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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Antofagasta | 3,667.0 | 5.8% |
| Marks & Spencer Group | 398.3 | 4.8% |
| Fresnillo | 2,566.0 | 4.4% |
| Babcock International Group | 1,080.5 | 4.1% |
| Endeavour Mining | 3,554.0 | 3.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Segro | 869.4 | -3.5% |
| London Stock Exchange Group | 8,600.0 | -2.8% |
| JD Sports Fashion | 85.8 | -2.6% |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group | 4,938.0 | -2.6% |
| RELX | 2,454.0 | -2.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,586 | 0.6% | 17.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 52,225 | 0.7% | 17.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 25,011 | 0.7% | 2.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 66,232 | 3.3% | 66.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,793 | 0.0% | 1.3% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 84.67 | 0.39% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 91.01 | 2.01% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,081 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 653 | 0.3% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +25 points at at 10,610. The UK 100 is expected to continue rising on Wednesday, as the pound searches for direction following as easing in UK inflation. On the futures market, the UK 100 has been called around 25 points higher, carrying the positive momentum from yesterday afternoon when the index closed up 61.15 points at 10,585.91.
UK inflation softened more than expected last month, according to fresh figures from the Office for National Statistics, with the headline consumer prices index slowing to a 2.6% annual rate in June from 2.8% in May.
Core CPI held steady at 2.6%, while services inflation, a key measure watched by the Bank of England, eased to 3.6% from 3.7%, although it remained slightly above expectations.
Stocks climbed on Tuesday Stateside, supported by chipmakers, as investors looked through the latest developments in the Iran war to focus on corporate earnings updates.
The Dow Jones rose 385.38 points, or 0.74%, to 52,224.64. The S&P advanced 0.89% to close at 7,509.20, and the Nasdaq added 1.29% to end at 25,837.21. All three indexes broke three-day losing streaks.
JD Wetherspoon has warned that profits are likely to come in below market expectations this year, due to intensifying cost pressures, despite another quarter of steady top-line growth. Chairman Tim Martin says: “Profits for the year are likely to be below market expectations, with marginally lower sales than anticipated in the final quarter, combined with higher costs in the areas of food, labour, repairs, energy and business rates.” This compares to what he said in a profit warning in May, when he cautioned that rising costs “may result in profits slightly below market expectations”.
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