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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Anglo American PLC | 2,171.5 | 3.7% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 604.0 | 3.3% |
| Rio Tinto PLC | 5,398.0 | 2.7% |
| Antofagasta PLC | 2,268.0 | 2.7% |
| Croda International PLC | 4,923.0 | 1.9% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Segro PLC | 830.6 | -1.7% |
| GSK PLC | 1,585.8 | -1.5% |
| Flutter Entertainment PLC | 14,819.0 | -1.2% |
| Sage Group PLC | 1,150.0 | -1.1% |
| Pershing Square Holdings LTD | 3,850.0 | -1.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,848 | 0.4% | -0.8% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 37,753 | -0.1% | 11.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 17,770 | 0.0% | 11.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,080 | 0.3% | 32.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,642 | 0.5% | 3.8% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 82.78 | 0.11% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 87.45 | 0.18% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,379 | 0.8% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 443 | 1.6% |
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The UK 100 called to open -38 points at 7,839. The UK’s Blue chip index looks set to follow Asian markets lower this morning, this comes after reports this morning suggest that Israel carried out an operation in Iran in retaliation to a drone and missile attack launched against it on Saturday. The S&P slipped for a fifth straight day on Thursday, registering its longest losing streak since last October. The broad index lost 0.22% to 5,011.12, while the Nasdaq dropped 0.52% to 15,601.50. The Dow Jones added 22.07 points, or 0.06%, to finish at 37,775.38, still closing just above its flatline for 2024. On today’s macroeconomic calendar, retail sales were shown to have stayed flat month on month in March, undershooting the 0.3% rise anticipated by analysts. Year on year, retail sales added 0.8%.
Man Group reported an increase in assets under management for Q1, on the back of steady inflows in its top-performing funds from institutional clients. Their assets under management climbed up to $175.7bn by the end of March, from $167.5bn as at December 31st.
888 Holdings expects 2024 YoY revenue growth of around 5-9%. They are to vote on change of name to Evoke at 13th May AGM.
Numis Downgrades DS Smith to Hold from Buy (5 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
UK
Man Group
US
American Express
Procter & Gamble
SLB
UK
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US
Verizon Communications
IMF Meeting
German Producer Price Index
UK Retail Sales
BoE’s Ramsden speech
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 25th April 2024:
Legal & General Group
St. James’s Place
ConvaTec Group
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
Rightmove
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 25th April 2024:
Bakkavor Group
Morgan Sindall Group
Tyman
Greggs
Derwent London
ME Group International
Morgan Advanced Materials
Bodycote
Foresight Solar Fund
Murray International Trust
City of London Investment Trust
Shaftesbury Capital
Schroder Oriental Income Fund
Bankers Investment Trust
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