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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ICG | 1,889.0 | 5.5% |
| St James’s Place | 1,204.0 | 4.3% |
| Barratt Redrow | 290.1 | 4.3% |
| Persimmon | 1,093.0 | 3.9% |
| Entain | 574.0 | 3.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Vodafone Group | 112.2 | -3.9% |
| Anglo American | 3,547.0 | -3.4% |
| Airtel Africa | 337.8 | -3.3% |
| Fresnillo | 2,515.0 | -3.1% |
| Antofagasta | 3,742.0 | -2.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,516 | 0.1% | 17.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 52,659 | 0.3% | 19.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 25,000 | 0.6% | 3.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 68,752 | 1.5% | 73.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,841 | 0.4% | 3.3% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 80.25 | 0.82% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 84.95 | 0.26% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,061 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 638 | 0.6% qqq |
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The UK 100 is called to open -70 points at at 10,445. Stocks in London are set to open lower on Thursday, this comes despite data out this morning from The Office for National Statistics that showed UK gross domestic product rose 0.7% over the latest three months compared with the previous three-month period, ahead of expectations for 0.5%. Annual growth also accelerated to 1.3%, the fastest rate for 13 months, as monthly GDP edged up 0.1% after a 0.1% fall in April.
In the US on Wednesday, Wall Street ended higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.3%, the S&P 500 up 0.4% and the Nasdaq Composite up 0.6%.
In Asia on Thursday, the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo was down 2.8%. In China, the Shanghai Composite fell 1.2%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong rose 2.1%.
Ocado Group reiterated its target to become cash flow positive in the second half of this year, despite it worsening in the first half. The UK 250 provider of warehouse automation systems for supermarkets reported stronger first-half trading, including renewed interest from retailers, but underlying cash outflow worsened to £147 million from £108 million a year earlier, excluding the impact of customer fulfilment centre closures. Revenue rose 54% to £1.04 billion, although that included one-off termination payments and accelerated revenue recognition from the closure of facilities for North American clients Kroger and Sobeys. Excluding those, revenue increased only 1% to £684 million.
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