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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BARCLAYS PLC | 194.6 | 3.9% |
| LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC | 46.5 | 3.8% |
| GLENCORE PLC | 367.6 | 3.6% |
| JD SPORTS FASHION PLC | 1,069.0 | 3.3% |
| STANDARD CHARTERED PLC | 441.8 | 3.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | 2316.0 | -2.9% |
| RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP PLC | 5571.0 | -1.5% |
| ITV PLC | 106.1 | -1.3% |
| MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC | 169.1 | -1.1% |
| BERKELEY GROUP HOLDINGS/THE | 4226.0 | -1.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,077 | 0.9% | 18.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,315 | 0.9% | 21.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,194 | 1.1% | 18.4% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,535 | -1.0% | 17.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,207 | -0.6% | 20.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 79.21 | 0.35% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 82.85 | 0.35% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,752 | -0.5% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 415 | -1.0% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -50 points today at 7027. Calls for a weaker open today come after a bumper session yesterday for European indices. Stocks in Asia were also lower this morning, as the Reserve Bank of New Zealand raised its official cash rate to 0.5%, among the first advanced economies to do so since the beginning of the pandemic. In Japan, the Nikkei fell 0.83% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index slipped 0.05% while Mainland Chinese markets remain closed for the holidays. The picture was brighter on Wall Street yesterday, as all three major benchmarks bounced from Mondays tech driven sell off, The Dow Jones gained 311.75 points, or 0.92%, to close at 34,314.67. The S&P rose 1.05% to end the session at 4,345.72 and the Nasdaq rallied 1.25% to trade at 14,433.83.
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