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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| British American Tobacco PLC | 3,182.0 | 1.9% |
| Severn Trent PLC | 2,531.0 | 1.4% |
| Imperial Brands PLC | 2,865.0 | 1.4% |
| Smith & Nephew PLC | 1,085.0 | 1.3% |
| Shell PLC | 2,825.0 | 1.0% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 260.8 | -6.6% |
| Entain PLC | 577.8 | -5.7% |
| Jd Sports Fashion PLC | 67.9 | -5.6% |
| Anglo American PLC | 2,145.0 | -4.8% |
| Glencore PLC | 280.3 | -4.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,583 | -0.9% | 7.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 42,002 | 1.0% | 6.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 22,163 | -1.3% | 19.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 35,636 | 0.1% | -10.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,925 | 1.0% | 0.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 71.69 | 0.29% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 74.96 | 0.25% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 3,136 | 0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 507 | 0.7% |
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The UK 100 called to open +45 points this morning at 8,627. The UK 100 looks set to bounce back this morning after a rough start to the week for the UK’s bluechip index.
On Wall Street yesterday the S&P clawed back earlier losses on Monday to end the session higher, as traders nervously looked ahead to President Donald Trump’s tariff plans. The broad market index added 0.55% to close at 5,611.85. At one point, it fell as much as 1.65% and traded 10% below its record. The Nasdaq fell 0.14% and closed at 17,299.29. The Dow Jones advanced 417.86 points, or 1%, to settle at 42,001.76. Tech giant Nvidia fell 1.2%, while Tesla dropped 1.7%.
Asian equities rose on Tuesday following Wall Street’s overnight gains, while gold hit an all-time peak and Treasury yields fell as markets awaited details of U.S. President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs.
Serica Energy lowered its outlook for 2025 total production on Tuesday, pressured by production delays at its Triton floating production storage and offloading unit in the North Sea. Serica has increased production through acquisitions and investments in recent years, but faced challenges in 2024 due to an outage at its Triton FPSO operation, which impacted output. The company expects production at Triton to resume in June, with no further shutdowns planned for 2025. Serica has revised its production forecast to between 33,000 and 37,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, down from the previous estimate of 40,000 boepd.
Travis Perkins said on Tuesday that the pace of an overall recovery in construction activity levels remained uncertain amid elevated interest rates, after it posted a 23% drop in 2024 profit. The company has experienced a mixed start to 2025, it said, adding that the trading conditions remained challenging in its flagship merchanting businesses, with volumes declining modestly. The Northampton-based company reported adjusted operating profit of £152 million ($196.32 million) and an around 5% fall in revenue to £4.61 billion.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 3rd April 2025:
Phoenix Group Holdings
Mondi
Rentokil Initial
Barratt Redrow
IMI
InterContinental Hotels Group
Smiths Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 3rd April 2025:
Ithica Energy
Pollen Street Group
Domino’s Pizza Group
Breedon Group
Direct Line Insurance Group
Murray International Trust
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund
RIT Capital Partners
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust
European Smaller Companies Trust
Smithson Investment Trust
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