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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Hiscox LTD | 1,284.0 | 7.5% |
| BT Group PLC | 175.4 | 3.6% |
| Pershing Square Holdings LTD | 3,856.0 | 3.5% |
| Beazley PLC | 949.5 | 3.3% |
| Marks And Spencer Group PLC | 384.0 | 2.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| DCC PLC | 4,540.0 | -4.9% |
| Intermediate Capital Group PLC | 1,982.0 | -4.2% |
| Diageo PLC | 2,061.0 | -3.4% |
| Intertek Group PLC | 4,758.0 | -3.3% |
| Kingfisher PLC | 300.0 | -3.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,739 | -0.5% | 4.8% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 41,859 | 0.0% | 7.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 23,999 | -0.5% | 28.4% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 37,183 | 0.5% | -4.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,361 | 0.2% | 7.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 60.77 | -0.70% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 64.07 | -0.57% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 3,329 | 1.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 470 | 0.3% |
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The UK 100 called to open +1 points this morning at 8,740. The UK 100 is called to open marginally higher this morning, having fallen back yesterday. Retail sales volumes rose by a bigger-than-expected 1.2% in April, the Office for National Statistics said today. The fourth monthly increase in a row benefited from fine weather after food stores reported strong trading. The figure, which compares with City forecasts for growth of about 0.3%, follows a rise of 0.1% in March. The ONS said sales volumes rose by 1.8% in the three months to April, when compared with the three months to January.
The S&P 500 ended Thursday near flat, as investors grappled with fears of rising rates and worries about a ballooning U.S. deficit. The 30-year Treasury yield hit its highest since October 2023 as lawmakers passed a bill that investors fear could worsen the U.S. deficit. The Dow Jones slipped 1.35 points, closing at 41,859.09. The S&P lost 0.04% and ended at 5,842.01, while the nasdaq advanced 0.28% and settled at 18,925.73.
Asian stocks rose early Friday as U.S. Treasury yields eased after a rocky week due to worries in the bonover mounting U.S. government debt. The yield of the 10-year Treasury shed 0.6% to 4.52% while the two-year yield, which more closely tracks expectations for action by the Federal Reserve, slipped 0.4% to 3.98%. In share trading, Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 gained 0.8% to 37,289.60 after the government reported a core inflation rate of 3.5% in April, the highest since early 2023. The surge in prices has increased the likelihood that the Bank of Japan might raise its benchmark interest rate at its next policy meeting, analysts said. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng picked up 0.4% to 23,627.99 while the Shanghai Composite Index added 1% to 3,382.12. Seoul’s Kospi climbed 0.2% to 2,597.49 and the S&P/ASX 200 in Australia gained 0.4% to 8,379.10.
Games Workshop this morning said it expects profit before tax set to come in at no less than £255 million for the 52 weeks ending 1 June 2025, up 26% from a year ago. Core revenue should hit at least £560 million, up from £494.7 million last year, while licensing brought in a record £50 million—though the company doesn’t expect to repeat that figure in the coming year.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 29th May 2025:
National Grid
Severn Trent
Coca-Cola HBC AG
Intertek Group
Informa
Londonmetric Property
Associated British Foods
Marks & Spencer Group
Sage Group
Alliance Witan
Diploma
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 29th May 2025:
Hilton Food Group
Diversified Energy Company
Victrex
Hill & Smith
Great Portland Estates
Temple Bar Investment Trust
JTC
SSP Group
Henderson European Trust
Alfa Financial Software Holdings
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