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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| SAINSBURY (J) PLC | 233.0 | 2.2% |
| KINGFISHER PLC | 242.0 | 2.1% |
| TESCO PLC | 275.5 | 1.5% |
| COCA-COLA HBC AG-DI | 1,567.0 | 1.2% |
| UNILEVER PLC | 3,636.0 | 1.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ENTAIN PLC | 1248.5 | -8.9% |
| SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INV TR PLC | 777.0 | -6.7% |
| ANTOFAGASTA PLC | 1362.0 | -6.5% |
| GLENCORE PLC | 458.6 | -6.0% |
| FLUTTER ENTERTAINMENT PLC-DI | 7996.0 | -5.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,217 | -2.3% | 1.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 32,246 | -2.0% | -7.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,381 | -2.2% | -13.1% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 26,167 | -0.6% | -11.4% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,051 | -1.0% | -1.7% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 102.17 | -0.89% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 104.90 | -0.98% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,861 | 0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 423 | 0.9% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +54 points this morning at 7270. The UK 100 looks set to start today on the front foot, following yesterdays global market fall, which saw the UK’s blue chip index give up more than 2% to kick off the week. On Wall street overnight stocks on the Nasdaq and the Russell indices, fell over 4% to levels last seen in late 2020. The S&P 500 index gave up 3.2% and the Dow Jones dropped 2%. Stocks in Asia also mainly dropped this morning, Japan’s Nikkei fell 0.29% and South Korea’s Kospi slipped 0.37%. The Shanghai Composite in China however gained 1.07% while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index declined 1.88% after returning to trade following a holiday on Monday.
Centrica expects their FY adjusted earnings per share to around the top range of recent expectations.
Galliford Try updates that they continue to trade in line with management expectations.
Renishaw reports a pretax profit of £124m for the 9 months to March 31st, +47% YoY. They continue to record strong demand and they anticipate their FY adjusted pretax profit to be between £155-170m.
Wizz Air reports that their April 2022 passenger numbers were up at 3.62m v 564,634 the year before. They are exploring an expansion in Saudi Arabia, as they sign MoU with ministry of investment.
Berenberg Upgrades Domino’s Pizza to Hold from Sell (2 Buys / 3 Holds / 3 Sells)
Berenberg Upgrades IWG to Buy from Hold (7 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
Deutsche Bank Downgrades Direct Line to Hold from Buy (8 Buys / 4 Holds / 0 Sells)
JD Sports Fashion*
Renishaw
Victrex*
3i Infastructure*
Airtel Africa
Brewin Dolphin Holdings
Compass Group
ITV
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
Chinese FDI – Foreign Direct Investment
EU ZEW Survey – Economic Sentiment
German ZEW Survey – Economic Sentiment
German ZEW Survey – Current Situation
FTSE 100:
BP
FTSE 250:
Inchcape
Lancashire Holdings
Greggs
Clarkson
BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust
Greencoat UK Wind
Serco Group
UK Commercial Property REIT
Petershill Partners
Fidelity Special Values
BMO Commercial Property Trust
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