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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| B&M EUROPEAN VALUE RETAIL SA | 627.6 | 2.4% |
| SAGE GROUP PLC/THE | 847.6 | 2.0% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 146.6 | 1.9% |
| PERSHING SQUARE HOLDINGS LTD | 3,050.0 | 1.8% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 1,658.0 | 1.4% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ANTOFAGASTA PLC | 1320.0 | -1.6% |
| ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC | 1990.0 | -1.4% |
| BHP GROUP PLC | 2179.0 | -1.3% |
| FLUTTER ENTERTAINMENT PLC-DI | 11405.0 | -1.2% |
| ROYAL MAIL PLC | 507.0 | -0.8% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| FTSE 100 INDEX | 7,372 | 0.0% | 13.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 36,398 | 0.3% | 19.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,964 | 0.8% | 15.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 29,069 | 1.4% | 5.4% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,420 | 0.4% | 11.3% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 76.01 | 0.58% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 78.97 | 0.47% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,806 | -0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 444 | -0.8% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +70 points today at 7440. The UK bluechip index is expected to add to pre Christmas gains this morning on the first day after the break. Overnight, Wall Street was mixed, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumping 0.26%, the S&P 500 index dipping 0.10% and the Nasdaq dropping 0.56%, while the small-cap focused Russell 2000 fell 0.66%. Asian markets were mostly lower this morning, China’s Shanghai Composite fell 0.87% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index slumped 1.13%. The Nikkei in Japan slipped 0.56% while South Korea’s Kospi dipped 0.89%.
Anglo American PLC today said it is in talks with Brazilian mining colossus Vale about jointly developing the land next door to its Minas-Rio iron ore operation in the country.
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