous reports. HYPERLINKS DISABLED IN THIS VERSION

Please remember, all prices are mid-price (halfway between the Buy and Sell). When we refer to a price CLOSING above a specific level, we are viewing the point where we can regard a trend as changing. Otherwise, we are simply speculating on near term trading targets. Our website is www.trendsandtargets.com.

UPDATE. We often give an initial and a secondary price. If the initial is exceeded, we still expect it to fall back but the next time the initial is bettered, the price should continue to the secondary. The converse it true with price drops.

We can be contacted at info@trendsandtargets.com. Spam filters set to maximum so only legit emails get through…

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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:DARK Darktrace Plc** **LSE:FGP Firstgroup** **LSE:TERN Tern Plc** **

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LSE:DARK Darktrace Plc Close Mid-Price: 235.3 Percentage Change: -5.20% Day High: 248 Day Low: 235.2

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc Close Mid-Price: 8 Percentage Change: -5.88% Day High: 8.5 Day Low: 7.75

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Boohoo Group Plc (LSE:BOO), maybe not frozen?

#Gold #FTSE 

Here in our bit of Argyll, the last two mornings have been fascinating. When daylight grudgingly makes an appearance around 08.30am, the flat calm sea has been frozen, quite literally covering the two miles across to the local marina. Given recent rainfalls, it’s easy to speculate hell actually has frozen over! But there’s perhaps a silver lining, online retailers perhaps facing a surge in demand for warmer clothing. It’s funny how “price resistance” becomes less important, the colder it gets.

 

We’re curious whether clothing retailer Boohoo are poised to release some positive numbers for the winter/festive season. It already appears “the market” has some expectations as, for instance, last September we promised all sorts of doom and gloom, if their share price broke below 30p. It didn’t.

Instead, the price has eventually toddled off in a more positive direction, already spiking to our initial 47p target and exceeding it quite nicely, topping out at 56p before being forced back down toward the 30 level again. With the share price starting 2023 by breaking through the immediate downtrend, we’ve a strong suspicion this shall prove worth watching.

At present, Boohoo are trading around 47p and visually, only need exceed 50p to hopefully trigger a nod in the direction of 59p. Achieving such a target shall be important, returned the share above Red, an uptrend which dates back to 2015. Our secondary, in the event 59p is exceeded, calculates at 75p, this ambition hopefully proving a footnote on a path to 97p and some almost certain hesitation, given previous stumbles around the pound level.

The visuals suggest quite firmly closure above 97p shall prove critical for the future, forcing us to revisit price movements and run some new calculations.

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
9:28:59PM BRENT 84.91 Shambles
9:31:42PM GOLD 1903.71 1900 1890 1879 1909 1912 1915 1919 1904 ‘cess
9:34:08PM FTSE 7795.74 7784 7769 7733 7821 7820 7823 7836 7797 Success
9:39:21PM STOX50 4152.7 Shambles
9:41:09PM GERMANY 15129 ‘cess
9:44:53PM US500 3929 Success
9:47:38PM DOW 33269 Success
9:49:21PM NASDAQ 11414 ‘cess
9:52:21PM JAPAN 26481 Success

 

18/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7830 points. Change of -0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,075,315,047 a change of -21.93%
17/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7851 points. Change of -0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,501,128,630 a change of 48.1%
16/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7860 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,389,692,147 a change of -22.72%
13/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7844 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,680,414,260 a change of -0.9%
12/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7794 points. Change of 0.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,732,068,747 a change of -8.81%
11/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7724 points. Change of 0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,286,062,115 a change of 15.31%
10/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7694 points. Change of -0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,451,478,270 a change of 2.33%

SUCCESS above means both FAST & SLOW targets were met. ‘CESS means just the FAST target met and probably the next time it is exceeded, movement to the SLOW target shall commence.

Our commentary is in two sections. Immediately below are today’s updated comments. If our commentary remains valid, the share can be found in the bottom section which has a RED heading. Hopefully, this will mean you no longer need to flip back through previous reports. HYPERLINKS DISABLED IN THIS VERSION

Please remember, all prices are mid-price (halfway between the Buy and Sell). When we refer to a price CLOSING above a specific level, we are viewing the point where we can regard a trend as changing. Otherwise, we are simply speculating on near term trading targets. Our website is www.trendsandtargets.com.

UPDATE. We often give an initial and a secondary price. If the initial is exceeded, we still expect it to fall back but the next time the initial is bettered, the price should continue to the secondary. The converse it true with price drops.

We can be contacted at info@trendsandtargets.com. Spam filters set to maximum so only legit emails get through…

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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AVCT Avacta** **LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY** **LSE:CASP Caspian** **LSE:CNA Centrica** **LSE:EXPN Experian** **LSE:EZJ EasyJet** **LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra** **LSE:GRG Greggs** **LSE:HIK Hikma** **LSE:IAG British Airways** **LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group** **LSE:JET Just Eat** **LSE:POLY Polymetal** **LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital** **

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 97.86 Percentage Change: + 0.66% Day High: 99.54 Day Low: 97.08

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 440.3 Percentage Change: + 1.01% Day High: 454.3 Day Low: 440

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 576.6 Percentage Change: + 4.29% Day High: 584.5 Day Low: 552.9

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 2636 Percentage Change: + 2.17% Day High: 2680 Day Low: 2610

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LSE:HIK Hikma. Close Mid-Price: 1711 Percentage Change: + 0.35% Day High: 1722 Day Low: 1687

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 161.04 Percentage Change: + 2.61% Day High: 162.92 Day Low: 158.08

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 5580 Percentage Change: + 2.20% Day High: 5628 Day Low: 5530

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LSE:JET Just Eat. Close Mid-Price: 2215.5 Percentage Change: + 4.06% Day High: 2452.5 Day Low: 2204

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LSE:POLY Polymetal. Close Mid-Price: 350 Percentage Change: + 8.02% Day High: 360 Day Low: 338

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital. Close Mid-Price: 166 Percentage Change: + 4.40% Day High: 168 Day Low: 157

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Persimmon Plc (LSE:PSN) hotting up?

#FTSE #Nasdaq

Before we dig into Persimmon, along with the wider construction industry, it’s maybe worth mentioning it looks like folk will be able to heat their home! The price of Natural Gas, which has been falling all year (okay, the last 12 sessions) has become interesting, now reaching levels last seen in June 2021. Hopefully, this shall drive energy prices down, along with the rate of inflation, as gas looks capable of returning to its historical trading range.

Currently trading around 3.445USD, it appears a bucket of Natural Gas (or however it’s priced) fetching below $3.3 risks promoting reversal down to 2.65 next with secondary, if broken, an improbable looking long term 1.07 dollars. Perhaps the Ukraine thing shall decide to stick its oar in to spoil the logic pointing at reversals. Natural Gas requires above $4.60 to cancel the reversal argument.

 

As for Persimmon, our inclination is toward some optimism for their share price. After all, if people can afford to heat their house, perhaps they shall also be inclined to buy a new one. Aligning with this theory, it appears the construction industry index, the catchy named FTSE:NMW501010 is doing all the right things, even trading above is level pre-pandemic. If things go in accordance with other indices, this market (presently trading around 7600 points) is heading toward an eventual 8,500 points, a level at which we shall need revisit the numbers.

With the builder trading around 1427p at present, above 1445p looks capable of triggering a lift to 1645p next, coming close to regaining the Red uptrend which dates back to 2009. Above 1645p, our secondary calculates at a longer term 1911p, a price level where the visuals almost certainly mandate some hesitation. For the distant future to become rosy, share price closure above 1911 shall be regarded as sufficient reason to once again stare hard at the tea leaves as considerable strength allegedly becomes available.

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
9:29:01PM BRENT 86.75 Success
9:58:46PM GOLD 1909.26 ‘cess
10:01:08PM FTSE 7849 7828 7811 7789 7862 7877 7889 7909 7841 Shambles
10:03:34PM STOX50 4179.6 Shambles
10:06:07PM GERMANY 15185.32
10:07:57PM US500 3991.82
10:10:01PM DOW 33894.5 Success
10:11:30PM NASDAQ 11556.97 11467 11409 11338 11530 11589 11630 11693 11518
10:14:10PM JAPAN 26296

 

17/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7851 points. Change of -0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,501,128,630 a change of 48.1%
16/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7860 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,389,692,147 a change of -22.72%
13/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7844 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,680,414,260 a change of -0.9%
12/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7794 points. Change of 0.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,732,068,747 a change of -8.81%
11/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7724 points. Change of 0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,286,062,115 a change of 15.31%
10/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7694 points. Change of -0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,451,478,270 a change of 2.33%
9/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7724 points. Change of 0.32%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,327,251,474 a change of 8.1%

SUCCESS above means both FAST & SLOW targets were met. ‘CESS means just the FAST target met and probably the next time it is exceeded, movement to the SLOW target shall commence.

Our commentary is in two sections. Immediately below are today’s updated comments. If our commentary remains valid, the share can be found in the bottom section which has a RED heading. Hopefully, this will mean you no longer need to flip back through previous reports. HYPERLINKS DISABLED IN THIS VERSION

Please remember, all prices are mid-price (halfway between the Buy and Sell). When we refer to a price CLOSING above a specific level, we are viewing the point where we can regard a trend as changing. Otherwise, we are simply speculating on near term trading targets. Our website is www.trendsandtargets.com.

UPDATE. We often give an initial and a secondary price. If the initial is exceeded, we still expect it to fall back but the next time the initial is bettered, the price should continue to the secondary. The converse it true with price drops.

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LSE:EMG MAN Close Mid-Price: 236.9 Percentage Change: -0.29% Day High: 239.9 Day Low: 235.8

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 2580 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 2586 Day Low: 2528

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LSE:HSBA HSBC Close Mid-Price: 591.2 Percentage Change: -0.82% Day High: 596.7 Day Low: 589.1

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 5460 Percentage Change: + 0.66% Day High: 5496 Day Low: 5408

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 4379 Percentage Change: + 0.09% Day High: 4397 Day Low: 4340

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 150.9 Percentage Change: + 0.53% Day High: 152.5 Day Low: 146.5

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 298.7 Percentage Change: + 0.74% Day High: 300.3 Day Low: 294.9

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments Close Mid-Price: 2285 Percentage Change: -1.08% Day High: 2320 Day Low: 2215

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LSE:POLY Polymetal Close Mid-Price: 324 Percentage Change: -2.70% Day High: 355 Day Low: 308.8

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Synthomer Plc, almost interesting?

#Gold #SP500

We reviewed Synthomer last year, indicating our “ultimate” bottom, the level below which we cannot calculate, was at 159p. At the time, the share price was around 192p and now, unfortunately, it is trading at 150p, having visited just 85p last October. As a company renowned for their sticky coating, it’s a surprise to see their share price slide downhill so fast!

We always add a caveat to our scenario, when we mention an “ultimate bottom.” This represents a price level below which we cannot calculate and that’s it. As Synthomer proved, aside from a strange little stutter which acknowledged the presence of our target levels, the market then opted to manipulate (gap) the share price down to 110p, doubtless causing panic amongst investors, forcing the price to eventually hit 85p and bounce pretty solidly.

There’s been something quite off colour with the bounce.

We’ve a little purple line on the chart, representing our “ultimate bottom”. On several occasions, this share price has recovered, hit our historical 159p level, and refused to go any higher. With this sort of nonsense, it can price useful to keep a close eye on a share price. Essentially, closure ABOVE our 159p should prove significant, tending to imply the market overcooked the previous drop and intends to power some surprise recovery. In this instance, closure above 159p calculates with the potential of a visit to 194p initially with secondary, if exceeded, at a distant sounding 232p, along with the price regaining the long term uptrend.

 

Usually, we’d prefer to complete a report with a converse scenario but for Synthomer, the situation remains of a share price swimming in a zone where we can no longer calculate a logical bottom. But if a bloke stops you in the street and offers you £1.75 for every Synthomer share you take off his hands…

Perhaps it shall prove the case the current resurgence of the building trades will be regarded as useful for this FTSE250 constituent.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
9:08:51PM BRENT 84.31
9:10:34PM GOLD 1916.13 1911 1909 1902 1917 1930 1935 1943 1916
9:12:21PM FTSE 7856.5
9:22:04PM STOX50 4153.3
9:24:52PM GERMANY 15121 ‘cess
9:50:10PM US500 3990.15 3976 3968 3963 3994 4007 4018 4029 3984 ‘cess
9:52:17PM DOW 34259
9:54:09PM NASDAQ 11485 ‘cess
10:24:04PM JAPAN 25878 ‘cess

 

16/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7860 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,389,692,147 a change of -22.72%
13/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7844 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,680,414,260 a change of -0.9%
12/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7794 points. Change of 0.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,732,068,747 a change of -8.81%
11/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7724 points. Change of 0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,286,062,115 a change of 15.31%
10/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7694 points. Change of -0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,451,478,270 a change of 2.33%
9/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7724 points. Change of 0.32%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,327,251,474 a change of 8.1%
6/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7699 points. Change of 0.86%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,928,257,963 a change of -18.51%

SUCCESS above means both FAST & SLOW targets were met. ‘CESS means just the FAST target met and probably the next time it is exceeded, movement to the SLOW target shall commence.

Our commentary is in two sections. Immediately below are today’s updated comments. If our commentary remains valid, the share can be found in the bottom section which has a RED heading. Hopefully, this will mean you no longer need to flip back through previous reports. HYPERLINKS DISABLED IN THIS VERSION

Please remember, all prices are mid-price (halfway between the Buy and Sell). When we refer to a price CLOSING above a specific level, we are viewing the point where we can regard a trend as changing. Otherwise, we are simply speculating on near term trading targets. Our website is www.trendsandtargets.com.

UPDATE. We often give an initial and a secondary price. If the initial is exceeded, we still expect it to fall back but the next time the initial is bettered, the price should continue to the secondary. The converse it true with price drops.

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LSE:AVCT Avacta. Close Mid-Price: 138 Percentage Change: + 2.91% Day High: 139.5 Day Low: 130.5

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 182.5 Percentage Change: + 0.97% Day High: 182.44 Day Low: 178.84

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LSE:BDEV Barrett Devs. Close Mid-Price: 463.2 Percentage Change: + 1.80% Day High: 467.2 Day Low: 453.5

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LSE:CASP Caspian. Close Mid-Price: 5.15 Percentage Change: + 15.73% Day High: 5.25 Day Low: 4.55

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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 799.8 Percentage Change: + 5.26% Day High: 800.8 Day Low: 749.8

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 237.6 Percentage Change: + 3.76% Day High: 238.6 Day Low: 232.7

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 441.9 Percentage Change: + 2.46% Day High: 445.7 Day Low: 426.5

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons. Close Mid-Price: 39.2 Percentage Change: + 4.26% Day High: 39.55 Day Low: 38

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 159.1 Percentage Change: + 1.13% Day High: 159.56 Day Low: 157.2

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 5424 Percentage Change: + 0.04% Day High: 5454 Day Low: 5348

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance Close Mid-Price: 76.9 Percentage Change: -1.41% Day High: 81.4 Day Low: 76

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 4375 Percentage Change: + 2.22% Day High: 4374 Day Low: 4280

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LSE:MMAG Music Magpie. Close Mid-Price: 40.2 Percentage Change: + 8.06% Day High: 40.7 Day Low: 37

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc. Close Mid-Price: 808 Percentage Change: + 5.18% Day High: 808.2 Day Low: 750

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 2310 Percentage Change: + 2.67% Day High: 2305 Day Low: 2220

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LSE:POLY Polymetal. Close Mid-Price: 333 Percentage Change: + 2.15% Day High: 344 Day Low: 317.9

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey. Close Mid-Price: 117.35 Percentage Change: + 2.27% Day High: 119.4 Day Low: 114.75

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital Close Mid-Price: 163.5 Percentage Change: -6.03% Day High: 174 Day Low: 162.5

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Barclays Plc (LSE:BARC), mountain climbing?

#Brent #Dax

We’ve a habit, perhaps a bad habit, of awaiting market Futures opening at 11pm on Sunday evenings in the hope of gleaning just what Monday may have in store.  Unfortunately, it’s often the case the only confident signal is the expectation of the markets opening on Monday morning as everything else can be a little vague. Though increasingly, we’ve learned to take the stance if the Futures head in one direction at the evening re-open, we should anticipate the converse direction the following day.

This, obviously, makes about as much sense as the current Coal Mine protest in Germany, an operation approved by the Green Party and also, with remarkable multi-tasking, being objected to by the Greens. It’s proving rather more entertaining than attempts to demonise Prince Harry by the UK media, finally proving Germany does have a sense of humour.

 

Barclays share price also continues to amuse everyone and now faces a little challenge.

The share price has a Blue Line, a downtrend which dates back to 2007, and we’re increasingly curious as to whether it shall have an affect on share price performance in the near term. Friday have us sufficient reason for thought, the market taking the price almost to this trend line, only to hesitate in the final few minutes of trade. This downtrend calculates as being at 181.15p at time of writing. Our software demands closure above this level as being the trigger to commence a movement cycle to an initial 194p. Our longer term secondary, should such a point be exceeded, works out at a sane looking 216p, the same price level achieved as a high in 2022 and therefore, deserving some hesitation. We’re teasing with a discrete line at a long term 288p, this calculating as a potential target with movement above 216p.

For everything to go wrong, Barclays share price now needs below 156 to possibly trigger reversal to an initial 147 with secondary, if broken, a hopeful bottom still at 135p.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop
10:01:09PM BRENT 85.55 83.5 83.02 82.16 84.7 85.6 86.09 87.3 84.5
10:03:36PM GOLD 1920.84 1891
10:05:17PM FTSE 7855.54 7839
10:07:16PM STOX50 4169.8 4124
10:08:51PM GERMANY 15154.25 15037 14990 14935 15108 15155 15178 15225 15078
10:10:34PM US500 3989.92 3971
10:12:15PM DOW 34233.7 34126
10:30:49PM NASDAQ 11494 11380
10:33:18PM JAPAN 25805 25754

 

13/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7844 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,680,414,260 a change of -0.9%
12/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7794 points. Change of 0.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,732,068,747 a change of -8.81%
11/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7724 points. Change of 0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,286,062,115 a change of 15.31%
10/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7694 points. Change of -0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,451,478,270 a change of 2.33%
9/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7724 points. Change of 0.32%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,327,251,474 a change of 8.1%
6/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7699 points. Change of 0.86%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,928,257,963 a change of -18.51%
5/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7633 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,047,458,257 a change of 0%

SUCCESS above means both FAST & SLOW targets were met. ‘CESS means just the FAST target met and probably the next time it is exceeded, movement to the SLOW target shall commence.

Our commentary is in two sections. Immediately below are today’s updated comments. If our commentary remains valid, the share can be found in the bottom section which has a RED heading. Hopefully, this will mean you no longer need to flip back through previous reports. HYPERLINKS DISABLED IN THIS VERSION

Please remember, all prices are mid-price (halfway between the Buy and Sell). When we refer to a price CLOSING above a specific level, we are viewing the point where we can regard a trend as changing. Otherwise, we are simply speculating on near term trading targets. Our website is www.trendsandtargets.com.

UPDATE. We often give an initial and a secondary price. If the initial is exceeded, we still expect it to fall back but the next time the initial is bettered, the price should continue to the secondary. The converse it true with price drops.

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LSE:AVCT Avacta. Close Mid-Price: 134.1 Percentage Change: + 3.15% Day High: 133.5 Day Low: 129

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 180.74 Percentage Change: + 2.07% Day High: 180.98 Day Low: 176.94

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LSE:BDEV Barrett Devs. Close Mid-Price: 455 Percentage Change: + 0.84% Day High: 454.9 Day Low: 447.7

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 96.8 Percentage Change: + 1.60% Day High: 98.56 Day Low: 95

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 229 Percentage Change: + 1.15% Day High: 232.1 Day Low: 225.4

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 431.3 Percentage Change: + 3.13% Day High: 440.3 Day Low: 417

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup. Close Mid-Price: 108.7 Percentage Change: + 4.52% Day High: 109.5 Day Low: 103.7

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons. Close Mid-Price: 37.6 Percentage Change: + 5.92% Day High: 38.95 Day Low: 35.95

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 591.2 Percentage Change: + 1.62% Day High: 594.6 Day Low: 584.2

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 157.32 Percentage Change: + 2.92% Day High: 157.32 Day Low: 151.74

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 5422 Percentage Change: + 1.50% Day High: 5448 Day Low: 5352

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LSE:IQE IQE. Close Mid-Price: 59.9 Percentage Change: + 2.74% Day High: 60.8 Day Low: 58.3

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LSE:JET Just Eat. Close Mid-Price: 2185.5 Percentage Change: + 2.99% Day High: 2262.5 Day Low: 2115

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 49.62 Percentage Change: + 1.77% Day High: 49.96 Day Low: 48.8

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 145.9 Percentage Change: + 0.41% Day High: 150.3 Day Low: 144.9

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 295 Percentage Change: + 2.61% Day High: 295.4 Day Low: 288

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc. Close Mid-Price: 768.2 Percentage Change: + 1.37% Day High: 779.8 Day Low: 742

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LSE:POLY Polymetal. Close Mid-Price: 326 Percentage Change: + 3.49% Day High: 324.7 Day Low: 315

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 108.76 Percentage Change: + 4.58% Day High: 109.56 Day Low: 104.18

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LSE:TSCO Tesco Close Mid-Price: 245.6 Percentage Change: -0.16% Day High: 249.6 Day Low: 244.2

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