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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 158.9 | 7.4% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 1,508.5 | 5.7% |
| SHELL PLC | 1,912.2 | 5.6% |
| SHELL PLC | 1,909.8 | 5.4% |
| AVEVA GROUP PLC | 2,861.0 | 4.0% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 687.8 | -14.6% |
| SAGE GROUP PLC/THE | 713.0 | -6.5% |
| UNILEVER PLC | 3831.0 | -2.7% |
| ROYAL MAIL PLC | 430.8 | -2.6% |
| LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP | 7224.0 | -2.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,470 | 1.3% | 12.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,172 | -0.4% | 10.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,459 | 2.2% | 11.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,011 | -0.4% | -5.4% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,962 | -2.5% | 2.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 87.08 | 1.73% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 89.68 | 1.68% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,817 | -1.7% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 446 | 0.2% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -90 points today at 7382. The UK's blue-chip index looks set to give up all of yesterdays gains following US the US Federal reserve's meeting yesterday, there was no change to policy at the actual meeting of the FOMC, which sets US interest rates and monetary policy, but comments afterwards from Powell indicated that can change very quickly if required. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones fell 129.64 points, or 0.4%, to 34,168.09. The Dow was up more than 500 points at one point, but rolled over after the Fed’s update. The S&P fell 0.2% to 4,349.93. The Nasdaq Composite finished little changed at 13,542.12, buoyed by Microsoft’s post-earnings gain. It was a tough session in Asia this morning, the Nikkei in Japan and South Korea’s Kospi both plunged more than 3%.
China’s Shanghai Composite fell 1% while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index slumped 2.55%.
Anglo American reported that its Q4 overall production was broadly flat, helped by higher rough diamond production at De Beers that countered a 4% drop in copper output for the three months ended Dec 31st.
Antofagasta: The U.S. Department of the Interior cancelled two mineral leases for Antofagasta Plc's proposed twin metals copper and nickel mine in Minnesota.
Diageo reported a H1 rise in sales of 15.8% as more consumers bought high-end spirits and bars increased orders as they reopened after coronavirus lockdowns.
EasyJet update that the Omicron variant was impacting its performance this quarter, but it expected to see strong demand this summer when its capacity will be near pre-pandemic levels. They flew 64% of pre-pandemic capacity in its first quarter to end-December, but its 77% load factor missed its forecast of over 80% after Omicron dented customer demand in December.
Hammerson expects 2021 adjusted earnings to be in the range of £75-80m. As FY20 rent collections came in at 97% of billable rent and FY21 collections at 88%.
St James Place said that its funds under management hit a record £153.99bn in Q4, as it brought in £2.91bn of net inflows. Total net inflows during 2021 came to £11.04bn, representing an 8.5% of opening funds under management.
Whitbread promotes Hemant Patel to CFO.
Exane BNP Upgrades HSBC to Outperform (8 Buys / 10 Holds / 2 Sells)
Jefferies Downgrades Fresnillo to Hold from Buy (4 Buys / 9 Holds / 0 Sells)
RBC Downgrades Fresnillo to Sector Perform from Outperform (4 Buys / 9 Holds / 0 Sells)
RBC Downgrades Polymetal to Sector Perform from Outperform (9 Buys / 3 Holds / 0 Sells)
RBC Upgrades Experian to Sector Perform from Underperform (6 Buys / 5 Holds / 0 Sells)
Anglo American
Britvic
Diageo
Dr Martens
Greencore Group
IG Group Holdings
Intermediate Capital Group
Mitie Group
Rank Group
St James Place
Paragon Banking Group
German Gfk Consumer Confidence Survey
US Durable Goods Orders
US Gross Domestic Product Annualized
US Initial Jobless Claims
US Nondefense Capital Goods Orders ex Aircraft
US Personal Consumption Expenditures Prices
US Pending Home Sales
Japanese Tokyo Consumer Price Index
FTSE 100:
FTSE 250:
Victrex
Paragon Banking Group
Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Inc Fnd
City of London Investment Trust
Pennon Group
Schroder Oriental Income Fund
Bankers Investment Trust
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