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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 156.0 | 7.6% |
| Centrica PLC | 107.6 | 3.5% |
| St. James’s Place PLC | 1,195.0 | 3.4% |
| Barclays PLC | 152.4 | 3.3% |
| Bae Systems PLC | 937.4 | 3.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Fresnillo PLC | 734.4 | -1.7% |
| Imperial Brands PLC | 1,907.0 | -0.7% |
| British American Tobacco PLC | 2,995.5 | -0.6% |
| Hiscox LTD | 1,108.0 | -0.5% |
| Johnson Matthey PLC | 2,028.0 | -0.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,638 | 1.2% | 4.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 32,203 | 1.2% | -2.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,246 | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,222 | -2.2% | 7.4% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,009 | -1.4% | -1.3% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 73.76 | -1.39% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 79.78 | -1.23% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,903 | -0.6% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 402 | -0.9% |
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The UK 100 called to open -2 points at 7635. The UK 100 looks set to open broadly unchanged ahead of today’s Spring budget, which is to be announced at 12.30pm. The chancellor is expected to pledge to tackle labour shortages and get people back to work alongside announcements on energy bill support, benefits reform and pensions allowances. In Asia this morning, the Nikkei 225 ended 7 points to the good, while in China, the Shanghai Composite was up 0.6%. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index added 1.5%. Wall Street yesterday benefited from cooling inflation data, the Dow Jones closed up 336.26 points, or 1.1%, at 32,155.40. The S&P 500 added 64.80 points, or 1.7% to close at 3,920.56 and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 239.31 points, or 2.1% to trade at 11,428.15.
Balfour Beatty reports a FY pretax profit of £287m, with a FY order backlog of £17,400m.
Burberry says Ferry is to succeed Chief Operating & Financial Officer Julie Brown.
Ferrexpo reported a slump in its FY profit as the Ukraine-focussed miner took a hit from higher costs and lower production volumes. Their underlying core profit for the FY ended Dec 31st dropped 47% to $765m.
Marshalls report a 2022 statutory pretax profit of £37.2m, down 46% YoY from £69.3m.
Prudential report that their FY new business profit is down 14% YoY to $2.18bn, from $2.53bn previously. They have increased their FY dividend total by 9% YoY to 18.78 cents per share.
Trainline says their FY adjusted EBITDA is to be in line with market expectations.
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Foresight Solor Fund
Marshalls
Prudential
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Adobe
UK
Helios Towers
Rentokil Initial
Savills
TI Fluid Systems
W.A.G Payment solutions
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Signet Jewelers
FedEx
Chinese Industrial Production
Chinese Retail Sales
EU Industrial Production s.a.
UK Budget Report
US Producer Price Index ex Food & Energy
US Retail Sales
Japanese Exports
Japanese Imports
Japanese Merchandise Trade Balance Total
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 16th March 2023:
M&G
NatWest Group
SEGRO
Anglo American
CRH
Haleon
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 16th March 2023:
Crest Nicholson Holdings
Dunelm Group
Spirent Communications
Bellevue Healthcare Trust
Digital 9 Infrastructure
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust
JPMorgan Emerging Markets Invest Trust
Balanced Commercial Property Trust
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