Industrial and precious metal miners, as well as retailer are the best performing stocks. BHP Group is up by almost 1% as it is rumored to be unveiling details about the future of its petroleum business while unveiling its results next week

Babcock soared 6.8% after it agreed to sell Frazer-Nash, its consultancy unit, for £293 million.

Yesterday, Just Group dropped 7.4% after posting a drop in revenues and a loss for H1.

To finish today’s recap, an interesting chart from Berenberg comparing footfall in the UK and the EU..

Source: Berenberg

The investment bank notes that “while UK footfall data had initially pointed to some hesitancy amid the spike in new infections in early June, the recent data point to a renewed recovery – see chart. In the Eurozone, footfall has surged to nearly 10% above its usual level”.

 

Things to read:

The coming battle over the metaverse (Financial Times)

BlackRock, Other Investors Target Climate Issues, Covid-19 Response and Board Seats in Shareholder Votes (WSJ)