Everyone (apart from Royal Dutch Shell A (RDSa) who were only down 0.6%) had a positive week thanks in part to a weaker pound helping exporters. Full Story
The biggest move came from Anglo American (AAL), who 2 weeks ago were closing the gap and 4th in the league and are now sitting pretty at the top with a 6.1% gain for the week bringing their YTD to 26.8% growth.
After years of planning, the recently announced proposal to demerge from/transfer out Thungela (their South African thermal coal provider) to help shift focus towards a lower carbon economy, has been received well by the market. Full Story
Diageo (DGE) continue their scoring streak with a 6.2% weekly gain, bringing their YTD into double digits and rising them into the top half of the table. See last weeks WATD for analysis.
What can SMEs take from this weeks movements?
- Know your exchange rate risk?
- Plans can take years to perfect!
- Sometimes doing less (i.e. removing products/services/arms) will bring you more
League Table
Now to the all important league table.
| Pos | Company | Week | YTD Change |
| 1 | Anglo American | 6.1% | 26.8% |
| 2 | Glencore | 1.7% | 24.7% |
| 3 | Lloyds Banking | 1.6% | 19.2% |
| 4 | BP | 2.7% | 16.9% |
| 5 | Prudential | 0.7% | 16.0% |
| 6 | HSBC | 3.9% | 16.0% |
| 7 | BHP Group | 4.3% | 12.0% |
| 8 | Vodafone Group PLC | 1.3% | 12.0% |
| 9 | Diageo | 6.2% | 11.0% |
| 10 | Royal Dutch Shell A | -0.6% | 8.1% |
| 11 | Relx | 4.4% | 6.9% |
| 12 | Royal Dutch Shell B | 0.5% | 6.5% |
| 13 | National Grid | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| 14 | Rio Tinto PLC | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| 15 | British American Tobacco | 2.7% | 3.0% |
| 16 | Reckitt Benckiser | 1.5% | 0.8% |
| 17 | AstraZeneca | 2.3% | 0.2% |
| 18 | GlaxoSmithKline | 2.8% | -2.1% |
| 19 | Unilever | 2.8% | -5.8% |
| 20 | London Stock Exchange | 2.9% | -17.4% |
Who is going to lose it all?
Who is going to recover?
What do you think? Let us know in the comments.
Until next week.
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