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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Coca-Cola HBC AG | 3,918.0 | 5.6% |
| Smurfit Westrock | 3,126.0 | 5.4% |
| IMI | 1,720.0 | 5.1% |
| BAE Systems | 2,023.0 | 5.0% |
| Marks & Spencer Group | 344.8 | 5.0% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Associated British Foods | 1,850.0 | -14.0% |
| Tesco | 422.1 | -6.7% |
| Shell | 2,562.0 | -3.5% |
| Croda International | 2,655.0 | -2.6% |
| Glencore | 413.0 | -2.3% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year, not sorted |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,045 | 0.0% | 20.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 49,266 | 0.6% | 15.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 25,127 | 0.0% | 23.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 51,940 | 1.6% | 31.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,718 | 0.0% | 4.7% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 58.48 | 1.25% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 62.78 | 1.27% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,471 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 585 | 0.8% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +17 points at 10,061.The UK 100 looks set to open higher on Friday, ahead of US jobs data in the afternoon and a potential tariff ruling from the Supreme Court. This follows a strong end to the trading session yesterday which saw the index all but erase a fall from earlier in the session.
Stateside yesterday saw The Dow Jones rise, while the Nasdaq came under pressure as investors moved away from technology stocks. The 30-stock Dow climbed 270.03 points, or 0.55%, and ended at 49,266.11. The tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped 0.44% and settled at 23,480.02. The S&P advanced 0.01% and closed at 6,921.46. Among the 11 S&P 500 sectors, information technology was the laggard, falling more than 1%.
Leading Asia benchmarks are trading higher as attention turns to this month’s release of monthly US unemployment statistics. The price of Brent Crude is 1% higher at $62.60 a barrel, while gold is slightly weaker at $4474 an ounce.
Sainsbury’s said it had won grocery market share for the sixth consecutive Christmas period after today reporting overall sales growth of 3.3% for the six weeks to 3 January. Grocery sales rose 5.1%, whereas general merchandise and clothing fell 1% and Argos declined by 2.2%. Across the 16 weeks of the third quarter, total sales rose 3.9%. Despite the weaker general merchandise market conditions, the group continues to expect it will achieve a retail underlying operating profit of more than £1 billion.
Glencore and Rio Tinto shares will be in focus this morning after the FTSE 100-listed pair confirmed they are in early talks over a possible all-share merger. Rio has until 5 February to either announce a firm intention to make an offer for Glencore or walk away. Glencore has a market valuation of £48.8 billion, which compares with Rio at £100.6 billion. The companies last night issued statements confirming the bid speculation, which was first reported by the Financial Times. Rio said it was in preliminary discussions with Glencore about a possible combination of some or all of their businesses, which could include an all-share merger. “The parties’ current expectation is that any merger transaction would be effected through the acquisition of Glencore by Rio Tinto by way of a Court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement.”
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