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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC | 569.8 | 6.5% |
| DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | 5,090.0 | 1.7% |
| ROYAL MAIL PLC | 503.6 | 1.5% |
| SAGE GROUP PLC/THE | 823.2 | 1.2% |
| TESCO PLC | 287.6 | 1.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ANTOFAGASTA PLC | 1294.0 | -5.5% |
| INFORMA PLC | 475.4 | -5.3% |
| PRUDENTIAL PLC | 1217.0 | -4.6% |
| ABRDN PLC | 226.6 | -4.4% |
| DS SMITH PLC | 372.2 | -3.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,198 | -1.0% | 10.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,932 | -1.2% | 15.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,240 | -1.9% | 11.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,938 | -2.1% | 4.6% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,292 | -0.2% | 9.3% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 68.23 | -3.71% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 72.15 | -1.86% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,791 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 429 | 0.0% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +100 points today at 7290. The UK’s blue chip index looks set to bounce back strongly after yesterday’s Omicron-inspired sell-off. Shares in Asia rose this morning thanks to a wave of short-covering lifting stocks as investors remained concerned about Omicron risks. The Nikkei in Japan led gains regionally, surging 2.08% while South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.41%. China’s Shanghai Composite lifted 0.81% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 0.86%. It was a more difficult session on Wall Street yesterday, The Dow Jones dropped 433.28 points to 34,932.16, dragged down by losses in Boeing, Goldman Sachs and American Express. The S&P 500 dipped 1.1% to 4,568.02 and the technology-focused Nasdaq Composite declined 1.2% to 14,980.94. The small-cap benchmark Russell 2000 lost nearly 1.6%.
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