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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Melrose Industries PLC | 161.1 | 4.5% |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1,840.0 | 2.7% |
| Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC | 670.1 | 2.2% |
| Bae Systems PLC | 977.8 | 2.1% |
| Centrica PLC | 105.3 | 2.0% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| British American Tobacco PLC | 2,835.0 | -5.2% |
| Schroders PLC | 447.1 | -3.5% |
| Kingfisher PLC | 263.9 | -2.7% |
| British Land Company PLC | 365.1 | -2.7% |
| Standard Chartered PLC | 634.8 | -2.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,522 | -0.6% | 1.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 32,398 | 1.2% | -5.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,234 | 0.1% | 6.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,420 | -0.2% | -2.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,969 | -0.7% | -5.7% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 71.17 | 0.38% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 77.00 | 0.40% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,991 | 1.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 411 | 1.7% |
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The UK 100 called to open -37 points at 7462. The UK 100 is expected to open lower after a volatile session in the US and ahead of UK retail sales figures in the UK. It was a mixed session Stateside on Friday, having given up strong early gains to eek out a gain across all major benchmarks, The Dow Jones closed up 75.14 points, or 0.3%, to end at 32,105.25. The S&P rose 11.75 points, or 0.3% to trade at 3,948.72. The Nasdaq had a more convincing trading day, surging 117.44 points, 1.0%, to 11,787.40. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index was down 0.1%. In China, the Shanghai Composite was down 0.7%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was down 0.8%.
Games Workshop says trading in the 3 months to end of February is in line with expectations.
J D Wetherspoon returned to a HY profit as customers flocked to its pubs despite a cost of living crisis. They reported a profit of £4.6m for the six months ended Dec 31st, compared with a loss of £21.3m a year ago. Pubs and restaurants continue to face high costs as customers limit their spending on discretionary items amid a cost of living crisis.
Smiths Group posted a 27% jump in H1 profit and upgraded its forecast for the FY as demand for its valves, connectors and other products climbed.
TUI launches a 1.8bn euro capital raise to repay WSF state aid and reduce KfW credit lines.
HSBC Upgrades St James’s Place to Buy (6 Buys / 8 Holds / 0 Sells)
JP Morgan Upgrades Hunting to Overweight from Neutral (4 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
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EU leaders summit
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UK GfK Consumer Confidence
German S&P Global/BME Composite PMI
EU S&P Global Composite PMI
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US Durable Goods Orders
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US S&P Global Services PMI
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 30th March 2023:
Aviva
Phoenix Group Holdings
Taylor Wimpey
abrdn
Mondi
Smith & Nephew
InterContinental Hotels Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 30th March 2023:
Moneysupermarket.com Group
Fidelity European Trust
European Smaller Companies Trust
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