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Day Ahead, October 28th

Monday, 28 October 2013


Monday, October 28, 2013, Marketing Communication
Opening Call
  • The FTSE is called to open up around 15 points higher this morning
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UK Corporate Announcements
  • Aggreko states that trading has been in line with the forecasts as it details Q3 revenues and trading margins slightly ahead
  • Fidessa announces that it faced attrition and price pressure and expects H2 to be similar to H1
  • Pendragon states that it now sees its full year coming in materially ahead of the forecasts
  • G4S announces that it has rejected an offer from Charterhouse its cash solutions business, calling the timing of the move as highly opportunistic
UK News
  • The commute into work for many in the UK today will be affected by the strong winds, cancelling some train services and affecting road systems, while some 40,000 homes in England are without power this morning after strong winds have taken down power lines
  • RBS may as early as this week announce a separation of its ‘bad bank’
UK Analyst Changes
  • Admiral Raised To Add Vs Reduce At Numis
  • Enquest Raised To Buy Vs Hold At Liberum
  • Playtech Raised To Hold Vs Sell At Numis
  • Utilities Raised To Neutral Vs Underweight At Jpmorgan
UK Insider Buying
  • None Detailed
UK Insider Selling
  • Utilitywise Plc, (UTW), 1 insider(s) sold 2712500 shares, £1.9
FTSE 100 Movers
UK IPO's
  • Issuer Name Pricing Date
  • Applied Graphene Materials 12/31/2014
  • Everyman Media Group Plc 11/07/2013
  • Infinis Energy Ltd 11/30/2013
  • Merlin Entertainments plc
  • Oxford Immunotec Global PLC
Major European Companies Reporting
  • Assa Abloy AB, Q3, 3.803,  Bankia SA, Q3, 0,  Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion SA, Q3, 0.089,  Ferrovial SA, Q3, 0,  Galp Energia SGPS SA, Q3, 0.09,  Mediobanca SpA, Q1, 0.18,  Red Electrica Corp SA, Q3, 1,  Saipem SpA, Q3, 0.255,  TNT Express NV, Q3, 0.06
European Market Summary
  • German press suggests that TUI is looking to exit a tourism project in Tuscany
  • Thyssenkrupp reportedly may sell its US operations and expand its plans in Brazil
  • Bloomberg writes on how cash in Sweden accounts for 2.7% of the economy, against the euro area average of 10%, and how some charities are now even giving the homeless card readers to be able to accept donations
  • Germany sells bills at 11:30 and France at 14:50
Global Market Footprint
Major US Stock Movers After Hours
  • No major movers after hours
S&P 500 Companies Reporting
  • Apple Inc, Q4, 7.915,  Biogen Idec Inc, Q3, 2.088,  Edwards Lifesciences Corp, Q3, 0.659,  FMC Corp, Q3, 0.836,  Hartford Financial Services Group Inc, Q3, 0.835,  Loews Corp, Q3, 0.77,  Macerich Co/The, Q3, 0.829,  Masco Corp, Q3, 0.249,  Merck & Co Inc, Q3, 0.874,  Plum Creek Timber Co Inc, Q3, 0.417,  Roper Industries Inc, Q3, 1.454,  Seagate Technology PLC, Q1, 1.305
US Market News
  • Bloomberg highlights how US Treasuries have been moving more in line with equities than the previous strong correlation in 2007, normally stocks and bonds have move in opposite directions, while the S&P 500 closed at another fresh all time high yesterday
  • The WSJ suggests that Facebook made an approach to potentially buy Snapchat for $1bn but rebuffed by co founder and CEO Evan Spiegel
  • A study of Bristol Myers planned arthritis drug was found to be around as effective as current treatments
  • Barron’s highlights analysts that are optimistic on Furmanite, Kohl’s and Walgreen, and one with concerns on Suntech Power
  • McDonalds announces that it is to end its 40 year relationship with Heinz, due to the previous CEO of its rival Burger King, moving over to head up the sauce maker
  • The NYSE organised a trial run of the Twitter IPO, due on November 7th as it looks to avoid any major issues on the much anticipated flotation
Today's Bloomberg Social Velocity Alerts, (BSV)
  • Bank of America Corp (BAC)
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (BMY)
  • Merck & Co Inc (MRK)
Overnight Market News
  • Barclays suggests that Hong Kong property prices could fall 30% by the end of 2015 as supplies are increased and income growth cools
  • A spokesman for the Singapore Exchange states that it wants to attract more high speed traders onto its cash equities exchange as the size of the business remains negligible compared to 30% on its derivatives exchange
  • Toyota announces that over Q3 it out sold General Motors
Economic Data Due
  • 13:15 US September Industrial Production, 0.4% exp. 0.4% previous
  • 13:15 US September Capacity Utilisation, 78.0% exp. 77.8% previous
Economic Events
  • None Detailed
US Industrial Production
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Footnotes
  • FTSE 100 Call as at 6:45am
  • Analyst Changes, as at 6:30am
  • Times given are UK Local Time, (GMT or GMT +1 during BST)
  • Insider Deals data compiled from Director/PDMR Shareholding forms published in the past 24 hours (ex weekends).
  • Major European Companies defined as those companies in the STOXX Europe 600 Index
  • FTSE 100 Movers, Blue >0.25%, Green <0.25% > -0.25%, Red < -0.25%, Font size dependent on percentage size of move
  • BSV is a Bloomberg Terminal filter searching for unusually high social media mentions on a stock
  • This note is compiled using information / charts from financial data providers such as Bloomberg and Reuters, as well as from the general financial / business media
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